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Job Title:    Project Assistant (Fresher NGO Jobs)

Organisation: Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) is a national women’s non-governmental organization based in Kampala.  Forum for Women in Democracy is a non-partisan women’s organization operating in Uganda with its head office in Kampala. FOWODE grew out of the Women’s Caucus of the 1994 –1995 Constituent Assembly (CA) that debated and passed the 1995 Constitution. The organization’s mission is to promote gender equality in all areas of decision making through capacity development, community empowerment, policy engagement and strategic partnerships.

Job Summary:  FOWODE wishes to add to her team a competent, results driven, proactive and self-driven individual and is seeking applications to fill the position of Project Assistant as below.  The Project Assistant will support the Programme Team in promoting gender equality in all areas of decision making.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Project Management

• Support in effective implementation of programme activities according to set targets and timelines.
• Support in preparing activity work plans and budgets.
• Monitoring, documentation and reporting
• Provide assistance in organizing field monitoring visits.
• Support the Program Officers to develop quarterly project progress reports and plans.
• Assist program Officers to consolidate activity reports from Field Officers.
• Support in the development and dissemination of good practices of our work.

Research and Advocacy

• Provide research information for program and resource mobilization.
• Consolidate district specific contextual information.
• Support advocacy on the issues arising from research and policy analysis.

Networking

• Support in organizing and coordinating planning, reflection and validation meetings with partners and beneficiaries.
• Participate in networking events and share reports.

Communication

• Support documentation of human interest stories and case studies.
• Participate in social media engagements informed by our work.

Organizational support and representation of FOWODE

• Represent FOWODE at different forums.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree focusing on gender, development, Public Policy or a related area from a recognized University. A Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management will be an added advantage.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply and submit their cover letters, a detailed curriculum vitae and copies of relevant academic documents to: hr@fowode.org. Please ensure that your attachments do not exceed 5 MB.

NB: We do appreciate your interest to work with FOWODE however, we regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: Tuesday, 26th October 2021 at 5.00pm

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