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Job Title:   Program Manager- Jobtech for Refugees

Organisation: Mercy Corps

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Minimum Salary: UGX 8,923,898/= monthly.

Salary Range: $87,948,648 USD to $123,128,100 USD

About US:

Mercy Corps is an international non-profit organization which implements high-quality, analytical development programmes in very difficult places. Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006. It has and continues to implement programs in Acholi and Karamoja sub regions. Mercy Corps is taking a community-led, market driven approach to address poverty and food insecurity needs through interventions that get to the root causes and contributing factors of economic vulnerability.

Jobtech for Refugees

Mercy Corps has built a global reputation for innovative economic development programming, particularly working with start-ups, and hosts a venture capital arm called Mercy Corps Ventures. Mercy Corps’ youth employment work places a focus on jobtech and is centered around investing, supporting product innovation, and conducting research on the opportunities for the jobtech sector. In late 2021, Mercy Corps launched the Jobtech Alliance, an ecosystem-building initiative around inclusive jobtech in Africa.

Complementing the work that we’re doing across 10 countries in Africa, in Uganda Mercy Corps’ has a project focused on removing barriers to access on jobtech platforms (gigmatching, jobmatching, ecommerce) as well as agritech platforms for refugees. This “Jobtech for Refugees” project is implemented in collaboration with BFA Global. The program supports start-ups with technical assistance, project delivery support, grant capital and connections to partners, and complement it with support to refugees (through Refugee-led Organizations) to access these new opportunities.

Present in Uganda since 2006, Mercy Corps Uganda’s aim is to catalyze change through the Ugandan private sector, civil society, and government to create resilient, economically inclusive, healthy, and secure communities by 1) strengthening market systems that enable inclusive growth and resilience; 2) strengthening governance; 3) promoting health and nutrition outcomes; and 4) meeting the immediate needs of refugees and host communities while strengthening market systems and resilience capacities.

Job Summary: The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating on-the-ground engagement with refugees, refugee-led organisations (RLOs), government, and other stakeholders in the Jobtech for Refugees project. S/he will work closely with the Venture Building Manager (based in Kenya) and BFA Global, who will be responsible for developing partnerships with jobtech start-ups.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Support Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs) To Effectively Connect refugees to jobtech platforms (50%)

• Coordinate work done by RLOs and partners to identify, equip, and connect refugees to opportunities on jobtech and agritech platforms
• Support the development of subgrant agreements with RLOs and manage the partner relationship.
• Assess quality of service delivery by RLOs, and ensure that support packages lead to desired outcomes.
• Ensure high engagement of refugees with the program’s edtech partners.

Project Management (30%)

• Ensure program implementation related to refugee support is on time, scope, and budget through:
• Effective and efficient interdepartmental coordination between the project staff and supporting departments (Finance, Operations, Procurement, Program Quality Units). Collaborate with program, finance and administrative staff.
• Coordinate with Results, Learning & Research Director and MEL team to ensure adequate tracking of results
• Ensure adherence to Mercy Corps’ Program Management Minimum Standards (PM@MC).
• Create and maintain systems ensuring effective and transparent use of financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with donor and Mercy Corps policies and procedures.
• Ensure all interventions adhere to Mercy Corps’ Gender Policy, Do No Harm principles, and Community Accountability policy

Stakeholder Management (10%)

• Manage relationships with local authorities e.g. Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Refugee-led Organizations (RLOs), community leaders, coordination structures, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in regular meetings with stakeholders in the refugees support space, and identify opportunities for greater engagement.

Strategy (10%)

• Contribute to overarching Jobtech for Refugees strategy, with a focus on supply-side engagements
• Co-develop plans for engagement of refugees with RLOs and other partners. Develop training of trainer (TOT) tools and train RLOs to deliver support packages.

Learning & Field-Building (10%)

• Write-up experiences, and contribute to learning agenda around what works for refugees
• Represent the Jobtech Alliance and Mercy Corps in internal and external learning events, to share findings from our work.

 




Qualification, Skills and Experience:

• A history of excellence in achieving results and self-management.
• Minimum of 7 years experience working in project management, management consultancy, livelihoods or employment. Experience working with refugees is strongly preferred.
• Experience working in management consultancy, with startups and/or ICT4D is a plus
• At least 2 years experience managing budgets and sub grants or contracts with partners
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organize a workload among different tasks and team members
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), and a collaborative approach to working with others.
• Outstanding analytical capacity, with capacity to bring clarity for others and make quick decisions.
• You are a self-manager, who is passionate about livelihood development.
• You are great at managing relationships with a diverse set of actors.
• You are geared around impact rather than effort, and are honest about what is working and what isn’t.
• You have outstanding analytical capacity, and can quickly see opportunities for impact and how to intervene strategically. You love getting your hands dirty.

How to Apply:

All interested applicants must submit their Cover Letter & CV saved in 1 document as a PDF of no more than 5 pages online at the link below.

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Deadline: 22nd May 2024

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