Summary
Date Posted: Friday, May 19 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
BACKGROUND
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service, on behalf of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), is posting this job vacancy to seek a qualified individual to serve as a Country Program Coordinator (CPC) for its field office in Kampala, Uganda under a personal service contract for a base period of 12-months and four 12- month option periods.
The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is an agency of the United States Government. USADF provides grant funding to private businesses, farmers' cooperatives, associations, and various community-based organizations, especially those serving marginalized peoples engaged in economic and social development activities.
The Foundation started its grant funding activities in Uganda in 1992. USADF's office in Kampala provides on-going support to projects that have been financed and also continues to identify viable local self-help groups, NGOs, and small and medium-sized enterprises that show potential to create employment opportunities, generate sustainable incomes and have broad social impact beyond the grant activity.

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Citizen of the Country of Uganda
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited university in business administration, management, public administration, finance, accounting, community development, economics, or a related field
• Three years of professional experience in business development, finance, banking, auditing, monitoring and evaluation, and/or management of international development programs in Uganda
• Experience working with marginalized groups and/or community-based enterprises
• Experience managing client relationships, especially in grants management, banking, business development, or international development context
• Experience with financial management accounting and preparation of financial reports
• Experience auditing, monitoring, or evaluating international development programs.
• Fluency in at least one Ugandan local language.
• High level of fluency in spoken and written English. 10. Willingness to travel extensively throughout Uganda
• High level of motivation, personal commitment, and ethical standards.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in high visibility. high-pressure environments and operate in complex office environment, emergency, and/or political crisis situations with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of community needs assessment, mobilization, community enterprise participatory development, and/or monitoring the implementation of an assistance activity under a grant or cooperative agreement.
• Experience working with Government of Uganda Ministries and liaising with Government of Uganda Officials and reporting requests.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
• Experience working with international donors
• Experience with grant management or commercial/micro lending.
• Knowledge of and commitment to USADF mission and priorities.
• Knowledge or experience with community needs assessments.
• Experience with participatory development methods.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

This job announcement is solely intended to advertise the Uganda Country Program Coordinator (CPC) position opening. To apply for this position, YOU MUST RESPOND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOLICITATION 20341923R00002 POSTED AT https://www.fbo.gov/. 
A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED AT: https://www.usadf.gov/ 



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