Summary
Date Posted: Monday, September 19, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Program Officer, Gender and Economic Justice Program
Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) is a national women’s non-governmental organization based in Kampala.
FOWODE seeks to recruit a Programme Officer in the Gender and Economic Justice Program stationed at FOWODE Head Office in Ntinda, Kampala.

Job purpose:
The Program Officer will implement and support FOWODE’s policy work on Gender and Economic Justice.

Roles and Responsibilities
• Participate in the planning and management of projects.
• Ensure effective implementation of program activities according to set targets and timelines.
• Prepare periodic specific work plans, reports and budgets to guide project implementation.
• Develop the organisation fame work for policy formulation, analysis and strategy.
• Contribute to the organisational framework for policy formulation, analysis and strategy.
• Support the implementation of policy analysis/decisions of the GEJ program and develop conceptual and methodological frameworks and detailed implementation plans for policy decisions emanating from the organisation to external/internal parties.
• Guide stakeholders in critical policy analysis and constructive contribution to policy formulation.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation of programme activities.
• Contribute to the development of indicators for assessing progress of projects and the programme.
• Develop program, progress, donor and other reports.
• Develop and disseminate a collection of good practices of our work.
• Generate ideas and fundraise for the organisation including development of concept notes and proposals.
• Co-ordinate research and analysis of existing and emerging program and policy areas at both national and local government level related to gender equality and economic justice.
• Coordinate policy engagement activities with government stakeholders at the national and local levels.
• Play a role in advocacy on issues arising from research and policy analysis and on the broad organizational areas of governance and economic policy.
• Take part in the development of partnerships and alliances relevant to the program in particular and the organisation in general.
• Organize and coordinate planning meetings with partners and beneficiaries.
• Represent FOWODE at different forums ensuring the partners, beneficiaries and stakeholders have clear understanding of FOWDE’s vision, mission, goals and strategy.
• Based on research findings and sound analysis, contribute to regional/national policy discourse.
• Work with the Communication unit to develop work related stories for the print and electronic media.
• Develop and disseminate a collection of good practices of our work.
• Supervise and support Field Officers (FOs) to effectively carry out their duties.
• Monitor the performance of FOs and conduct their performance appraisals for FOs.

• Experience, Skills & Competencies
• At least 3 years’ working experience in a non-governmental organization preferably in policy advocacy work.
• Keen understanding of the country’s macro and micro economic dynamics; analytical and conceptual skills and ability to translate these into program development.
• Substantive knowledge and understanding of economic governance and development issues.
• Track record of effective research in the field of policies and laws.
• Substantial experience in policy formulation, advocacy and advise in the areas of gender budgeting.
• Experience of influencing state actors on policy issues.
• Ability to complete succinct policy briefs as well as lengthy reports.
• Excellent public speaking skills.
• Computer literacy with working knowledge of Microsoft word, excel and power point.

Educational requirements
• A Bachelors’ degree and/or Master’s degree in Economics or Statistics with a background in gender, development and /or public policy, from a recognized University.
• Masters’ degree in related field in an added advantage.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply and submit their cover letters, a detailed curriculum vitae and copies of relevant academic documents to: hr@fowode.org.
Applications should be sent not later than Tuesday, 27th September 2022 at 5.00pm. Please ensure that your attachments do not exceed 5 MB.
We do appreciate your interest to work with FOWODE however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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