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Organisation: United
States Embassy, US Mission in Uganda
States Embassy, US Mission in Uganda
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
Salary Grade: FSN-11
(UGX 137,483,245 – 202,072,484 per annum inclusive of allowances).
(UGX 137,483,245 – 202,072,484 per annum inclusive of allowances).
About US Embassy:
Welcome to the
United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda. The United States has enjoyed
diplomatic relations with Uganda for over 30 years. Ambassador Deborah R.
Malac currently heads the U.S Mission to Uganda. The Mission is composed
of several offices and organizations all working under the auspices of the
Embassy and at the direction of the Ambassador.
United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda. The United States has enjoyed
diplomatic relations with Uganda for over 30 years. Ambassador Deborah R.
Malac currently heads the U.S Mission to Uganda. The Mission is composed
of several offices and organizations all working under the auspices of the
Embassy and at the direction of the Ambassador.
Among the offices
operating under the U.S Mission to Uganda are:
operating under the U.S Mission to Uganda are:
United States Agency
for International Development (USAID)
for International Development (USAID)
Centers
for Disease Control
for Disease Control
Peace
Corps
Corps
Job Summary: The Project Management Specialist (Youth &
Child Development) is a key member of the EYCD Office responsible for carrying
out a range of responsibilities for planning, designing, managing, and
evaluating youth programming across sectors. S/he serves as a senior technical
advisor, advising senior leadership at the Mission on policies and programs for
vulnerable children and youth in Uganda, including innovations and new
strategic directions. The senior advisor is also responsible for management and
coordination of USG interagency and inter-sectoral youth and children
development activities. She/he will have comprehensive knowledge and experience
in youth and children, with a specific focus on effectively addressing the
needs of highly vulnerable children (0-18 years) including safety, wellbeing,
growth and development and developing sustainable programmatic interventions
that will improve the health, livelihoods, educational opportunities, and
access to civic and democratic processes for youth (12-30) in Uganda.
Child Development) is a key member of the EYCD Office responsible for carrying
out a range of responsibilities for planning, designing, managing, and
evaluating youth programming across sectors. S/he serves as a senior technical
advisor, advising senior leadership at the Mission on policies and programs for
vulnerable children and youth in Uganda, including innovations and new
strategic directions. The senior advisor is also responsible for management and
coordination of USG interagency and inter-sectoral youth and children
development activities. She/he will have comprehensive knowledge and experience
in youth and children, with a specific focus on effectively addressing the
needs of highly vulnerable children (0-18 years) including safety, wellbeing,
growth and development and developing sustainable programmatic interventions
that will improve the health, livelihoods, educational opportunities, and
access to civic and democratic processes for youth (12-30) in Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Project Management
and Leadership (55%)
and Leadership (55%)
- Provide project management of USAID funded grants and activities,
includes technical, financial and programmatic oversight of grants and
contracts as required by USAID Agreement Officer
Representative/Contracting Officer Representative (AOR/COR) designation.
Ensure USAID supported activities are implemented within the USG foreign
assistance framework and are directly linked to attainment of USG and
USAID’s strategic objectives with an emphasis on vulnerable children and
youth; review and approval of annual workplans, performance monitoring
plans, and quarterly/annual reports; reviewing quarterly financial
accruals and pipelines; quarterly (minimum) site visits; and monitoring of
planned outcomes. - Analyze health, social, economic, political, and other trends
affecting activities in youth development across sectors, and in line with
cross-sector themes important to the Mission, such as gender, nutrition
and disability. Develop internal awareness and capacity in achieving
outcomes in wellbeing through multi-sector youth development activities
including emphasis on education, civic participation and livelihoods.
Increase awareness of the most effective interventions for improving
health, education, and livelihood outcomes among youth through technical
leadership and outreach. - Provide strategic guidance and leadership to the implementation to
the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). This multi-year youth
strategy seeks to improve the health, livelihoods, educational
opportunities, and access to civic and democratic processes for youth
(12-30) in Uganda. Oversee and manage the Mission’s contribution to the
youth strategy including coordination and strategic alignment of
education, health and HIV/AIDS programs. Develop and forge strategic
partnerships with development partners, government agencies and civil
society organizations supporting children and youth. Provide strategic
input and technical expertise on proposed service delivery activities,
policy initiatives, and research proposals.
Outreach and
Communications (45%)
Communications (45%)
- Ensure the Mission consultation with the Ministry of Gender, Labor
and Social Development (MGLSD), UNICEF and youth through different funding
streams, including PEPFAR, child survival, malaria and education is
strategic, integrated/coordinated and reflects theories, concepts,
principles, practice and current research in the development,
implementation and management of children and youth focused activities.
Requires close collaboration and communication with other technical/senior
advisors working in the same areas. Provide strategic and technical
mentoring to USAID implementing partners and staff. - Play a lead role in public outreach and communications for the youth
activities across the health, education, economic growth and governance
programs. Summarize information and conclusions in written and oral form,
for presentation to senior USG and other decision makers, and for
incorporation into other USAID/Uganda activity documents, as appropriate.
Organize site visits, conferences, and seminars to ensure maximum exposure
to emerging trends and various points of view, and for monitoring
activities. Share lessons learned from youth programming and promote
utilization of that knowledge across different USAID and Embassy offices. - Under the guidance of Uganda’s national frameworks including the
National Development Plan, the National Policy and Orphans and Other
Vulnerable Children, the National Youth Policy, the Peace, Recovery and
Development Plan, and others, provide strategic guidance in USAID’s
support to the MGLSD and the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) to
support vulnerable children and youth. Through close consultation with the
MGLSD, MOES, UNICEF and other key partners, including organizational
development experts as needed, ensure USAID’s support to the MGLSD and
MOES promotes and fosters their goals and objectives for supporting youth
and children in Uganda. - Cultivate and maintain a wide range of contacts with government,
private sector, and voluntary institutions as well as other multilateral
and bilateral donors on matters related to youth to ensure proper activity
design and implementation. Engage youth themselves in order to best map their
needs, inform Mission activities, and evaluate programs in youth
development. Emphasize the need for coordination, cooperation and
information sharing among the different programs involving youth across
sectors and within the Embassy. - Foster USG leadership to advance a cross-sector youth agenda in
development and diplomacy (e.g. Trafficking in Persons, Public Affairs
Section annual youth conference and Department of Labor activities on
exploitive labor). Represent USAID on other interagency working groups as
needed, including the PEPFAR OVC Technical Working Group.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
NOTE: All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed
below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.
below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.
- The ideal candidate for the United States US Embassy Project
Management Specialist (Youth & Child Development) career opportunity
should hold a Masters’ degree in a field relevant to development
assistance in the social sectors such as health, education, social welfare
or development. - At least 15 years of progressively responsible, professional
experience in the field of youth and child development of which at least
seven years’ experience in development assistance, or related work for
USAID, other donor agencies, host government organizations or civil
society/private sector organizations in the field of youth and child
development; and five years of which the candidate was living and working
in a developing country required. - Knowledge of US Government policies, regulations, procedures, and
documentation. - Track record in managing for results and attention to the
development of evidence base. - Experience in managing grants and contracts, including technical,
budgetary and human resource components. - Experience developing policies and procedures governing the
development, management, administration, implementation and evaluation of
youth and children development programs at all levels. - Able to develop creative approaches to new or unfamiliar problems.
- Experience with youth workforce development and developing the
socio-economic security of vulnerable households is preferred. - Strong leadership and strong interpersonal skills (written and oral)
in order to manage and coordinate multi-agency, multi-sectoral activities. - Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a
variety of stakeholders including the U.S. Ambassador, USAID Mission
Director and other heads of USG Agencies, senior levels Government
officials, senior level managers and technical staff of development and
implementing partners. - Must be able to represent and defend USG development policies and
programs and to explain and interpret host-country attitudes, priorities
and concerns to senior USG officials. - Multitask and exercise sound judgment and decision-making in a very
fast paced, dynamic environment. - Independently and effectively plan, organize and manage and evaluate
important, responsible and complex activities to accomplish broader Agency
and Mission goals. - Advance a learning agenda; obtain, analyze and evaluate data;
present in meaningful terms to others. - Excellent analytical skills to develop policies and programs and
review and provide substantive feedback on concept papers, program
designs, workplans, quarterly and annual reports and other government and
donor documents. - Prepare factual and interpretive reports addressing complex, subject
matter. Provide information and advice with detachment and objectivity. - Language Proficiency: Level IV (fluent) English language proficiency, speaking and
writing, is required. Knowledge in other local languages is desirable.
How to Apply:
All qualified
candidates should submit the following;
candidates should submit the following;
- A signed AID-302-3 Offeror Information for Personal Services
Contracts, Download
Here - Cover letter clearly indicating the position for which you are
applying and describing how you meet the minimum requirements - Updated Curriculum Vitae/Resume
- Copies of Academic Transcripts
- Names, contact numbers, and e-mail addresses of three (3)
professional references. At least one of the references must be a prior or
current direct supervisor. - U.S. citizen, Resident Aliens and other nations (resident in Uganda)
must attach a copy of a valid work permit.
Send them to:
KampalaHR@state.gov in standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) or
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). All should be in one document which should not exceed
10MB.
KampalaHR@state.gov in standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) or
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). All should be in one document which should not exceed
10MB.
Deadline: 29th June 2018
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