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:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
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