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Plan International-Uganda is an equal opportunity employer
and would like to recruit competent persons to fi ll the following vacant
positions:
Post Title:
1. Project Coordinator- Violence Against
Children
2. Monitoring, and Evaluation Coordinator – 1
Position based Lira
Organisation: Plan
International
Location: Project
in Northern Uganda, Apac, Lira, Alebtong, Dokolo and Kole
Background
Information:
Founded 75 years ago, Plan International is one of the
oldest and largest children’s development organizations in the world. We work
in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote
child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s vision is of
a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that
respect people’s rights and dignity.
Plan is independent, with no religious, political or
governmental affi liations. The organization is an equal opportunity employer
currently seeking to recruit a competent person to lead the implementation of a
new Child Protection Project in Northern Uganda.
Project background
With funding from European Union, Plan International and
partner organizations (Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA),
Facilitation for Peace and Development (FAPAD) and Lango Samaritan Initiative
Organization (LSIO), will be implementing a 3-year project titled, “Combating
silent violence against younger children.
The project will cover the districts of Apac, Lira,
Alebtong, Dokolo and Kole in northern Uganda.” The aim of the project is to strengthen
the capacity of families in northern Uganda to care for and protect children
aged 0-8 years against violence through improved relations in homes; functional
community led action for children centers as well as functional community based
child protection structures and systems.
A multilayered response including the family, community,
local governments, central Government line ministries, other national
institutions and Parliament of Uganda will be involved, in an effort to reduce
violence against children in the 5 targeted districts of Northern Uganda.
This position will report to the Programme Unit Manager and
will have overall responsibility for delivery of the Violence Against Children
(VAC) project in Northern Uganda covering the above districts.
The core responsibility for the Project Coordinator is to
provide overall technical oversight and management capacity to implement the
project. This includes
drawing activity plans, monitoring implementation of
activities, managing relationships with both implementing and strategic partner
organizations, including local/central government and other national
institutions, budget management and tracking, communication and timely
reporting. The Project Coordinator will supervise the project partners in
ensuring effective program implementation and adherence to all EC rules and
regulations and project proposals/contracts. S/he will provide technical
expertise on Child protection and Early Child hood care and development (ECCD);
S/he will provide guidance to various partner organizations on annual,
quarterly and monthly progress reporting.
S/he will be based at Plan Uganda Lira Office but with
frequent travel to districts where the project is being implemented and Country
Office.
Key Results/ Specifi
c Responsibilities:
R1. Programmatic leadership, strategic guidance, technical
oversight and support for project planning, implementation, monitoring,
evaluation and reporting.
• Develop and periodically review a 3 year project
implementation plan,
• Lead the planning and implementation of project
interventions including development of technical guidance and relevant tools
• Organise and hold regular performance review meetings to
assess project progress
• Support partners to prepare annual/ quarterly project work
plans, budgets and progress reports.
• Take lead in Preparation and submission of concise, high
quality and timely quarterly and annual donor reports in line with EC
guidelines and the project monitoring & evaluation plan
• Initiate, support and prepare high quality documentation
and dissemination of project experiences, achievements, lesson learnt and best
practice to stakeholders. lessons learnt
• Undertake strategic project site visit, monitoring,
operation research to identify gaps and share findings as well as ways of
addressing gaps identified.
R2. Partnership, Networking and Collaboration
• Create and sustain positive working relationships with the
district local government, line ministries, CSO partners, and other
stakeholders, and also maintain an up to date understanding of key thematic
development trends on child protection and ECCD in the region.
• Coordinate and supervise partnerships to ensure timely and
quality delivery of the project results
• Foster information sharing and learning among partners and
all stakeholders involved in the project implementation.
• Provide timely feedback, guide and supervise project
partners to achieve project goals and targets within budget and time line under
the overall frame work of project proposal, country offi ce CSP and other
program strategies
• Represent Plan Uganda and the project at relevant and / or
related events/fora to ensure Plan is acknowledged as a legitimate
partner/actor at all times
• Participate and contribute in relevant networks,
alliances, forums, workshops, and meetings at different levels in line with
project goals and objective.
R3: Financial and Procurement Management
• Manage the project budget while ensuring adherence to the approved
budget; necessary approval is sought from donor incase of any deviation before
such deviations and made; clear explanation for all budget variance in line
with donor rules and regulations.
• Procurement management:
For all qualifying procurement, knowing and respecting
authorization limits and donor rules, ensuring adequate procurement planning
and forecasting, respecting the integrity of procurement systems and
processes including segregation of duties.
• Finance Management: Ensuring thorough knowledge and familiarity
with funding contracts on which budgets are based and the donors requirements;
diligent monitoring of budgets by amongst other actions, reviewing reports and
ensuring adequate forecasting and other input from program; understanding of
and compliance with Donor rules, Plan International policies and procedures,
particularly authorization levels, respect for segregation of duties.
Qualifications,
Experience and Skills
A degree in Human Rights, Social
Sciences or its equivalent and/or related training in child protection.
At least 5 years managerial experience
in implementing child protection programmes and ECCD.
At least three years prior experience
of managing partnerships as well as implementing donor projects.
Knowledge of key donor requirements.
Familiarity with EC rules and regulations is highly essential.
Knowledge of the dynamics in Child
Protection and early child hood development.
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines
and work cooperatively with partners
Proven skills & experience
in report writing, , team management, and project management skills
Strong analytical skills, strategic
thinking and advocacy
Excellent interpersonal, and
communication (verbal and written) skills
Excellent budget management skills
Good working knowledge of MS
Programmes including MS EXCEL, Word and PowerPoint
Excellent skills in documentation and
report writing
2. Monitoring, and
Evaluation Coordinator – 1 Position based Lira
The position will report to the MER Manager and will have
overall responsibility for implementation of project M&E Frameworks,
support work planning for project baselines, on-going monitoring including
documentation and learning in the project Specific Responsibilities:
• Coordinate Planning and implementation of monitoring,
evaluation & research initiatives in the project
• Lead development of the EC VAC Project indicators,
monitoring frameworks, tools and guidelines.
Lead development and design of all researches within the
project working closely with other team members
• Facilitate Training and Development activities and provide
coaching and mentoring for Plan and partner staff on monitoring, evaluation
& research.
• Facilitate organisational learning by developing,
collecting and disseminating relevant project information to all key partners.
• Prepare M&E quarterly progress reports on the
Projects’ monitoring, evaluation & research initiatives
• Support management in all monitoring and documentation
related project activities.
Qualifications,
Experience and Skills
• Bachelor degree (preferred) in Development studies, Social
Sciences or its equivalent,
• Signifi cant training /background and professional
training on monitoring, evaluation, research and documentation
• At least 3 years in design and implementation of
monitoring, evaluation and research initiatives
• Ability to promote high performance among Plan and partner
project staff and provide vision and direction
• Ability to train and coach staff and partners
• Strong strategic, analytical and good report writing
skills
• Advanced computer skills in Excel, MS Access, SPSS and
other statistical packages
• Knowledge of environment and current effective practice on
monitoring,
evaluation and research approaches
• Demonstrable abilities in planning and coordination
• Excellent communication skills, both in written English
and in face-toface presentations
• Demonstrated skills in the use of participatory
approaches, case studies and rights-based programming.
How to Apply:
Suitably qualified candidates should submit electronic
copies (of not more than 2MB) of letters of application, together with a CV.
Contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certifi cates, names and contact
details of three references plus salary history should be included and sent to
the undersigned not later than 29th November, 2013.
Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Only
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please consider your application unsuccessful
in case you do not hear from us by 30th January, 2014.
Country Human Resources Manager
Plan Uganda
Email: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org
As a child centered development organization, Plan strives
to ensure that children are kept safe in all the areas we operate. The
organization further has a child protection policy that every staff is required
to sign.
Potential candidates will be required to provide information
confirming whether or not they have ever been convicted of any child abuse
crimes.
