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Job Title:   Project Supervisor   

Organisation: Humanity & Inclusion (Handicap International)

Duty Station:  Nakivale, Uganda

Reports to: Project Manager

Length of Contract: 6 months

Start Date: March 2025

 

About US:

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.

 

About INSPIRE Project:

The 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.

Based on an ongoing successful collaboration between MTI and HI under a Health project in Nakivale, MTI was able to share an existing gap in regard to SRHR which is the very low uptake of Family Planning within the Congolese refugee community as well as among persons with disabilities. This last point is even more complicated by the fact that there is currently no disaggregated health data and therefore no way to ensure that 10% to 15% of the settlement population is able to access health services including SRHR or if they are satisfied by those services.

The INSPIRE project will support interventions ensuring that both refugees and host communities living in Nakivale, including people with disabilities, have full and equitable access to their rights, including sexual reproductive rights and protection services. The “inclusive Dance 4 Changes” activity is one component of the INSPIRE project that will be implemented in two of Nakivale zones/subzones, Base Camp and Kibengo

 

In collaboration with all the relevant actors, the Project supervisor shall work closely with the Project Manager to ensure successful implementation of the project through the following deliverables:

 

Position: Project Supervisor (1)

Responsible to: Project Manager

Team Management: Yes

Location: Nakivale

Salary Grid: H2

Length of Contract: 6 months

Start Date: March 2025

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Mission 1: 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.

Mission 2: Operational implementation

Responsibility 1: Contribute to project planning and implementation in line with the existing frameworks

• Contribute to planning and preparing activities, tools and the associated resources, and implement the action plan in conjunction with the support services and the technical unit.
• Ensure that activities are implemented and that resources are correctly allocated as authorized by the project manager.
• Ensure regular reporting of activities, and contribute to the internal and external reporting as requested by the project manager.
• Contribute to identifying areas of the project in which adjustments are required and put forward adaptations to the project manager.
• Contribute to the drafting of amendment requests when asked by the project manager.
• Contribute to coordination with the local stakeholders and to monitoring the partnership relationship with the project partners.
• Ensure that project documents and information are properly archived.

Responsibility 2: Contribute to project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning

• Contribute to project monitoring, specifically activity progress indicators and the expected outcomes.
• Contribute to project evaluations at the request of the project manager, and ensure that project evaluation recommendations are followed.
• Contribute to the setup and smooth running of accountability mechanisms.
• Contribute to project learning.

Responsibility 3: Ensure project data management

• Ensure that the appropriate data collection and management tools are in place and are used correctly on the project, in line with global standards.
• Collect and compile project-related data in the relevant database.

Responsibility 4: Contribute to the coordination of project teams

• As authorized by the project manager, facilitate coordination meetings between the project teams and the support services located in the area, as and when necessary.
• Ensure that the project teams 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.

Responsibility 5: Contribute to external project communication

• Contribute to HI’s external influence by taking part in networks, when required.
• Communicate about the project to partners, authorities and stakeholders when relevant.

Mission 3: Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Contribute to the programme’s emergency preparedness initiatives, and in an emergency situation, adapt his/her working arrangements in order to contribute to an effective humanitarian response from HI

 




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

Mandatory

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Project Management, Business Administration, Education etc.)
• Previous experience in project management or a related role
• At least 3 year of practical experience in Project Management in a similar role
• At least 3 years of professional experience in the fields of SRHR / GBV related fields.

Desirable:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly and effectively.
• Ability to facilitate group discussions, encourage participation, and manage group dynamics.
• Working with an NGO (local/international)
• Experience working with persons with disabilities in both humanitarian and development context.

Personal Skills & Technical Competencies required

• Know and Practice
• Intervention strategy
• Planning, monitoring & coordination
• Operational partnerships
• Results and indicators monitoring
• Planning and coordination of qualitative and quantitative surveys, dissemination of results
• Project evaluation
• Accountability to affected populations: participatory, non-discriminatory and responsible approaches.
• Planning (supply)
• Cash management
• Management of major risks (safeguarding, fraud & corruption, security and major financial risks)

 

Application Process

• Humanity & Inclusion is an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified persons with disabilities are preferred for the above positions, please indicate the type of disability for reasonable accommodation during Interviews. Refugees and women are encouraged to apply to become a part of our organization.
• 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 and Location in the subject line

 

Deadline: 31st December 2024

 

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

 

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