The Ugandan Jobline

• Facilitate monthly meetings of the IRMG, and support information
  gathering and analysis to support effective discussions during these
  meetings. 
• Coordinate assessment of risk management and accountability
  practices among INGOs working in Uganda. The objective of the assessment
  will be to map out and analyze current NGO accountability standards and
  approaches to risk management and mitigation in Uganda, and identify gaps,
  synergies and points of commonality – including the most frequent patterns
  of fraud and misconduct in Uganda, with practical recommendations for how
  to address them;
• Based on the results of assessment, support preparation of
  guidelines for risk management and accountability for INGOs in Uganda;
• Facilitate awareness raising sessions and training to increase INGO
  capacity to prevent, mitigate and respond to risks. This will include
  curriculum development taking into account the needs and priorities of
  INGOs of varying sizes.
• Coordination of data collection to contribute to the discussion led
  by donors on “the costs of doing business” to have effective systems in
  place and an estimation of what the “return on investment” will be for
  INGOs and donors;
• Support advocacy by the group to a wide range of donors and UN
  agencies;
• Support active engagement with the UNHCR led Steering Committee on
  Refugee Feedback, Referral and Resolution Mechanism (FRRM) and the common
  system that UNHCR plans to pilot in a number of settlements.
• Coordinate communication between the IRMG and donors, the Ugandan
  Government and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate establishment and support to subgroups of IRMG member
  staff on specific topics, identified in the risk assessment, during the
  workshops or in other IRMG learning and sharing forums.
• Conduct overall administrative management of the initiative
  including work planning, budget management and reporting to donors.

• The applicant must hold a B.Sc. or MA university degree in human
  resources, business administration, finance, accounting or a related
  business field is required (A certification in the field will be an
  advantage, e.g. CPA, CIA).
• Five years of related work experience with a business or
  not-for-profit organization;
• Strong background in compliance, safeguarding and internal controls;
  experience in auditing or investigating wrongful conduct preferred.
• Thorough understanding of aid accountability, codes of conduct, and
  principles around protection and safeguarding.
• Ability to work with various administrative and program levels in
  the organization;
• Strong organizational and research skills with  a broad understanding of various program
  sectors and activities;
• Extensive knowledge of compliance and safeguarding donor rules,
  regulations including USAID, ECHO, DFID, UN, etc.
• Strong inter-personal skills, diplomacy, tact and ability to achieve
  results collaboratively with individuals not under supervisory control.
• Skilled in collecting, synthesizing and analyzing data.
• Ability to deliver training and prepare training materials.
• Self-motivated and able to deliver without close supervision.

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