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Job Title:  Project Coordinator (LF Uganda Project)

Organisation: Sightsavers

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

Sightsavers is an International Development Organization which works with partners to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for people with disabilities in over 33 developing countries across Africa, Asia and America. Sightsavers seeks to achieve a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in society. Each year, we improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest parts of the world. Sightsavers offers a great place to work within easy reach of London and Brighton.

Job Summary:   Sightsavers Uganda office is seeking an experienced Project Coordinator to work with the local district government (DLGs) of Acholi Sub-region to ensure that LF Uganda NTD project is planned implemented, monitored and evaluated to the highest possible standards, as laid out in Sightsavers Programme & Implementation manual (PIM).

Key Duties and Responsibilities:   As the Project Coordinator you will develop relationships with District Local Governments (DLGs) of Teso Sub-region to achieve the objectives of the project. You will support partners to manage all aspects of the project cycle, assist project partners in the preparation of budget and forecast, and ensure that that the DLGs are supported to deliver high quality project deliverables on timely basis.

Further duties and responsibilities involve:

• Supporting partners in the identification of their capacity development needs, in line with Sightsavers partnership policy and guidelines, and facilitate capacity building activities to meet those needs
• Negotiate partnership agreements or memorandum of understanding, MOUs with the DLGs of Teso sub-region
• Represent Sightsavers in DLG and development partners meeting in Teso subregion
• Work with partners to identify needs for technical support in relation to trachoma elimination estimates
• Support partners to ensure that all project documentation, reports and related support documents like maps are made available in a timely and accessible way
• Attend to project visitors and facilitate their activities
• Monitor expenditure of project financial or actively returns
• Ensure that partners submit timey financial or activity returns
• Represent Sightsavers to District Local Governments and development partners in the target regions

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• As the successful candidate you will hold a tertiary qualification (bachelor’s or above), or equivalent working experience in social sciences, public health, development studies.
• You will possess experience implementing programmes, in particular health programmes and/or neglected tropical disease programmes with a focus on Monitoring and Evaluation, have knowledge of the WHO SAFE approach to trachoma elimination, and have experience working with District Local Governments health departments.

Further requirements include:

• Experience in data processing and management of large-scale surveys
• Demonstrated experience of statistical and or data analysis packages (SPSS, STATA, Excel, Power BI)
• Prior experience carrying out qualitative and quantitative data collection
• Advanced computer skills in MS Office programs, particularly Excel
• Knowledge and experience of working with district local governments and district health systems
• Knowledge and experience of the NGO sector
• Experience in advocacy work in health and in general development
• Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

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Deadline: 5th January 2025

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