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Job Title:  Program Coordinator       

Organisation: The Balinda Children’s Foundation

Duty Station: Kyenjojo, Uganda

About Organisation:

The Balinda Children’s Foundation is a registered charitable organisation in Canada and an NGO in Uganda that supports orphaned and vulnerable children by providing them with the healthcare, educational, livelihoods and income generation support to help them achieve their full potential.

Job Summary:   The Program coordinator position is managerial with key responsibilities over program design and implementation, financial management, monitoring and evaluation, partnerships, reporting and resource management for the EYDCD Western cluster.

BCFU is implementing the Empowering Youth through Data and community development (EYDCD) program funded by Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVPF). BCFU is a cluster lead in a partnership of three organisations. BCFU is hiring a Program coordinator as the lead technical staff on the project. The position will be based in Kyenjojo District with travels to support the cluster interventions in Kabarole District

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Management

• Develop strategies for implementation of the Western Cluster and monitoring the implementation of the cluster Memorandum of Understanding
• Coordinate with the board of directors and management of the cluster partners to report on performance and of the project
• Ensuring that the cluster members are complying with the CRVPF guidelines and requirements
• Represent the organization and project in the public including attending public events, government meetings and events
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the cluster and organizational activities
• Supervise BCFU staff and cluster program officers; provide mentorship and coaching, training and hold them accountable to deliverables and results
• Lead performance planning and reviews for cluster staff

Program design, implementation

• Maintain strong working relationships with partners, donors and other stakeholders and host meetings to discuss progress of project implementation and targets
• Develop program work plans with detailed activities and timelines and share with cluster leaders for approval or consolidate the workplans of all cluster members into one and submit as needed
• Lead implementation of all cluster activities in all the priority areas ensuring that targets and objectives drive implementation
• Create awareness among the community and districts and mobilize stakeholders as needed
• Regular visits to the field to check on progress of activities including visiting beneficiaries, meeting with districts and local leaders, visiting homes and tracking progres
• Organize and or facilitate training for beneficiaries, communities and parents and follow up to ensure skills are being implemented.

Administration and Financial Management

• Ensure that assets of the cluster are in good condition and develop a system for tracking all assets
• Coordinate monthly cluster meetings and ensure minutes are documented and filed
• Work with the cluster organizations leaders to ensure all obligations with the donor are being met

Monitoring and Reporting

• Ensure the cluster partners submit activity reports at least 5 days after the activity
• Responsible for Monthly and quarterly reporting to CRVPF and ensuring they are submitted and include progress, photos and stories of success and are submitted three days prior to the end of the month
• Lead the implementation of the logical framework and monitoring and implementation plan
• Lead monthly monitoring activities in collaboration with the local leaders
• Document success stories and convene project review meetings with the board and stakeholders

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

Education

• The candidate should be committed to living and working fulltime from Kyenjojo.
• At least a bachelors degree in Social Sciences, Social work and administration, community development and development studies is required.
• The right candidate should have a minimum of three years of working experience in project management, coordination, youth empowerment and gender.

How to Apply:

If you are interested in the position and posses the required qualifications and experience submit your CV and academic credentials or please reach out for more information on balindachildrensfoundation@gmail.com

Deadline: 19th January 2025.

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