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Title: Regional Manager

• Lead
  the development and implementation of NBD strategy and workplan
• Manage
  the implementation of NBD Secretariat activities, including project
  planning, technical oversight, financial and technical reporting,
  monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and coordination of project
  partners.
• Supervise
  all functions and tasks of the Secretariat.
• Manage
  and support the Secretariat team, including staff development, performance
  management, and teamwork.
• Develop
  and nurture relationships with key NBD partners and other stakeholders.
• Serve
  as spokesperson for the NBD network as required
• Liaise
  and manage relations with NBD Board members
• Provide
  leadership and coordination to National Discourse Forum offices for active
  engagement of NBD network
• Resource
  mobilization, including grant proposal development, liaising with
  development partners and cultivating additional partners
• Develop
  briefings, trip reports, meeting materials as needed

• Advanced
  degree (PhD or Masters) in economics, public policy, urban planning,
  disaster risk management, environmental science, or similar relevant
  discipline.
• A
  sustained record of achieving high quality, substantive results in a
  relevant development sector over an extended period (at least 8 years).
• Technical
  and policy literacy in water resource and/or environmental management
• Experience
  in public policy, political and/or campaign, consulting, with a civil
  society engagement focus preferred;
• Demonstrated
  management experience overseeing and managing teams;
• Demonstrated
  experience managing and providing professional development guidance for
  staff;
• Excellent
  command of English; superior oral and written communication skills;
• Superior
  analytical capabilities;
• Strong
  interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to take ownership of
  problems and use good judgment in decision-making;
• Strong
  facilitation, participatory analysis and planning, and meeting management
  skills.
• Experience
  in managing grant funded projects and in resource mobilization;
• Outstanding
  organizational and project management skills with an ability to develop
  project
• plans
  from concepts and execute to conclusion;
• Ability
  to successfully multi-task and deliver in a timely manner, with
  outstanding attention to detail and sense of urgency;
• Computer
  proficiency – Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• Willingness
  to travel domestically and internationally, with prior international
  travel experience required;
• Ability
  to manage confidential information and situations with efficiency,
  flexibility and diplomacy;
• Intellectual
  curiosity and a passion for impact-driven philanthropy.
• A
  flexible, ‘go getting’ and pro-active approach to work, and commitment to
  team work.
• Willing
  to be based in Uganda, travel outside duty station to accomplish work
  requirements and work in difficult conditions and outside usual office
  hours on a regular basis.
• Ability
  to develop and maintain reporting and project management systems
• Fluency
  in French, Arabic and / or Swahili.
• A
  proven track record in managing staff, budgets and complex
  multi-stakeholder projects.
• Experience
  of working in Uganda, and/or on research and advocacy initiatives.
• Knowledge
  of Climate Change Adaptation and/or resilience building approaches
• Experience
  of managing World Bank grant funded projects.

• A
  covering letter explaining why they are interested in undertaking this
  work and how they meet the person specification using clear examples from
  their previous experience.
• A
  current CV with email addresses and telephone numbers of three referees.

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