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• Provide leadership to the project and
  programme teams: Coordinate and oversee the planning and implementation of
  all projects, programmes and portfolios. The HOPs will specifically
  support overall planning of all projects/Programmes: communication;
  procurement; human resources; Monitoring and evaluation;
  project/programmes control; risk management and project/programme
  transition.
• Provide overall technical support: Lead
  the design of interventions while ensuring the quality and maximum
  sustainability of all initiatives; identify, select and employ the right
  tools and processes to ensure project/programmes success.
• Ensure that all strategies and
  activities are aligned to Caritas Kotido Diocese policies, strategic plan
  and donor requirements and guidelines.
• Lead the annual work planning process
  and contribute to planning meetings with donors, partner institutions and
  other stakeholders.
• Stakeholder coordination: coordinate
  with the line government ministries/ departments, beneficiaries and
  partners’ institutions on issues related to technical planning,
  implementation and M&E of projects, programmes and portfolios.
• Support monitoring, evaluation and
  action learning: premised on the theory of change (results). Design
  appropriate project Monitoring and Evaluation tools based on project
  logic, Logical framework and MEAL.
• Provide report/feedback to the Executive
  Director on the progress of all projects,
• Programmes and portfolios. He/she may
  also be requested to update donors on the same when required.
• Oversee all activities, outputs, and
  outcomes related to project management and administration, including
  reporting, budget development and monitoring, financial transactions,
  execution of project plans, and project performance monitoring and
  evaluation.
• Drive use of data to track program
  quality, program outcomes and through targeted evaluations, assess
  programmatic impact on project goals, in partnership with the M&E
  Unit.
• Ensure that all project/programme
  activities are implemented in time, budget and scope (approved work plans,
  budgets and proposals).
• Coordinate the submission of timely and
  quality reports (narrative and financial) by the various project/programme
  leads.
• Consolidate quarterly and annual
  activity reports indicating progress towards targets and achievements for
  the year: challenges, lesson learned, innovations and success stories.
• Ensure all reports are submitted to the
  Executive Director in time to facilitate onward submission to the SSD
  Board, donors and other stakeholders.
• Ensure that all donor reports, and
  project write ups, including but not limited to success stories and
  program briefs are data driven and articulate.
• Present progress, achievements, and
  lessons learned to key stakeholders, including the donor, government
  officials, and other implementing partners.
• Based on skills and knowledge gaps
  identified, develop and implement staff capacity building plan for all the
  project/programme staff to meet established standards through on-job
  training, short courses, workshops, conferences and any other appropriate
  methods.
• Network and liaise with Caritas Kotido
  Diocese personnel, partner institutions and donors and other stakeholders
  to mobilize and utilize the required resources to nurture sustainable
  partnerships.
• Troubleshoot to prevent and resolve
  potential problems, review outputs for quality control. Prepare and
  maintain a weekly and monthly issue log to trace projects/programme risks,
  progress, challenges and lesson learned.

• The applicant for the Caritas
  International Head of Programmes job opportunity must hold an advanced
  (Master) degree in either of the following; Project Planning and
  Management; or Business Administration (project management); or economics;
  or Social Sciences; or Social Works and Social Administration; or
  Development Studies; or agricultural sciences (crop & livestock).
• At least five years of experience in a
  senior or similar position, managing multifaceted donor projects and
  programmes and multi-disciplinary teams.
• At least five years of experience of
  working with Faith-based Organizations or NGOs.
• Good experience and understanding of the
  pastoral and agro-pastoral production systems.
• Previous experience of working in
  Karamoja and other pastoralists’ areas is a requirement.
• Self-motivated and innovative
  individual, working with minimum supervision.
• Proven record of superb management,
  proposal development skills, leadership, decision-making, and
  interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to manage large, complex
  projects across multi-donor settings.
• Good experience in managing DFID, EU, USAID,
  IRISH AID, JICA etc projects.
• Demonstrated skills in supervising
  staff, team building and management.
• Knowledge in computer packages (MS,
  excel, power point etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written English
  communication skills.

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