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Job title: Project Coordinator
Employment type: Full time
Location: Kampala
Organisation: AFARD
Uganda
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Offers technical guidance in project planning and budgeting in line with
ECDP plan, KHN and AFARD donor guidelines
• Actively participate in resource mobilization drives and campaigns.
• Oversee, monitor, mentor junior project staff and coordinates their
performance appraisal and skills development.
• Mediates in conflict resolutions.
• Intuitively manage project resources including staff, finances and assets
in accordance with AFARD’s financial and asset policy.
• Build collaborative relationships with other key stakeholders and
authorities
• Promote linkages and learning among people’s institutions.
• Compiles periodic project operational plans, budgets, briefs and reports
• Monitor and evaluates implementation processes against set targets and
recommend measures to achieve results in a cost effectiveness manner.
• Develop capacity building plans for staff and partners
• Documents and shares best practices with management and other
stakeholders.
• Cooperates with other AFARD programme team and stakeholders.
• Takes lead in the advocacy for people’s institution development
• Work in close collaboration with the Executive Director to know latest
donors developments and updates on the contractors and suppliers
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Minimum years of experience: 3 years
Minimum Education Level: Bachelors degree
• The applicant should possess a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences,
Development Studies and / or Business Administration
• The Project Coordinator should have at least three years’ experience at a
senior management level in project planning and management
• Possess the ability to work as a team
• The applicant should hold a valid driving license
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Good networking and relationship building skills
• Good report writing skills
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Knowledge of the local language (Alur) is desired.
• Ready to reside in the project area.
How to apply:
All qualified candidates should send their applications with updated CVs,
1-page statement of achievements, copies of relevant academic documents,
contacts of 2 referees, and day time phone numbers, by e-mail to
afard@afard.net
, hand delivery or post office addressed to
The Executive Director,
P.O. Box 80, Nebbi.
Uganda.
Closing date: March 14, 2014 - 5pm
