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• Provide strong and positive leadership to the Regional Programs
  Managers and ensure competent and motivated staff are hired and retained
  in Area Programmes and generally in the field.
• Ensures that programs are implemented using the most appropriate,
  affordable and culturally accepted technology.
• Provide oversight to operational risk management,
• Ensure that local level programming contributes to national level
  advocacy strategies.
• Work closely with the Operations Director and other Technical team
  members to ensure full and timely execution of the National Office (NO)
  Annual Operational Plans (AOPs) and Budgets.
• Ensure proper integration of Advocacy and Faith and Development in
  programming across all funding types.
• Ensure organization representation at strategic local government
  functions and donor meetings.
• Ensure that all program interventions are supported and implemented
  as per LEAP, and other partnership and donor standards.
• Ensure a learning culture, evidence based programming and
  documentation of best practices and industry standards are supported.
• Ensure effective programming in interfaith contexts.
• Develop and implement strategies for intentional and mutual learning
  among staff between programs and between other regions (a wider
  geographical area).

• Provide leadership in supporting the implementation of technical
  programs in anintegrated manner across World Vision Uganda (WVU) Areas
  program locations.
• Ensures Technical Programs and projects are adopted appropriately
  across the program areas and are speaking to community priorities and
  context uniqueness.
• In collaboration with the finance unit, ensure planning and
  budgeting, project funding, expenditures and process are aligned and
  operating smoothly.
• Ensure the development of WV Uganda’s capacity to focus
  strategically on initiatives which generate higher quality programming
  management leading to measurable and sustainable development.
• Ensure all WVU’s programming is based on and in line with WV’s
  Development Programming Approach

• Ensures that all program non sponsorship funds (PNS) and other
  grants implemented within the APs are implemented in time, target and
  budget.
• Support the alignment of grants to the technical projects in the APs
  and identify opportunities to leverage the Area Program budget to support
  grants opportunities and vice versa
• Actively support the scale up of good practices out of implemented
  grants across the Area Programs while ensuring that learning opportunities
  are taking place.

• Work in close collaboration with M&E maintain Area Program
  quality metrics, dashboards within the acceptable WV partnership set
  standards through robust performance tracking system.
• Lead performance consequence management for programs that are
  performing well and those that need improvement.
• In collaboration with Technical Program Managers provide technical
  support for struggling programs to bring their performance back to track

• Ensures that Area Programmes (AP) Mid-Year and annual reporting
  meets the set standards especially the requisite reporting quality.
• Lead the process of generating AP evidence and information to feed
  in the child wellbeing reports as well as technical program reports. The
  information includes significant changes stories
• Support M&E to plan and effectively conduct ongoing output and
  annual monitoring and drives the reflection of the results and
  applications of the learning across the Aps

• In collaboration with People and Culture department, ensure right
  staff are recruited, retained, and provided with intentional
  opportunities, mentoring and coaching for development.
• Support professional and personal development of Area Program field
  staff through on­ the-job coaching, identification of learning and
  training needs and opportunities.
• Ensures that the Regional Programs Managers are driving cluster and
  AP staff performance in a manner that aligns individual performance to the
  organizational performance

• Ensures quality programming, innovative designs, monitoring,
  evaluation, reflection, learning and reporting is done as per the WV
  standards and procedures
• Support timely and effective implementation of various
  accountability mechanisms such as Peer Review, Operational and Finance
  Audits, Programme evaluations, Programme Capability Review
• Comply with partnership standards, policies and protocols
• Ensure internal control systems are implemented to mitigate risks
  and create accountability environment that will result in good audit
  ratings
• Provide leadership in management and stewardship of donor and
  organizational resources at AP level

• Maintain effective communications and pro-active relationships with
  Support Office partners, including visits by donors.
• Work in close coordination with Operations Director and Support
  Offices, develop and maintain pro-active relationships with the local
  governments in WVU Area Program locations.
• In coordination with the Senior Management Team, work closely with
  regional office in relation to implementation of Partnership initiatives,
  capacity building of Field office staff and knowledge sharing within the
  operations.
• Work closely with Partnership Specialist to establish WVU as a
  partner of choice especially at the implementation level.

• Perform any other duty as may be assigned by supervisor or designee
  from time to time

• The applicant for the World Vision Associate Director – Operations
  job placement should preferably hold a postgraduate qualification in
  International Development, Program Management, Business Administration,
  Public Health, Economics, Rural Development or related field.
• At least twelve years’ experience with a thorough understanding of
  all areas of project management cycles in a complex, international
  development organization especially in development and Relief Projects of
  which 5 years should be at senior managerial level.
• General understanding of at least four of the following programmatic
  sectors: Health & Nutrition; Livelihoods & Resilience; Education
  & Child Protection; WASH; Disaster Risk Reduction; Food Assistance and
  Emergency Response.
• The position holder must be results oriented and team a player.
• Deep knowledge of WVI working systems, policies and standards will
  be an advantage
• Training or certification in Portfolio and/or Program Management
  with accredited institutions.
• Ability to lead a multi-cultural team with an empowering and outcome
  oriented approach.
• Strong budgetary and financial management skills.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• The person must be results oriented, able to handle public
  relations, able to satisfy donors and a team player.
• Good interpersonal, organizational and management skills.
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural
  contexts, stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with
  limited resources.
• Ability to solve complex problems and to exercise independent
  judgment.
• Computer literate.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically
  upto 40% of the time and occasionally internationally.

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