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Job Title:   Program Officer

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:  The Program Officer will implement and support FOWODE’s policy work on Gender and Economic Justice.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the planning and management of projects.
• Ensure effective implementation of program activities according to set targets and timelines.
• Prepare periodic specific work plans, reports and budgets to guide project implementation.
• Develop the organisation fame work for policy formulation, analysis and strategy.
• Contribute to the organisational framework for policy formulation, analysis and strategy.
• Support the implementation of policy analysis/decisions of the GEJ program and develop conceptual and methodological frameworks and detailed implementation plans for policy decisions emanating from the organisation to external/internal parties.
• Guide stakeholders in critical policy analysis and constructive contribution to policy formulation.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation of programme activities.
• Contribute to the development of indicators for assessing progress of projects and the programme.
• Develop program, progress, donor and other reports.
• Develop and disseminate a collection of good practices of our work.
• Generate ideas and fundraise for the organisation including development of concept notes and proposals.
• Co-ordinate research and analysis of existing and emerging program and policy areas at both national and local government level related to gender equality and economic justice.
• Coordinate policy engagement activities with government stakeholders at the national and local levels.
• Play a role in advocacy on issues arising from research and policy analysis and on the broad organisational areas of governance and economic policy.
• Take part in the development of partnerships and alliances relevant to the program in particular and the organisation in general.
• Organize and coordinate planning meetings with partners and beneficiaries.
• Represent FOWODE at different forums ensuring the partners, beneficiaries and stakeholders have clear understanding of FOWODE’s vision, mission, goals and strategy.
• Based on research findings and sound analysis, contribute to regional/national policy discourse.
• Work with the Communication unit to develop work related stories for the print and electronic media.
• Develop and disseminate a collection of good practices of our work.
• Supervise and support Field Officers (FOs) to effectively carry out their duties.
• Monitor the performance of FOs and conduct their performance appraisals for FOs.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelors’ degree and/or Master’s degree in Economics or Statistics with a background in gender, development and /or public policy, from a recognized University.
• Masters’ degree in related field in an added advantage.
• A minimum of three years of working experience in a non-governmental organization preferably in policy advocacy work.
• Keen understanding of the country’s macro and micro economic dynamics; analytical and conceptual skills and ability to translate these into program development.
• Substantive knowledge and understanding of economic governance and development issues.
• Track record of effective research in the field of policies and laws.
• Substantial experience in policy formulation, advocacy and advise in the areas of gender budgeting.
• Experience of influencing state actors on policy issues.
• Ability to complete succinct policy briefs as well as lengthy reports.
• Excellent public speaking skills.
• Computer literacy with working knowledge of Microsoft word, excel and power point.

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.

Deadline: 27^th September 2022 at 5.00pm

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