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Title:          Programme
Manager – Women’s Empowerment

Organisation: Trócaire

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Salary: UGX 64,628,902
to UGX 95,052,741

Reports to:
Programme Director

About US:

Trócaire is one of
Ireland’s leading INGO’s, with over 40 years’ of experience in international
development. Trócaire works through a partnership approach and is a member of
worldwide networks such as Caritas and CIDSE. This is an exciting time in the
history of the organisation as we continue to roll out our most recent
strategic plan 2016-2020 and begin planning for beyond this period.

Job Summary:  The role of the Programme Manager – Women’s
Empowerment is to provide overall direction and management to the Uganda
Women’s Empowerment Programme. There is a strong focus on the providing
capacity building support to partners especially in the areas of SASA! Faith,
response and advocacy.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Programme
Management and Development

• Lead and assume accountability for the successful delivery of
  outcome 3.2 of Trócaire’s Strategic Plan and respective delivery of
  related outcomes in the different projects funded by Trócaire, Irish Aid
  or external institutional donors.
• Work in close collaboration with relevant staff and partners,
  responsible for the effective design, implementation, monitoring,
  evaluation and reporting on all grants and overall programme, in line with
  agreed standards and donor requirements;
• In collaboration with the MEAL Advisor manage programme M&E
  through implementation of results frameworks and logic models, risk
  matrix, monitoring plan and evaluation processes.
• Actively research areas for innovation and incorporate areas of
  innovation into proposal processes.
• Promote, capture and disseminate learning from partners and
  programmes, and ensure that this informs future programme development;
• Contribute proactively to the successful implementation of
  integrated programming in Uganda.
• Provide regular updates on programme to relevant Trócaire teams at
  Headquarters.
• Ensure accurate records for the programme maintained in line with
  Trócaire and donor guidelines.

Programme Quality

• Provide high quality technical advice/support/ and capacity building
  to partners on SGBV, gender equality, and gender transformative
  programming.
• Lead on the technical quality of the country programme in terms of
  women’s empowerment in accordance with the Trócaire’s Global Framework on
  Women’s Empowerment through phased approaches, the use of best practice
  programming principles, models and methodologies, and overall leveling up
  of programming over time.
• Provide technical support to staff and partners on SGBV advocacy
  including when required provision of formal training.
• In collaboration with the Programme Officer – Women’s Empowerment,
  provide technical support to staff and partners on SASA Faith including
  when required provision of formal training. Adjust methodology in line
  with needs of different target groups (including survivors of SGBV, men,
  boys and girls).
• Provide technical support to staff and partners on women’s
  empowerment especially in terms of how to integration Women’s empowerment
  as a process in the Resource Use and Rights Programme and Humanitarian
  Response Programmes.
• Lead on the delivery of thematic programmatic research and ensuring
  the recommendations of research projects are incorporated into country
  programming.
• Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of SGBV, women’s
  empowerment and gender issues in Uganda and regionally, in line with all
  thematic areas of Trócaire’s country strategic plan.
• Provide training and learning opportunities for staff on Women’s
  Empowerment.
• Keep up-to-date with issues and trends, with regard to and Women’s
  Empowerment.

Managing effective
relationships with partners

• Develop, nurture and manage relationships with Trócaire’s partner
  organisations in line with the principles and standards set in our
  Partnership Policy, guidance and tools, and in agreement with the
  Programme Manager;
• Actively manage a portfolio of partner organisations, including
  partner communication, contracts and information management.
• Support accountable and strategic relationships with partners and
  enhancing partner capacity at an institutional and programmatic level
• Lead in rolling out a Partner Capacity Assessment process with
  partners and support them in addressing identified capacity needs.
• Promote and support partners’ adherence to jointly agreed
  accountability, safeguarding participants, and other standards, as these
  emerge;
• Review and critically assess project and programme proposals on a
  timely basis to guarantee timely disbursement of funds.
• Monitor ongoing implementation of partner projects through quarterly
  field visits and learning activities.
• Offer timely review and provide feedback to partners on all reports.
• In collaboration with the MEAL Advisor support partners to have
  effective results-based M&E systems in place to gather, manage and
  analyse quality gender-sensitive data to assess project progress and
  programme impact which will contribute to quality reporting, increased
  accountability, strengthened visibility and continual programme
  improvement.
• Consider new partnerships that ensure creative and dynamic
  programming through new contacts and field visits with a focus on
  cultivating partnerships with women led organisations.
• In collaboration with the CMT conduct biannual partner portfolio
  reviews.
• File all Trócaire monitoring reports and partner documentation on
  the Salesforce in a timely, consistent and organized manner.

Programme Finance
Management

• In collaboration with the Programme Accountants, prepare manage and
  monitor grant and partner budgets and ensure timely budget expenditure and
  value for money ensuring compliance with financial norms and standards.
• In collaboration with the Programme Accountants ensure timely transfers
  to Partners in accordance with agreed Trócaire standards.
• In collaboration with the Programme Accountant support the
  commission and management of audits for grants and projects.
• Develop relevant grant risk registers and monitor them in
  conjunction with the CMT.
• In collaboration with the Programme Accountant, ensure that all
  project files are complete with no missing finance / programme documents

Representation with
Internal and External Actors

• In collaboration with the CD and/or PM, develop, nurture and sustain
  relationships and effective communications with relevant stakeholders,
  including local government, national networks and other agencies working
  in/on Uganda This will include other Caritas/CIDSE agencies;
• In collaboration with the CD, BDGM and/or PM, develop, nurture and
  sustain relationships with relevant bi-lateral agencies and multi-lateral
  agencies seeking opportunities for programme funding, where applicable;
• Communicate with other teams within Trócaire to ensure that the
  programme is well understood, and that information is available for
  fundraising and other communication, including publications, media
  briefings, education, etc. This includes within Uganda to promote
  integration and with the wider organisation. This may involve participation
  in sessions/events with technical advisors, working groups, etc., as
  agreed with the relevant manager.

Staff Management

• Lead on the recruitment of all staff in the Women’s Empowerment team
  and support other recruitments in Trócaire Uganda.
• Manage the Women’s Empowerment staff (currently 1 Programme Officer)
  using Trócaire’s performance management system, ensuring team members are
  clear on their roles and responsibilities.
• Develop staff capacities, by jointly identifying needs, developing
  plans to strengthen capacities, and identifying sources of support.
• Actively manage staff to ensure annual and monthly plans are
  developed and followed that are in line with the programme and CSP needs.
• Manage relationships and maintain oversight of consultancies and
  technical partners.

Communications and
Advocacy

• Promote, capture and disseminate learning from partners and
  programmes, and ensure that this informs future programme development e.g.
  case studies, photos, testimonies.
• Contribute, where appropriate, to advocacy and information work in
  support of Trócaire and partners efforts, with relevant stakeholders in
  the country or globally.

Other

• Participate in planning and review meetings.
• Any other tasks which may, in the opinion of the Programme Director
  be appropriate for this level of responsibility.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant should hold a third level qualification in: Social
  Science, Development Studies, or a related area.
• At least five years of working in an international or local
  organisation in Uganda or abroad.
• Minimum three years of working in working in Gender, GBV prevention
  and response, social behaviour change approaches, and women’s economic
  empowerment.
• Experience in gender analysis/gender mainstreaming.
• Experience of working in a partnership arrangement with civil
  society organisations and the use of participatory approaches to
  development.
• Excellent writing skills with proven experience in designing and
  writing strategies.
• Gender analysis/mainstreaming skills.
• Proven results-based management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills,
  particularly in promoting organisational learning.
• Excellent communications skills
• Highly organised, with excellent planning, prioritisation and problem-solving
  skills.
• Good financial skills, particularly in designing and managing
  budgets.
• Excellent report writing skills and an aptitude for designing
  projects and proposals.
• Monitoring and evaluation skills.
• Data Analysis skills.
• Competent in Microsoft packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and
  with internet/email.
• Demonstrate a commitment to gender equality and an ability to
  influence and engage others to support gender issues.
• Capable of working efficiently under tight deadlines.
• Spoken and written fluency in English.

Desirable

• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area is desirable, or
  significant experience beyond that outlined above.
• Experience of working with faith based institutions
• Experience of designing and managing grants for key institutional
  donors.
• Excellent research, analytical and critical evaluation skills.
• Digital data collection skills
• Spoken Acholi, Ateso and/or Kumam

NB: This
position is open to Ugandan nationals or those with the right to work in Uganda
only.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 28th August 2019

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