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Job Title:  Programme Manager

Organisation: Saferworld

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Country Manager

About US:

Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with people affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security, and conduct wider research and analysis. We use this evidence and learning to improve local, national and international policies and practices that can help build lasting peace. Our priority is people – we believe in a world where everyone can lead peaceful, fulfilling lives, free from fear and insecurity. We are a not-for-profit organization operational in 12 countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Job Summary:  The overall purpose of the job is to provide effective leadership to the programme team and ensure effective management and delivery of country office projects. Saferworld works in partnership with national and other civil society organisations with the aim of addressing main conflict drivers, which include but not limited to, competition over natural resources; the arrival of refugees; inadequate transitional justice processes; and flawed electoral processes; leading to a more peaceful, secure and resilient communities in Uganda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Consortium, Partnership and project management

• Provide leadership for the effective and efficient management of the project, in accordance with Saferworld organisational and donor requirements.
• Oversee implementation and achievement of project objectives by the project team and partners.
• Ensure that joint planning, budgeting and reporting are conducted in a timely manner and to quality.
• Participate in all consortia meetings and act as secretary as and when required.
• Coordinate the collation of donor and other reports and project briefs for sign off before submission to donors and internal and/or external stakeholders.
• Explore and build opportunities for programme growth in the course of implementing projects through quality programme delivery processes.
• Support partner capacity assessments and design of capacity strengthening and partner support interventions.
• Be responsible for nurturing and maintaining a robust, honest and transparent relationship with project partners.
• Lead in the identification of risks and proactively work with partners to mitigate risk factors against partnership and project delivery plans.
• Chair the meetings of the project implementation committee and ensure that action points agreed during the meetings are followed through.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning support function

• Work closely with MEL Advisor on data sense making, reporting and sharing.
• Ensure critical project reflection and reviews take place on regular bases to inform decision making.
• Ensure that project results that can inform the wider Saferworld community are properly documented and shared for usage.
• Review relevant reports, including evaluation reports, and other internal and external resources as necessary to inform project delivery
• Ensure timely response to information requests from project staff, partners and donors.

People Management

• Foster team-based approach to management through participatory decision making, and team building events.
• Conduct periodic performance reviews and provide timely and honest feedback to staff under direct reports.
• Support the recruitment of project staff as and when required; ensuring compliance with Saferworld recruitment policies and procedures.
• Ensure that staff capacity building needs are identified and action plans developed to address the gaps.
• Provide continuous capacity building of, mentoring of, and coaching to staff in critical areas to facilitate effective and efficient programme delivery.
• Ensure Saferworld Security Protocols are adhered to at all times in the course of project delivery and for the safety of individual staff members, team members and Saferworld as an organisation.

Organisational support function, Networking and Representation.

• Represent the country programme and Saferworld as an organisation in meetings and provide feedback on issues that need further attention.
• Develop and maintain collaborative and strategic relationships with civil society partners and other stakeholders.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with other Saferworld staff working on policy and advocacy issues across the programmes as well as within the Policy, Advocacy and Communications teams.

Occasional duties:

• As and when delegated by the line manager

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Postgraduate degree in international relations, peace and conflict studies, development studies or relevant training from recognised institutions.
• Previous exposure and experience in progressive management in consortium and project management, community security, humanitarian, peace building and/or justice sector.
• Experience in providing mentoring and support to a range of actors, ideally in Uganda or similar context(s).
• Understanding and experience of programming in one or more of Saferworld’s core strategic areas: peacebuilding and governance, access to justice, gender, or conflict sensitive development.
• Sound knowledge of civil society dynamics and their role in addressing conflict drivers in Uganda or similar contexts.
• Demonstrable experience or managing complex projects.
• Demonstrable experience of working with partners in ways that reflect the principles of power-sharing, mutual respect and accompaniment.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: conflict sensitivity approach, mental health and psychosocial support, rights-based approach and gender sensitive approach and partnership approach to development.
• Understanding of financial management procedures, budget monitoring, and donor reporting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in a complex project setting.
• Excellent report writing, presentation and facilitation skills in English.
• Experience of people management in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to work constructively in teams as well as individually with minimum supervision.
• Ability to link programme work to policy and advocacy processes at various levels.
• Ability and availability to undertake periodical in-country travel to visit projects and programmes and occasional out of country travel.
• Ability to think critically, strategically and innovatively to improve project delivery.
• Ability to drive for solutions and to suggest ways to achieve better results.
• Ability to take intelligent risks to drive thought-leadership, individual and/or organizational performance.
• Commitment to adaptive programming and working in partnership based on mutual values and respect

Personal qualities:

• Commitment to and compliance with Saferworld’s safeguarding principles.
• Commitment to respect and value equality and diversity, and understanding of how this applies to own area of work.
• Commitment to own continuing personal and professional development.
• Commitment to the vision, mission and values of Saferworld.

How to Apply:

Download and complete an application form, Download Here and send to HR Team at jobs@saferworld.org.uk (Ref: UG-Programme Manager)

Deadline: 28th February 2023 by 5:00pm.

NB: Only successfully shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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