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Position Title:Program Manager - Uganda,Jobs in Uganda,
Organization:ACTED
Primary Location: Gulu,Uganda,Uganda Jobs 2014,
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Reference : PM/UGA/SA
Department: Program
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Starting date: ASAP
Brief Company Profile:
ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit
organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality,
political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination.
ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict
in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now operates in 32 countries
worldwide, with over 200 international and 4000 national staff. ACTED has a 110
million € budget for over 370 projects spanning 8 sectors of intervention;
including emergency relief, food security, health promotion, economic
development, education & training, microfinance, local governance &
institutional support, and cultural promotion.
For more information, please visit our website at www.acted.org.
Country profile
Capital Office : Kampala
National Staff : 108
International Staff : 7
Areas : 2 (Northern Uganda, Karamoja)
On-going programmes : 9
Budget : 2.4 M €
ACTED has been active in Uganda since May 2007, both in the northern region
and Karamoja. In the North, ACTED supports the early recovery process with a
specific focus on the needs of returning populations displaced by years of
conflict. It also expands access, retention, equity and quality of primary
education. In Karamoja, the focus is enhanced food security and resilience to
disasters, especially droughts, as well as improving the primary education
sector.
ACTED focuses its intervention on strengthening livelihoods through
improved resource management, conflict mitigation and capacity building. In
Northern Uganda, as internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned home and
gained access to land, ACTED is working with farmers on infrastructure and capacity
development to rebuild agricultural livelihoods.
In the Karamoja/Pokot area, ACTED
responds to severe food insecurity caused by the drought in the Horn of Africa,
providing support to agro-pastoral communities to increase their purchasing
power and protect their assets, reducing vulnerability to natural disasters. As
part of its integrated cross-border strategy between Uganda and Kenya, ACTED
maintains its community-driven disaster risk reduction (DRR) focus and promotes
conflict mitigation to ensure peaceful and sustainable access to shared
resources.
In 2013, ACTED maintains a strong focus on this approach and looks at
extending it further along the border with Kenya. ACTED continues working with
community-level structures and initiatives such as the APFS, the CDMCs or the
DEWS to continue building the communities’ resilience to disasters.
Position profile
For this RFA, the Program Manager has been identified as a Key Personnel
position.
The proposed Program Manager should have extensive relevant experience
managing the mobilization and oversight of multi-faceted projects, including
those in the infrastructure sector.
The Program Manager should have demonstrated the ability to quickly and
effectively assemble and manage a highly-skilled, interdisciplinary team; to
effectively collaborate and coordinate with and lead a broad range of
governmental and non-governmental actors and institutions across sectors in a
developing-country setting; and to implement high-profile and politically
sensitive programs.
The Program Manager will contribute to the development of his project,
which is a constitutive part of the country strategy, and subsequently manage
its implementation.
1. Ensure external representation of ACTED in relevant sectors
The PM will be responsible for managing partnerships and ensuring smooth
implementation of work plan activities. The PM and senior management team will
be responsible for monitoring, technical quality of program interventions, and
accountability. This PM will collaborate closely with district officials and
local authorities, as well as the donor.
- Representation vis-à-vis provincial authorities:
Participate in technical and sectoral meetings to ensure visibility amongst
local authorities;
- Representation vis-à-vis Donors:
Participate in technical and sectoral Donor meetings and pass relevant
information to the Country Director;
- Representation vis-à-vis international organisations:
Participate in technical and sectoral meetings and working groups involving
NGOs and UN Agencies (OCHA, PNUD, UNICEF, FAO, etc.) and all other
inter-governmental institutions;
Contribute to the creation of reports, ensuring the quality and accuracy of
technical information provided as well as the confidentiality of internal
information as required;
More generally, the program manager is expected to contribute to the
creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organisation,
notably through the application of ACTED’s mandate, ethics, values and
stand-point with regard to other actors.
2. Project Cycle Management
- Project implementation:
Plan the various stages of project implementation;
Guide the implementation of the project and the methods of follow-up;
Manage project finances, logistics and materials;
Liaise with all internal and external counterparts of the project;
Assess the activities undertaken and ensure efficient use of resources;
- Project reporting requirements:
Set up a clear timeline of reports to be submitted to project Donors;
Draft narrative reports and contribute to the development of financial
reports through regular budgetary follow up;
Ensure adherence to FLAT procedures.
More generally, communicate systematically to the relevant Country Director
or Area Coordinator on project progress and planning.
3. Provide Relevant Technical Expertise
- Ensure that technical quality and standards are considered during project
implementation:
Collect technical information and analyse associated opportunities and
risks;
Identify relevant technical authorities and partners, and propose formal
partnership and/or contracts.
- Undertake quality control:
Analyse technical added-value and project impact;
Set up technical evaluation exercises during and following implementation.
4. Oversee Program Staff and Security
- Guide and direct program staff:
Organise and lead project coordination meetings;
Prepare and follow work plans with each project member;
Ensure a positive working environment and good team dynamics (solve out
potential conflicts);
Promote team working conditions in the limit of private life;
Adapt the organigramme and ToRs of project personnel according to the
project development;
Undertake regular appraisals of directly supervised colleagues and pass
appraisal forms to the Country or Area Administrator with recommendations (new
position, changes to contract or salary etc.);
Ensure a building of capacity amongst technical staff in the relevant
sectors.
- Contribute to the recruitment of expatriate staff:
When requested by HQ, undertake interviews to assess technical abilities of
expatriate candidates living in the country.
- Oversee staff security:
In cooperation with the relevant Security Officer, monitor the local
security situation and inform the Country Director or Area Coordinator and
Country or Area Security Officer of developments through regular written
reports;
Contribute to the updating of the security guidelines in the project area of
intervention;
Ensure that security procedures are respected by each member of the project
team.
5. Identify Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Collect information and tools employed for project implementation;
Draft memos detailing lessons learned and best practices identified during
the project;
Share such memos with internal and external partners;
Communicate such information to the Country Director or Area Coordinator,
to Regional Support Offices and to HQ Reporting Department.
Qualifications
· Demonstrated expertise as a PM with a minimum
of 5 years of experience managing large complex infrastructure programs
preferably within an African context.
· Experience working on USAID
program; familiarity with USAID regulations.
· Experience leading
collaborative efforts with multiple stakeholders—i.e., between other USAID and
NUDEIL recipients, INGOs, Local NGOs and GoU.
· A successful track record
in managing large teams effectively.
· The ability to be
collaborative across projects, flexible and creative;
· Strong communications and
interpersonal skills with evidence of ability to productively interact with a
wide range and levels of organizations (government, private sector, NGOs).
Conditions
- Salary defined by the ACTED salary grid; educational level, expertise,
hardship, security, and performance are considered for pay bonus
- Additional monthly living allowance
- Free food provided + housing allowance
- Transportation costs covered, including additional return ticket +
luggage allowance
- Provision of medical, life, and repatriation insurance + retirement
package
Submission of applications
Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to
jobs@acted.org
Ref : PM/UG/SA
ACTED
Att: Human Resources Department
33, rue Godot de Mauroy
75009 Paris
FRANCE
Fax. + 33 (0) 1 42 65 33 46
For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org
