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Position Title:Programme Quality and Accountability (PQA) Coordinator
Organization:Action against Hunger (ACF),Jobs in Uganda,
Primary Location:Kampala
Education Level: Master’s degree
Minimum Experience : 3 years
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Closing date: September 29, 2014 - 5pm
Duties and Responsibilities:
Risk Management:
• Lead the process of identifying, assessing and managing risks through the
implementation of ACF risk management policies and consistent application of
ACF and donor procedures;
• Assess risks and relevance of ACF security protocols; propose
modification of Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) based on updated
assessments of risks and changing conditions.
• Assist the FIN-CO in enforcing finance and accounting procedures for a
sound and transparent use of financial resources.
• Provide regular internal financial audits to the field bases and Kampala
office for early detection of deviation from standard procedures; under the
mandate of the CD, carry out ad hoc investigations.
• Ensure that staff grievance mechanisms are homogeneously in place
throughout the mission, ensuring a facilitated accessibility by staff of any
level and location.
• Be the focal person for proposing to the HR department, improvement of
grievance procedures.
• Be focal person for the dissemination and consistent application of ACF
risk management policies on whistle blowing, workplace harassment, conflict of
interest, child protection etc. - Assist the LOG-CO in identifying weaknesses
of procurement and logistic processes, assess risks of frauds and propose
corrective measures to ensure that a coordinated and transparent use of
resources is always in place.
Organisation’s quality & Accountability:
• Lead the strengthening of ACF capacity to ensure general organization
quality and accountability in order to maximize the impact of its humanitarian
and development programs;
• Advise the CD on designing and implementing appropriate systems and
processes in order to mitigate the effects of controllable risks in the
implementation of programs and operations.
• Under the mandate of the CD, conduct independent investigations to unveil
the occurrence of frauds, find out genuine facts, prepare factual reports and
be responsible for the follow-up on recommendations.
• In collaboration with finance, HR and logistics departments, facilitate
formal refresher / training sessions and provide on-going coaching of staff on
risk management, code of conduct, ACF principles and linkage between program
accountability and quality.
Projects Monitoring Evaluation and Learning:
• Assist program managers, M& E officers and the program department
in measuring the progresses and achievements of projects (in assessment,
design, monitoring and evaluation) against set objectives;
• Provide trainings to staff of projects and partners on monitoring and
reporting through on job training, coaching and organized sessions.
• Provide guidance and back-up to PMs and M& E officers in
designing simple and adapted M& E plans for each project to ensure that
information is continuously available to identify areas for improvement.
• Assist the PMs and the M&E officers in developing data collection
and database systems that capture the required information based on the
relevant indicators and determine the appropriate timeframe for implementation
of project evaluations.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant should possess a Master degree in humanitarian affairs,
international development or other social / developmental sciences.
• The job holder should possess three years of proven experience in the
Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability of humanitarian programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of international humanitarian context and
standards.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken skills).
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data skills (SPSS, Sphinx, Excel);
• Familiarity with Management Information Systems (Databases).
• Capacity to take decisions and choose priorities independently and to
arrive at results consistently and independently.
Mode of Application:
Send your CV with the job title clearly marked along with 3 work related
referees, salary history, cover letter and notice period required at your
current job to:
hudanihr@yahoo.com (not exceeding 3MB):
