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Project Manage.- North western
Raising Families Project (1 position)Samaritan’s Purse.
Position Title:Project Manager (PM)
Duty Station: Kiryadongo.
Organization:Samaritan’s Purse
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Application Deadline:March 13, 2015 - 5pm
Organizational Profile:
Samaritan’s Purse is an international Christian relief and development
organization meeting the critical needs of victims of war, poverty, natural
disaster, famine and disease with the aim of sharing God’s love.
Job Summary:
The Project Manager (PM) will be responsible for the overall implementation
of a sustainable church-community based project in partnership with Church of
Uganda (CoU) aiming at improving the quality of lives of vulnerable
families/households in Masindi-Kitara and West Lango Dioceses (Buliisa,
Kiryandongo, Masindi, Apac, and Oyam Districts) in Northwestern Uganda. Key
activities and outcomes include building church leader capacity in developing
outreach and care programs for vulnerable families, training vulnerable
families on the Farming God’s Way curriculum, training on livelihoods and
village savings and loan groups, and building church capacity to implement
children’s ministry programs.
The PM will be based in the Samarian’s Purse Uganda (SPU) Kiryandongo base
but may travel up to 50% of the time to various field sites.
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He/she will be required to sometimes sit in the partner diocese offices of
CoU for relationship building and coordination.
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The PM will oversee all project implementation as well as the sub-grant to
CoU. In particular, he/she will be responsible for budget and expenditure
management, activities, results, and financial reporting, monitoring and
evaluation, staff supervision and development as well as curriculum and strategy
oversight.
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The PM will arrange trainings for Project Officers (POs) and provide
capacity building.
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In addition, the PM will liaise with CoU partners, other SPUs project
managers to help streamline and strengthen SPUs programming in Northwestern
Uganda.
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The PM is expected to nurture the spiritual impact this project will have
on all staff and beneficiaries.
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He/she will be expected to attend and sometimes lead devotions and be an
example to others through her/his faith and walk with God portraying servant
leadership.
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He/she must be willing to work upcountry and to travel within the project
area extensively.
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To perform this job successfully, an individual must maintain a personal
relationship with and be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, as well as able
to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Required Qualification.
Samaritan’s Purse is seeking to hire a mature, qualified and experienced
national staff with at least five years related professional experience in
similar position with a reputable organization. He/she should possess
Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) and post graduate diploma/degree from a recognized
institution in one of the following: Education, Development Studies, Social
Works and Social Administration, Social Sciences, Project Planning and
Management or related discipline. He/she should have experience with multi
-sectoral project management and direct experience managing partnerships.
Understanding of work experience at Church of Uganda is strongly preferred.
Required skills.
· Practical, quick, reasoning skills; must be able to keep communication
lines open with all parties in program of scheduling changes.
· Good organizational and time management skills.
· Excellent interpersonal skills
· Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
· Excellent facilitation/Training of trainer skills
· Good servant leadership skills
· Proficient Computer skills (Microsoft Office)
· Ability to coordinate activities with other agencies, build and maintain
positive working relationships.
Mode of application:
Send CV, covering letter and relevant documentation by email or hand
delivery to the Samaritan’s Purse, Plot 11 Luthuli drive, Bugolobi or email it
to the HR UgandaHR@samaritan.org
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interviews.
