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Job Title:  SHRH Project Manager   

Organisation: Humanity & Inclusion

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Head of Programs

Gross Salary: UGX 6,633,631 – 7,441,565 /=

Length of Contract: 11 months

Start Date: September 2024

 

About Organisation:

Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Humanity & Inclusion (the new name of Handicap International) is a 40-year-old independent and impartial organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.

 

We work alongside people with disabilities and individuals experiencing extreme hardship, acting and bearing witness to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

HI in Uganda is currently implementing development and humanitarian interventions in six sectors/thematic areas: Livelihood, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Physical and Functional Rehabilitation, Inclusive Education, Inclusive Health, and Inclusive Humanitarian Action (IHA) to improve access and quality of services to the most vulnerable people including persons with disabilities promoting a more inclusive and harmonious society.

 

Project Background

INSPIRE (Inclusive Norms, Support, and Promoting Inclusive Reproductive Empowerment) project is aimed at sustainably enhancing access to reproductive health rights and services for persons with disabilities in the Nakivale refugee settlement, one of the largest refugee settlements in the world.

 

Job Summary:   The SRHR/GBV Project Manager will be part of the operational team of HI Uganda. S/he will be reporting to the Head of Programs and work in close collaboration with the Technical Teams, particularly the SRHR specialist (based in Kampala) and the protection global specialist (based in Lyon). The position will be based in Kampala. S/he will ensure the overall management and contribute to the development of HI’s projects in Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) sectors. Current projects are implemented in Nakivale settlement and West-Nile region. The position will require frequent travels to the project’s implementation areas

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Management

• Manager as a role model: embody HI’s values on a daily basis, and be a role model.
• Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into operational objectives for his or her team, lead the necessary changes. Give meaning to each management action. Encourage inter and intra departmental exchanges of practice. Encourage innovation and risk-taking.
• Operational manager: organise the operational management of his or her team, structure the work around identified processes, steer performance and facilitate the resolution of problems.
• First HR & Coach: contribute to the development of his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism and attachment to HI. Ensure compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the mindset and expected individual and collective behaviour.

Strategy and steering

• Contribute to the development of the program’s operational strategy
• Contribute to programme or country operational strategy (StratOp).
• Draft new project proposals for the continuity or expansion of the project.
• Contribute to the drafting of new proposals for new opportunities, if necessary.

Operational implementation

• Responsibility 1: Ensure the implementation of the project, in line with the logical frameworks and allocated budgets.
• Steer the project’s intervention strategy and put forward adjustments if the objectives change or if it is likely that they will not be met.
• Ensure that activities are implemented, and resources are used, in line with the project proposals and the allocated budgets.
• Ensure project reporting, internally (within the program) and externally (reporting to funding bodies, authorities and/or partners).
• Undertake expenditure and manage the project activity-specific budget lines according to the delegation he/she received based on the program signature delegation table
• Prepare and manage partnerships with the project implementation partners.
• Guarantee the proper archiving of information.

Ensure that project implementation complies with the existing frameworks.

• Ensure the proper implementation and follow-up of institutional policies (specifically PME, PSEAH and Age-Gender- Disability policies) and the other HI internal standards.
• Ensure compliance with the terms of the project proposal and the rules applied by the project funding body/bodies. Ensure compliance with global technical standards and norms by communicating and by
• involving the technical specialists and advisors with expertise in the project themes.

Ensure project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning.

• Ensure project monitoring, specifically activity progress indicators and the expected outcomes.
• Develop and implement the project evaluation plan.
• Ensure that the project is accountable to the local stakeholders.
• Ensure project learning, considering lessons learned from similar previous projects, following the recommendations made throughout the project (from evaluations, support missions, audits, etc.), and capitalising on the acquired knowledge.
• Ensure that the appropriate data collection and management tools are in place on the project, in line with global standards.
• Ensure that data related to the project is collected and compiled in the project database.
• Carry out regular checks and makes any necessary corrections to the activity database.
• Facilitate coordination meetings between his/her direct team and the support services located in the area when necessary.
• Ensure that his/her team and the support teams (shared and technical services, in particular) work well together in order to facilitate the implementation of the project in the country.
• Facilitate the project steering committee.
• Contribute to HI’s external influence by taking part in networks, when required.
• Communicate about the project to partners, authorities and stakeholders when relevant.

Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Lead the emergency preparedness actions in his/her department and, in the event of an emergency, reorganize the priorities of his/her team according to the humanitarian priority, in order to ensure a quick and efficient response by HI.

Respect for HI identity, rules and policies;

• Know, understand, apply and respect the HI code of conduct and ethics, HI mandate and values, HI rules and operating procedure, HI policies (child protection policy, policy and mechanism for the prevention of and fight against bribery, the protection of beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse policy) and make sure they are known, understood, applied and respected by its team.
• Know, understand, apply and respect HI security rules and ensure they are known, understood and applied by her/his team.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Education & Experience

• A Master’s degree in Public health or a related field.
• A post graduate diploma in project planning and management
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience working with project management for SRH, ideally working on joint projects with international partners and/or health cluster partners.
• At least 3 year of practical experience in Project Management in a similar
• At least 3 years of professional experience in SRHR related fields in an NGO
• Assessment and Intervention strategy
• Planning, monitoring & coordination
• Operation partnerships
• Team Management
• Humanitarian monitoring and emergency preparedness
• Results and indicators and Monitoring
• Planning and coordination of qualitative and quantitative surveys, dissemination of results
• Project evaluation
• Accountability to affected populations: participatory, non-discriminatory and Responsible approaches.
• Information management strategy, data structuring and quality
• Quantitative and qualitative data collection, qualitative analysis
• Financial/budget management
• Donor financial management
• Proposal and narrative report writing

 

Application Process

• Humanity & Inclusion is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we encourage qualified persons with disabilities and women are highly encouraged to apply.
• HI staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the Code of Conduct. In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.
• HI does not solicit funds in exchange for employment opportunities.

 

How to Apply:

If you feel you meet the requirements, please send an updated CV (3 pages max, including three professional referees current and/or past line managers) with a cover letter to HR department at recruitment@uganda.hi.org indicating the position applied for in the subject line

 

Deadline: Friday 16th August 2024.

 

NB: Any efforts to influence the recruitment process will lead to automatic disqualification.

 

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