Capacity Development Specialist - World Vision Uganda Vacancy at World Vision in Kampala,Uganda,E.A

Post:Capacity Development Specialist - World Vision Uganda
 Organization:World Vision
Location:Kampala
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization
dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 40 districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.” We are now seeking for qualified persons willing to share in our vision to join the team in the following roles. World Vision Uganda seeks qualified persons to provide technical support for a proposed USAID/ Uganda Advocacy for Better Health Program. This position are contingent on World Vision Uganda being awarded the cooperative agreement.

Project summary: - The goal of the Advocacy for Better Health program is to contribute to improvement in quality, availability and accessibility of health services. The purpose of the program is to increase the citizens’ voice for quality service delivery. The key objectives for this program shall be 1) to ensure that communities in the selected districts can identify and articulate their needs, and are able to demand for quality services; 2) to ensure that the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) develop effective advocacy initiatives, and are able to represent the communities’ demands for better quality services; and 3) to build the technical and operational capacity of the CSOs to qualify them as potential direct recipients of future USAID funding. This third objective will the primary focus of this position.

Position: Capacity Development Specialist Reports to: Chief of Party Project: Advocacy for Better Health Duty station: Kampala

Purpose of the position: To lead and coordinate efforts to build technical competence and organizational capacity of the communities and civil society organizations (CSOs) in order to strengthen their technical credibility, organizational capacity, human resources and ability to influence policy on health.

Key Responsibilities 
• Lead organizational/institutional capacity building component for local organizations and structures including areas of NGO success competencies such as Leadership, Governance, Administration, HR Systems, Financial Systems, Organizational Management, Program Management, and Project Performance Management.
 • Provide leadership and coordination in the development, dissemination and promotion of programs in local organizational/institutional capacity building.
 • Provide, or request technical expertise to local partners, including technical capacity in M&E, OVC, and other program areas as appropriate and needed.
 • Needs assessments, program design, start-up, phase-in, phase-out, customer service, communications, reporting, monitoring and/or evaluation activities.
 • Ensure World Vision program standards meet or exceed donor expectations
• Encourage and facilitate the documentation of best practices and lessons learned, directed toward multiple audiences, to influence policy formation, develop capacity and foster professionalism.

Knowledge and skills
 • Bachelors degree or higher in Economics, Development Planning or related field.
 • Minimum of 5 years demonstrated work experience and skills in Organizational Development.
 • Experience of providing advisory services in the area of capacity development.
 • Proven experience in development of interventions to improve quality, efficiency and sustainability of civil society and communities in Uganda or other regional countries
 • S/he must possess sound understanding and capability to empower and develop the capacity of others at both national and sub-national level.
 • Demonstrated ability to design capacity building strategies based on clear needs identification and understanding of the operating context, and experience of working with CSOs, with national or local governments.
 • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in planning and program/project management for Government/donor initiatives.
 • Experience in assessing technical capacity of organizations, developing customized capacity building plans, and providing individualized training, mentoring and on-site support in various technical areas of need.
• Familiarity with Public expenditure management and accountability
. • In sympathy with christian valuescapacity of local organizations and subgrantees in U.S. government (USG)- supported grants. Coaching, advising, and enforcement are essential functions of this position.

As the nature of this project is advocacy and accountability, the most competitive candidates will have experience in monitoring and evaluation of voice and accountability programs.
Closing date: 09 Aug 2013
How to apply: 
http://reliefweb.int/job/593382/capacity-development-specialist-world-vision-uganda