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• Support project teams to develop
  detailed activity plans and associated project milestones, and deliver
  against them in accordance with contractual requirements, including
  maintaining project spending in line with the budget projections.
• Work with the project delivery teams and
  Farm Africa’s team of Technical Managers to ensure technical excellence in
  delivery of our projects
• Work with the project delivery teams to
  embed Farm Africa’s approaches into their delivery plans, and ensure
  consistency in delivery in line with our approaches
• Support the PCs and finance staff to
  develop timely, realistic and accurate project budgets, and monitor and report
  against these budgets in line with internal and donor requirements and
  guidelines.
• Work with the Regional Programme Support
  Manager to facilitate rapid start-up of new projects, including supporting
  with recruitment, providing logistical and procurement support, supporting
  with partner management and contracting and organising inception and
  planning workshops.
• Plan and supervise project exit/closure
  to ensure the highest standards of professionalism and administrative
  efficiency in line with donor and government requirements.
• Support PCs and Project Accountants
  & Administrators to develop and implement monthly, quarterly and
  annual procurement plans.
• Support the CD and Business Development
  team with conceptualising and designing new projects and developing
  funding proposals
• Play an active role in the Farm Africa
  Uganda Senior Management Team (SMT)
• Deputise for the CD as required

• Ensure the highest standard of project
  donor contract management and full donor compliance with regard to
  budgeting and financial management and reporting, including planning and
  quality assurance of reports against approved formats.
• Build and maintain strong and effective
  relationships with donors at the local and operational levels.
• Prepare and pursue applications for
  approval of all project agreement from relevant government authority and
  ensure that projects are compliant with these agreements.
• Represent Farm Africa to government,
  donors and other NGOs, etc. on programme matters.
• Ensure the necessary assessments such as
  due diligence and partner risk analysis are completed.
• Assist in the preparation of Partners
  Contracts and MoUs and monitor the progress of these, overseeing
  corrective action and capacity building support where necessary

• Plan and lead the quarterly reviews of
  projects, ensuring rigorous analysis, discussion and testing of progress,
  situation and plans in respect of activity implementation, budget
  utilization and finance, resourcing, etc. Ensure decisions are reflected
  in future plans and activities with appropriate follow-up.
• Oversee the preparation and implementation
  of accurate, realistic and effective data collection plans for all
  projects in the Uganda portfolio.
• Support and coach field teams to ensure
  ongoing use of data and related adaptation of projects within agreed
  project frameworks and contracts, identifying need for and arranging
  technical support as/when needed.
• Ensure the highest standards in the
  planning, preparation and submission of impact measurement exercises
  including baselines, mid-term reviews and final evaluations, which should
  be both donor compliant and serve the knowledge agenda of Farm Africa.
• Undertake regular visits to project
  offices and field activities for support, partner visits, monitoring etc.

• Line manage PCs and PMs including
  ensuring they have clear work plans and objectives in place, regular
  consultations (at least weekly), quarterly reviews, and annual appraisals.
• Lead recruitment of all senior project
  staff, and support project teams with managing the recruitment of more
  junior staff including preparation and review of job descriptions,
  interview questions and practical tests.
• Lead and co-ordinate the planning,
  induction and training for all project staff, particularly Project
  Coordinators.
• Ensure all project staff are equipped
  with the necessary skills, knowledge and tools required to perform their
  assigned tasks to a high standard.
• Ensure appropriate levels of awareness
  and adherence to Farm Africa’s organisational policies, procedures and
  regulations by all project staff.

• The ideal candidate for the Farm Africa Programme
  Manager job placement must hold a postgraduate qualification in a relevant
  subject, such as project management, development studies, business
  administration, etc
• A minimum of three years senior
  management experience
• A minimum of five years project
  management experience in Uganda and/or another African country, including
  working with partners
• Experience of relationship building and
  management with major institutional, commercial and private individual
  donors
• Experience in working with the private
  sector to achieve development outcomes
• Experience of budget development,
  management, monitoring and review
• Experience of designing and implementing
  project monitoring systems
• Experience of drafting and negotiating
  project agreements, MOUs and partnership agreements,
• Experience of drafting and negotiating
  terms of reference for baselines, evaluations, and consultancies
• Experience of staff management and
  commitment to staff development and team building
• Experience of working with participatory
  approaches to development
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Excellent time management skills, with a
  proven ability to prioritise between tasks, deliver in a high-paced
  working environment, and self-manage
• High level of analytical and conceptual
  thinking
• Good budgeting and budget management
• Excellent IT skills, with a particular
  focus on Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong sense of integrity and personal
  commitment to the Goals and Values of Farm Africa
• Excellent communication and team
  building skills with the proven ability to coach and mentor staff
  successfully
• Ability to undertake unaccompanied
  travel and operate away from the work station

• Programme knowledge and experience in
  the agricultural, forestry, natural resource management, value chain
  development, and sustainable livelihoods.
• Senior management experience within a
  developmental NGO
• Experience of consortium leadership.
• Experience of managing relationships
  with EU, DfID, other bi-lateral donors
• Experience in project design and
  proposal development, including developing budgets for new projects
• Experience of designing and or leading
  the implementation of multi-million $ and cross-sector projects
• Experience of leading organisational and
  strategic planning processes
• Experience of capacity building field
  staff and other stakeholders such as local authorities and co-operatives

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