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Job Title:   Project Coordinator – MOFA  

Organisation: War Child Holland (WCH)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Program Implementation Manager

About Organisation:

War Child Holland (WCH) is an independent and impartial international non-governmental organization, investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. War Child is a dynamic organization with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We strive to empower children and young people while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict-affected children and young people.

Job Summary:  The Project Coordinator- MOFA is part of the Uganda country programme team and reports to the Program Implementation Manager (PIM). The main purpose of the position is to ensure that local partners’/ actors’ capacity is built to plan, implement and sustain initiatives/ activities under the project. The position holder also supervises technical coaches for CORE/CWTL, TeamUp and VoiceMore, who support partners in implementing War Child’s Evidence-Based Methodologies.

Essential functional relationships include: Regional Project coordinator-West Nile, Programme Development and Quality Manager, Senior Coordinator-Education, Programme Development Advisor-PSS and other specialists at country Office.

Location: The PC-BFA will be based in one of the project field offices, with regular travel to partner locations. The Project Coordinator-BFA is part of the Uganda country programme team and reports to the Program Implementation Manager (PIM). The main purpose of the position is to ensure that local partners’/ actors’ capacity is built to plan, implement and sustain initiatives/ activities under the project. The position holder also supervises technical coaches for CORE/CWTL, TeamUp and VoiceMore, who support partners in implementing War Child’s Evidence-Based Methodologies.

Essential functional relationships include: Regional Project coordinator-West Nile, Programme Development and Quality Manager, Senior Coordinator-Education, Programme Development Advisor-PSS and other specialists at country Office.

Location: The PC-BFA will be based in one of the project field offices, with regular travel to partner locations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Effective Project Delivery

• Provide timely support to local partners in planning and implementation of project activities (based on implementation schedule).
• Support local partners to implement the project within quality standards and budgets.
• Support partners to provide timely and quality reports
• Implement risk mitigation measures and regularly update PIM on other identified or anticipated risks.
• Ensure that mentorship and coaching plans by technical coaches are reviewed and monitored.

Capacity building of staff and partners

• Coordinate with technical leads to implement capacity building activities (trainings, mentorship, and coaching) for coaches and local partners for effective implementation of the project.
• Monitor and offer technical guidance and timely feedback to coaches and partners on the project.
• Conduct periodic field visits to project locations for quality checks and provide reports highlighting mentorship and support offered and gaps.
• Coordinate capacity strengthening efforts of WCA for partners to strengthen their systems.

Effective Coordination

• Organise periodic coordination and review meetings with local partners to check implementation progress, budget performance, challenges and ensure catchup plans are made.
• Represent WCA in different working groups and other coordination meetings, as agreed with the area project coordinator.
• Promote visibility of WCA by building necessary relationships with relevant stakeholders in the project locations.

Contribute to proposal Development:

• Participate and contribute proposal writing for new projects.

Effective budget management

• Ensure activities are implemented within budget and on time.
• Oversee partner compliance on project management.
• Coordinate monthly budget reviews with Finance department.

Effective Staff and Partner management

• Support and supervise relevant staff and local partners (e.g. technical coaches) to fulfill their mandate.
• Ensure staff performance reviews are conducted, staff mentored/coached in line with WC Performance Management System.
• Support in local partner assessment/re-assessment in liaison with the Senior Partnership and Grants Coordinator.
• Any other duties as assigned by line manager in fulfillment of the tasks.

Qualifications Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, social sciences, Development studies or the subject discipline.
• At least 4 years’ experience performing similar roles in a busy humanitarian environment.
• Experience in coordinating humanitarian education programmes is desired.
• Experience of coordinating Refugee-led or national partners is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of education and the education system and/or coaching and mentoring.
• Experience in writing successful project funding proposals
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to build and maintain strong and equal relationships.
• Strong social and communication skills for team and partner management as well as for liaising with external stakeholders.
• Facilitation skills
• Fluency in English, preferably able to speak in one of the local languages of West Nile
• Problem solving skills, able to deal independently with field work and partnership related issues.
• Result oriented.
• Strong report writing and documentation skills

NB: Commitment to the vision and goals of War Child in Uganda, including adherence to the Child Safety Policy, is essential.

How to Apply:

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