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Title:             Consortium
Manager

Organisation: War
Child Holland (WCH)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to: Country
Director (CD)

About US:

War Child Holland
(WCH) is an International non-profit organization that has been working in
Uganda since 2004, mainly in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) affected areas.
As the situation in Uganda has stabilized, WCH has closed its programs related
to the LRA conflict and started a refugee response program in early 2016 in the
West Nile region, offering psychosocial support to children, young people and
families in the refugee and host communities. In addition to psychosocial
support, the country office is in the process of establishing education
projects with partners.

Job Summary:   The Consortium Manager will be responsible
for;

• Coordinating the MHPSS consortium, which includes ensuring quality,
  effective and efficient planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting
  of the SPOT project funded by ECHO.
• Support the implementing consortium partners (WCH, TPO and HI) in all
  areas of the project life cycle.
• Participate in proposal development to ensure sustainability of the
  MHPSS consortium and increase its geographical areas of intervention.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Coordinate the
MHPSS Consortium Project

• Manage MHPSS consortium by establishing management and coordination
  structure at Kampala and field level.
• Ensure frequent meetings of steering committee, program and MEAL
  working groups
• Represent consortium to ministry, donors and external actors
• Develop MHPSS technical working group within the country by
  providing leadership  and initiating
  advocacy actions
• Provide programme/award management services and technical support to
  consortium partners to ensure that outputs as set in the ECHO proposal can
  be reached
• Ensure that the Action is implemented by all partners of the
  consortium as per agreed plans, approaches and principles, and intended
  targets met
• Ensure that implementation of the programme across all consortium
  partners is regularly monitored; and that evidences, results and lessons
  are documented and communicated; challenges are tracked and addressed in a
  timely manner
• Travel to project sites and conduct regular monitoring of projects
  together with project team to ensure the set quality is met across consortium
  partners
• Ensure the production and submission of evidence based and high
  quality technical/narrative and financial reports to the donor and
  consortium partners
• Keep ECHO up to date with any potential irregularities, and/or
  obstacles which may hamper the implementation of the Action in a timely
  manner.

Support the
implementing consortium partners (WCH, TPO and HI) in all areas of the project
life cycle.

• Guarantee presence of partners in coordination/technical working
  groups meetings and other fora (Kampala and field level)
• Maintain and strengthen links with other ECHO Consortia.
• Facilitate the organization of regular Steering Committee meetings
  by synthesizing key progress and issues of the Action that require
  decision making.
• Serve as secretary of the Steering Committee.
• Represent WCH at the MHPSS working group meetings.
• Support the harmonization, the development and the consistent
  implementation of quality MHPSS standards adapted to the Uganda
  humanitarian context.

Participate in
proposal development to ensure sustainability of the MHPSS consortium and
increase its geographical areas of intervention.

• Organize and participate in regional level advocacy meetings for
  MHPSS to create awareness for MHPSS services.
• Conduct advocacy campaigns to change policy, behavior and practice
  on MHPSS
• Elaborate a plan for sustainability of activities, and document
  evidence and lessons learnt
• Support in identifying donors and/or partners for potential projects
• Support proposals development
• Perform other duties as may be requested by line manager

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The War Child Holland (WCH) Consortium Manager career should hold a
  Master’s degree in International Development, Child Protection,
  Psychology, Education, Social Sciences or equivalent demonstrable
  experience in relevant fields (social work, community development).
• At least seven years of senior management experience of development
  programs with leadership responsibilities.
• Knowledge of Uganda and of Great Lakes Region dynamics (economic and
  socio-political context) is desirable
• Strong technical skills in at least one of the pillars of WCH
  (psycho social support (PSS), Education or Child Protection) is essential
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, prioritize, and meet
  deadlines in a complex and challenging environment
• Strong programming and analytical competencies
• A successful track record in initiating, cultivating and securing
  support from a range of institutional and government donor agencies
• Strong diplomacy skills; ability to establish and maintain good
  working relationships with partners, donors and other stakeholders in a
  sensitive environment
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation methodologies, tools and
  systems (participatory methodologies)
• Excellent English writing ability and verbal skills for project
  proposals, reports and communications
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience,
  tact and empathy
• The ability and willingness to be flexible and accommodating in a
  difficult and sometimes insecure working environment
• Ability to problem solve and work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work well under pressure with diverse teams from all
  backgrounds and level

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates are invited to apply by uploading an
English CV consisting of maximum two pages, and answer our questionnaire
(please note that a cover letter is not requested) through the following
hyperlink:

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Deadline: 2^nd June 2019

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