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Job Title:   Senior Program Officer – Powering The Uptake of Climate Change Mitigating Pumps Uganda Program (PUMP-UP)

Organisation: Mercy Corps

Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda

Minimum Salary: UGX 3,373,553/= per month

Reports to: Program Manager

About the Company:

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.

Job Summary:  The Senior Program Officer is responsible for project implementation, designing interventions, managing partnerships and resources and will support M&E activities. The SPO will ensure accountability to Mercy Corps policies and donor rules and regulations. He/she will report to and work with the Program Manager to engage in program representation to stakeholders, relevant government entities, partners, other implementers, and external stakeholders.

The primary focus of the Senior Program Officer will be to support the community level teams in adapting and scaling integrated activities in respective Districts in collaboration with local government and private sector structures. The Senior Program Officer will be responsible for oversight of quality activities in the assigned District and supervising the Program Officer. The SPO will ensure the day-to-day implementation of the diverse Pump-up activities in consultation with the other program management team members and work closely with the partners. He/she will provide technical and operational support to the other Program staff, ensuring that activities are implemented according to scope and timeline.

The Senior Program Officer will directly respond to the needs of communities through the integrated set of activities under Pump-up. The Senior Program Officer will work closely with the Technical Team to best determine layering of activities within a community, based on need and availability of resources. The SPO will collaborate with the wider Implementation team to ensure that activities are sequenced, layered and integrated for comprehensive service delivery. The SPO will closely work with staff from local partners in the Pump-up Activity to strengthen integration. The SPO will work closely with MEL teams to ensure that data capture takes place.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Safeguarding Responsibilities

• Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work ·
• Practices the values of Mercy Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members ·
• Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options

Technical Responsibilities

Program Implementation

• Provide leadership and daily oversight for planning and implementation of Pump-up Activities including mentorship, support supervision and managerial support to the program team in the respective two districts.
• Support the program management team in the development of activity plans, budgeting and reporting formats
• Support in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the program activities, in accordance with Pump-up objectives.
• Supervise the activities and performance of Program Officer; participate in routine team meetings, adhere to performance review timelines, troubleshoot challenges and standardize implementation approaches.
• Identify and document best practices and failures in Pump-up Activity programming and provide timely feedback to the program team.
• Assist with ensuring timely and consistent submission of project reports, success stories and other relevant data (i.e. weekly, monthly and quarterly reports).
• Provide oversight to the program assistant regarding adhering to procurement, finance and security policy and procedures, ensuring proper documentation of processes.
• Work closely with the overall program team to coordinate day to day operations and logistics to maximize use of resources and ensure complementary programming.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Provide ongoing mentorship to Program team on data collection processes for completeness, accuracy and timely submission. And entry to regularly update the Activity Tracker.
• Responsible for leading with the MEL team on data collection including gender and age disaggregated data, data validation, assuring quality control measures, timely data submission and communicating to MEL sector focal person.

Influence and Representation

• Lead on the support and coordination of visits from district and sub-county government, regional and HQ based staff and external visitors, such as donors and media.
• Support the program manager in coordination and communication of field activities with other NGO and local government partners to avoid duplication of services.
• Establish and maintain a productive working relationship with the local Government and Sub Counties, working in unison to develop complementary joint monitoring, evaluation and adaptive management structures where possible.

Ethics and Integrity

• All Mercy Corps staff are expected to behave ethically and demonstrate the highest integrity in their professional and personal life. Mercy Corps has zero tolerance to any form of fraud, corruption, abuse, harassment or exploitation. Any breach of our policies or misconduct will lead to disciplinary action or may lead to termination.

Security

• Ensure data protection policies are adhered to, establishing security controls for software, hardware and archive beneficiary databases.
• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership. Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

Organizational Learning

• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, agribusiness, agriculture, agriculture land use and management, or other relevant fields required.
• Background in market systems development for smallholder farmers, with minimum of 5 years’ practical experience in the NGO working with Private Sector engagement or related experience
• Experience in MEL (data collection, verification, documentation and reporting)
• Proven skills in networking, team building, community consultations and organizational development
• Excellent reporting, communication and representation skills
• Willingness to consider new perspectives, promote gender equality and engage in advanced gender training
• Ability to ride a motorcycle and he/she should be in possession of a valid driving/riding license
• Proven knowledge and capacity in using computer basic applications MS word, Excel and internet
• In-depth knowledge of the social, cultural and economic context of the project areas
• Fluency in local languages prevalent within the operational district where assigned (highly desired)

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 at the link below.

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Deadline: 28th August 2024

NB:

• Please note that any application submitted that does not follow the above instructions will be automatically discarded.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Locals with the required qualifications are encouraged to apply.
• Mercy Corps does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.

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