Program Manager Access to Justice – Legal Aid Career Opportunity – Democratic Governance Facility (DGF)

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Organisation: Democratic Governance Facility (DGF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Component Manager
About DGF:
Democratic
Governance Facility (DGF) was established by eight of Uganda’s International
Development Partners including Austria, Denmark, EU, Ireland, Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden and the UK to manage coherent, harmonized and coordinated
multi-donor support to state and non-state actors aimed at enhancing democratic
governance in Uganda. It is based upon three components: Deepening Democracy;
Rights, Justice and Peace; and Voice & Accountability.
Job Summary: The Program Manager Access to Justice – Legal Aid
will be tasked with reviewing project proposals, monitoring partner project
implementation and providing technical support and quality assurance to
implementing partners.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Develop and update the Access to Justice
    legal Aid theory of change and logical framework and align it with the
    overall DGF logical framework and theory of change
  • The incumbent will provide a contextual
    analysis of national and international key developments in the Access to
    Justice-legal aid sector and recommend best practices to be adopted
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Program
    Manager Access to Justice – Legal Aid should be a practicing lawyer with experience
    in court processes with an advanced University degree in a relevant
    subject particularly in the areas of law or human rights with training in
    Project planning and management, financial management, monitoring and
    evaluation
  • At least five years’ experience working
    within the area of legal rights, access to justice preferably in the
    governance field
  • Competencies of Result Based Management,
    programme design and implementation, capacity development and
    organisational development
How to Apply:
All
candidates should send an updated curriculum vitae, academic and professional
certificates along with the names and contacts of three referees to: The
Director, Executive Recruitments, Future Options Consulting Ltd, 4th Floor,
Diamond Trust Building, Kampala Road, P.O. Box 34934, Kampala, Uganda by
courier or email to: reception@futureoptionsug.com.
NB: Please include the title of the position for
which you are applying in the subject line of the email.
Deadline: 1st April, 2016 by 5:00 PM
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