The Ugandan Jobline

• Responsible
  for steering effective programme management and delivery of portfolio
  projects in line with annual milestones and targets.
• Ensure
  key programme management cycle principles and best practice are applied
  across portfolio.
• Responsible
  for ensuring team compliance with programme management rules across the
  portfolio to facilitate sound programme and financial reporting,
  accountability and transparency.
• Ensure
  timely procurement of services, communicate regularly with suppliers and
  partners ensuring that they are providing relevant and timely data and
  reports to allow DFID to monitor contracts and other agreements/ arrangement
  against budgets and delivery.
• Proactive
  portfolio financial management including timely portfolio reports to the
  monthly Programme Finance Meetings.
• Apply
  risk management strategies to all programmes taking into account potential
  fraud, operational and strategic risks, and appropriate action to mitigate
  against such issues.
• Build
  and manage relationships with contractors, implementers and partners
  professionally and effectively to ensure value for money, and to minimise
  fraud, inefficiency and waste.
• Actively
  support development of new Business Cases, in particular the development
  of financial, commercial and management sections.
• Monitor
  project/programme implementation and delivery including reporting
  timeliness and ensure that logframes are regularly updated.
• Ensure
  all necessary documentation to formalise and amend commitments and make
  payments are prepared, approved and filed.
• Participate
  in programme reviews and preparation of progress and review reports,
  including of partner financial systems and DFID assets.
• Offer
  management and leadership to programme officers and administrators (if in
  a line management position)
• Responsible
  for Policy & Corporate Management
• Significantly
  contribute information and compile high quality first drafts of replies, briefing
  and correspondence within assigned deadlines.
• Provide
  timely and accurate contributions to DFID Uganda’s corporate reporting as
  required.
• Deputise
  for Team Leader and/or Advisers at external meetings as required.
• Proactively
  facilitate the sharing of information between DFID and partners.
• Provide
  such support as is reasonably requested by the Team Leader, Adviser,
  Programme Manager or Head of Office.

• The
  ideal candidates for the DFID Jobs should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in
  Social Sciences, Development Studies, Business Administration or
  equivalent.
• A
  minimum of five years’ experience in programme/project management &
  administration with at least three years at middle management level.
• The
  successful candidate must be able to demonstrate;
• Strong
  understanding of systems and tools for financial planning and budgeting
  (including excel), and results monitoring
• The
  applicants should also be clearly articulate, competent in drafting high
  quality written communication, and have excellent attention to detail.
• The
  DFID Deputy Programme Managers should be self starters with excellent
  prioritisation skills and able to see through delegated decisions
• Possess
  the ability to work effectively with commercial suppliers, civil society
  organisations, mulit-lateral agencies, Government and other development
  partners.

DFID Key Personal Competencies:

• Delivering
  at Pace
• Making
  Effective Decisions
• Delivering
  value for money
• Achieving
  commercial outcomes
• Collaborating
  and Partnering
• Leading
  and communication

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