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Job Title:    Project Manager/Project Coordinator

Organisation: Ripple Effect (formerly Send a Cow)

Duty Station:  Mbarara, Uganda

About US:

Ripple Effect Uganda is a growing and dynamic international development charity creating a wave of change in rural Africa. We are a partnership of experienced and committed staff, working with farming families in Africa. We are all inspired by the need to create an even greater impact on hunger and poverty in rural communities that are increasingly threatened by economic challenges and the climate crisis. Together, we support families to learn more, grow more and sell more. They then share what they know and have with their communities, creating a ripple effect of environmentally sustainable change across rural Africa. We are at an exciting stage in our history, as we re-brand from Send a Cow with an ambitious new 2030 strategy to multiply our impact

About YIDaMS Project:

In partnership with Mastercard Foundation, Ripple Effect Uganda plans to implement a five-year (2022 – 2027) Youth Inclusive Dairy Market Systems Project (YIDaMS) whose aim is to enable 50,000 young women and men to access dignified and fulfilling work in the dairy sector. These will comprise of youth aged 18-35 with 70% young women, 5% young people with disability and 10% refugee youth.

Job Summary:  The Project Manager/Project Coordinator is the project lead and will spearhead and provide leadership, vision to the project team. S/he will facilitate planning of all project deliverables, monitor project progress, identify project positive developments, potential risk and mitigate risk. Keeping up-date with new knowledge and developments in inclusive businesses through and ensuring these developments are understood and included in the intervention.

The purpose of the role is to provide leadership in the project area, represent the organisation in the area, ensure successful delivery of the project, management of project staff, and management of the donor contract against the plan, budget and log frame.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

Coordination:

• Oversee the youth skilling intervention and ensure youth engage in meaningful employment.
• Mentor and build the capacity of project team to integrate youth into dairy value chain development.
• Coordination of all youth intervention activities in the project operational areas.
• Support the establishment of sustainable marketing system to motivate youth to identify opportunities and engage in the business opportunities along the dairy value chain.
• Build the capacity of project staff to establish enterprise oriented farmer hubs and ensure youth participant meaningfully in business incubation, management and acceleration of the enterprises.
• Coordinate preparation of quarterly and annual plans, budgets and reports for the project.
• Identify and collaborate with other partners in order to get synergetic effects of the work.
• Support project team to facilitate and coordinate implementation of youth enterprise development and market linkages.
• Technical assistance and manage the development, monitoring, analysis and evaluation of the project.
• Provide input into recruitment and orientation of staff as may be required.
• Develop project specific work plans, detailed implementation plans and project schedules based on project agreements and contractual obligations.
• Facilitate planning and review sessions with partners to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
• Participate in budget processes and periodic budget reviews for partners.
• Ensure timely submission of financial and narrative reports.
• Coordinate and support sub awardee’s implementation

Training:

• In collaboration with other project staff and partners, work to identify capacity gaps with regards to project activities in the region.
• Design and support training for staff, project partners and project participants in workshops and group level.
• Build the capacity of project partner on youth programming.
• Build capacity of youth to take charge of business incubation hubs, input and output markets, livestock management practices in their communities.
• Build the capacity of project staff in identifying and disseminating lessons learned and best practices.
• Keep current data base for trainers in respective training areas and other related project resources.

Management Information System:

• Ensure project staff are trained in use and management of MIS.
• Guide and support staff in their efforts to collect and analyse data on a monthly basis.
• Use and study information captured through the MIS in real time to make strategic decisions, generate monthly and quarterly trend analysis reports.
• Work with the M& E team to clean, upload and analyse data.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in veterinary medicine or Animal production and management, Agriculture, Agribusiness and Business Administration or other related fields. Bachelor’s degree in the above is essential.
• Other combinations of training and/or up to 8 years of experience which can be demonstrated to result in the possession of the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the duties of this position may be considered.
• At least eight years in a management position
• Experience in youth skilling
• Vast experience in value chain development is essential and particularly experience in dairy value chain would be desired.
• Experience in business incubation, management and acceleration
• Demonstrable strategic management and planning experience.
• Experience of preparing, monitoring and managing budgets and work plans
• Experience in fundraising, proposal writing and development.
• Staff Management experience
• Experience in research and development
• Knowledge of environmental good practice
• Strong leadership ability
• Excellent communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• Report writing skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong networking skills.
• Able to participate on a policy level with government and other development partners
• Ability to identify funding opportunities
• Have empathy with Send a Cow’s Christian foundation and core values
• An initiator and self -driven
• A team leader, builder and developer
• A broad and mature thinker
• A strategic thinker with an eye for detail
• Creative and innovative
• A team player. Flexible.
• Understands the importance of confidentiality

Desirable:

• Experience in NGO work.
• Community development experience
• Experience in research and development
• Ability to manage conflict and deal positively with setbacks
• Knowledge in extension services delivery

How to Apply:

All applicants should send a filled application form, Download Here and attach a comprehensive CV and certified copies of academic documents

Please submit application online to hruganda@sendacow.org clearly indicating the position and location you are applying for in the subject line.

Deadline: 3rd October 2022 at 5:00pm EAT

NB: Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted

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