Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, April 29 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:
The Care Reform Consultant will provide technical assistance and implementation support for the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Data for Impact (D4I) project activities in Uganda. D4I supports countries to generate and use high-quality data to improve their programs and policies.
In Uganda, D4I is working with the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD) to strengthen the collection, management and use of routine data to improve the provision of alternative care services in Uganda. This is in line with the objectives established in the U.S. Government strategy for Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity (2019– 2023) (APCCA), the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and Uganda’s National Framework for Alternative care (NFAC).

The initial contract period for this position is 6 months with an estimated 50% LOE.

Location:

The position is based in Kampala, Uganda.

You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in case management for children, group facilitation, and capacity building, we are interested in hearing from you.
We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:
This position will report to the D4I Senior Resident Advisor.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• The Care Reform Consultant will provide technical leadership and support to plan safe and sustainable family care solutions for children in Unapproved Children's Homes (UCHs). Specific activities will include supporting D4I and MGLSD to:
• Plan for closure/transition of Unapproved Children's Homes, including convenings with key stakeholders to discuss and agree on the process of closure/transitioning residential care services.
• Train the national and district-level transition teams.
• Train on PSWOs and Health Inspectors on using the toolkit for assessing compliance of children's homes to minimum quality standards
• Facilitate engagement with founders and managers of unapproved children’s homes.

This position is based in Kampala, Uganda and reports to the D4I Senior Resident Advisor.

Key Competencies Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, or related field
• Experience in fostering data use for decision making
• Experience in capacity building through training and technical assistance
• Demonstrated expertise in group facilitation, with presentation skills
• Technical expertise in case management for separated children
• Excellent communication and diplomacy skills
• Willingness to travel within Uganda
• English language fluency
• Strong writing skills
• Legal permission to work in Uganda
• Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
• Experience working with government stakeholders a plus
• Familiarity with the United Nations’ Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and National Policies on child protection and care strongly preferred

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

Job Experience:No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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