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Job Title:   Head of Programs and Partnerships – Uganda   

Organisation: Restless Development

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Salary: Paid UGX 153,686,45165 Annual Gross

 

About Restless Development:

We know young people have the power to solve the challenges we face in our world, but they are being ignored and overlooked. We are the agency that works with young people so they can lead in solving those challenges. Whether that means supporting communities to end child marriage or prevent HIV, we work with young people to change their lives and the lives of people in their communities.

 

We have operated in Uganda since 1997. Our work is guided by four goals set out by young people; (1) Voice: we recognize that young people have a voice and that participation is only meaningful when linked to power. (2) Living: We support young people to achieve a decent living and hold governments accountable for investing in youth-driven sustainable economies. (3) Sexual, Reproductive and Health Rights: We support young people to make positive choices about their health. and (4) Leadership: We empower young people and communities to prevent and lead the response to emerging crises, we make sure that this is part of a wider approach to invest in young people to build long-term resilience and sustainability through community mobilization.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Partnership and Resource mobilization (40%):

• Build strategic partnerships with Local and National Government, Bilateral donors, Trusts and Foundations, Corporates and Private sector to support Restless Development Uganda’s strategy
• Connect, learn and share with Youth focused organizations to understand the challenges and successes of the Youth Sector in Uganda
• Work with the Fundraising & Partnerships team to develop and deliver a Business Development strategy including long term cultivation plans for current and potential donors and partners.
• Ensure high quality proposals are submitted to donors that follow Restless Development’s business principles and model.

Design and oversee implementation of programmes (20%)

• Develop programme designs based Restless Development Programme Quality Framework, using evidence and learning from previous programmes as well as an understanding of the Ugandan context.
• Ensure strategic input into inception workshops to support the translation of successful proposals into effective work plans, ensuring deliverables, including outputs, outcomes, impact and learning, are delivered in line with proposals.
• Support the Programme Managers to deliver their Programmes in line with proposals and Restless.
• Development Programme Quality Framework and to ensure the programmes are continually learning and adapting their approaches.
• Lead the Annual Programme review and planning process to ensure impactful programmes.
• Integrate Dynamic Accountability and Gender transformation into all programme work plans.

Leadership (20%):

• Lead the large Programmes & Partnership Unit, ensuring Managers deliver their areas of work to a high standard.
• Programme Management, Evaluations & Learning and Business Development
• Ensure linkages and learning across the Programmes & Partnerships Unit and which are shared with the Leadership team to support decision making.

Oversight of Evaluations and Learning (20%)

• Ensure learnings from using the Restless Model are shared externally
• Use the learnings from current and past programmes to contribute to programme design and adaptive programming.
• Oversight of the evaluation process and generation of learning for all programmes in the Hub and ensure cross-Hub sharing and learning.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Graduate level degree in relevant field of study, or equivalent work experience.
• Proven leader with at least five years’ management experience in programme design and development, partnerships and strategic leadership
• At least five years of experience in the development sector, NGO experience preferred.
• Understanding of the Programme cycle, MEL systems and use of data and evidence for learning and development in design processes.
• Experience in institutional partnership building and development, relationship management, fundraising and consortium experience.

 

Desirable:

• Experience of distance management
• Knowledge of relevant national and international strategies and frameworks in the areas of youth empowerment, sexual reproductive health, HIV and AIDS, livelihoods and other poverty related global development priorities preferred.
• Excellent written and fluent English
• Excellent IT, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

 

Personal Specifications

• Self-driven
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Multitasker
• Team player
• Personal commitment to Restless Development’s mission and values

 

Competencies:

Strategic Thinking and Innovation    

• Shapes long-term organizational strategy
• Develops and influences external strategic partners to position us as leaders and experts of youth development

Leadership and people management  

• Develops and supports leadership throughout the Hub
• Creates a culture of continuous growth, role modelling the development of others and ensuring Performance Management is delivered at all levels

Communication                

• Sought for advice by managers, peers and leaders and resolves managerial conflict.
• Distils strategy into concise practical messages.
• Influences decision makers and represents the organisation in formal settings.
• Establishes a culture of trust and integrity and continually challenges organisations’ managers to enhance their talent management practices.

Delivery                   

• Maintains and ensures a clear direction for the organisation with highly focused priorities and outcomes.
• Drives a performance culture across the organisation giving teams space and authority to deliver objectives whilst, resolutely holding them accountable for outcomes.
• Enables the organisation to remain focused on core priorities irrespective of external challenges.

 

How to Apply:

Please send a completed application form, Download Here, to ugandajobs@restlessdevelopment.org

 

Please note that we DO NOT accept CVs, resumes and Cover letters.

 

Deadline: 10^th January 2022 by Midnight

 

NB: We do appreciate your interest in working with us. However, due to the large number of applicants only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted for interviews within two weeks after the deadline. Ladies and persons with physical impairments are strongly encouraged to apply.

 

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