Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Back ground
World Vision Uganda (WVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 43 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following role.

Position: Consortium Programme Manager – SUPREME Project
Report to: Response Director
Location: Arua
Advert End Date: 17th January 2023

Purpose of the position:
The Consortium Programme Manager – SUPREME Project will lead a consortium of four organisations (World Vision, ZOA, RICE-West Nile and SNV) in the implementation of 4-year livelihoods grant under the EU Trust Fund’s Security, Protection and Economic Empowerment (SUPREME) programme in the West Nile sub-region of Uganda. Under the supervision of the Response Director, the SUPREME Consortium Programme Manager will have direct engagement with government senior staff, partners, EUTF, WV UK, WV Austria and other stakeholders on technical or project related delivery aspects. The Consortium SUPREME Programme Manager will lead the consortium management hub (consisting of the Finance Coordinator, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Coordinator, the Reporting & Compliance Officer and the Communications Officer). The Consortium SUPREME Programme Manager, through a dotted line will supervise the partner Component Managers for ZOA, RICE-WN and SNV. Each organisation will each have a dedicated manager who manages and oversees their specific project component (Component Managers), ensuring appropriate support to the consortium partners according to identified needs.

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
Leadership and Programme Management
• Functions as Project lead for the EUTF Supreme programme and monitor the progress of the programme to ensure that World Vision and consortium partner delivers the quality outcomes agreed upon, outputs and services as formulated in the approved project proposal. Provide advice on changes and improvements where needed.
• Provide leadership, supervision, and oversight to improve the performance of all program activities, ensuring efficient and effective program implementation including the timely completion of high-quality work plans, accurate reports, and other mandated deliverables.
• Work with the MEAL Coordinator and consortium partners in preparing project work-plans with clear objectives and achievable benchmarks, reflecting strategic long-term and short-term priorities.
• Maintain clear, regular and effective lines of communication with relevant GoU stakeholders and consortium partners.
• Regularly review the program strategy to ensure relevance and enhance program impact by suggesting appropriate alternative strategies and changes to the technical working groups.
• Ensure all programme-based needs and requirements are timely and efficiently shared with support services for best coordinated implementation.
• Provide excellent standards in the management of the human, financial and technical resources of the organization, which includes inspiring and maintaining high standards of work and clear accountability to stakeholders.
• Establish a consultative and participative management environment that engages and develops World Vision project teams, combining National office and global office staff, to deliver on donor obligations hence meeting program commitment priorities.
• In consultation with the Refugee Response Director identify opportunities to complement services under the program through identifying, leveraging and creating linkages with other projects where appropriate.
• Ensure monthly and quarterly reporting to support offices (WVUK & WVAUT) and EU Trust Fund highlighting implementation status, challenges and key plans for the following months in an acceptable format or a format agreed/provided by the parties.
• Maintain a close liaison on programmatic issues with World Vision UK and the EU Trust Fund beyond contractual reporting requirements.

Financial & Operational Compliance
• Ensure program quality adherence, contractual compliance and timely reporting.
• In collaboration with the Finance Manager, ensure responsibility for programme expenditure, financial accountability and planning requirements, and provide a high level of support to program processes and procedures. Monitor the overall financial integrity of programme funds through grant management, monitoring and evaluation.
• Provide capacity building to program staff to strengthen the organizational practices that result in successful financial and operational audit scores and take lead in the implementation of audit recommendations as per the findings.

Representation and Communication
• Develop and maintain close relationships with World Vision UK, the EU Trust Fund, consortium partners, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that World Vision programmes and partnerships are actively represented in coordination structures. Share progress and update on programme activities within the partnership and relevant donors.
• Contribute to the development of project related documents such as success stories and publications.
• Ensure that branding and other communication activities as agreed with donor in the project agreement document are adhered to.
• Facilitate documentation of stories and media materials with children interest related to World Vision policies and liaise with concerned units for broader coverage (digital and printed, media).

Contribute to Knowledge Management and Innovation
• Contribute to the development and introduction of innovation to ensure World Vision is continually incorporating best practice approaches in operations.
• Contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned for corporate development planning and knowledge building.

Child Protection, gender & disability inclusion
• Ensure gender protection and disability are main streamed across the consortium
• Ensure integration of child protection, gender and disability inclusion across the consortium.
• Liaise with WVU experts in this area to provide proficient advice gender protection and disability inclusion to component managers and officers.
• Will be the focal person in the consortium for issues of inclusion of deprived population groups among the refugees and host communities in an effort to ensure that interventions are sensitive to these dynamics on the ground in all the consortium interventions.
• Analyze and ensure the interventions are sensitive to issues of inclusion of disadvantaged population groups/people with special needs.
• Monitor and report on the project related gender issues in the area bi -weekly, monthly and quarterly reports

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field or equitable work experience
• At least 7 years proven experience with project management, and team coaching, and managerial capacity in women leadership, Economic Development and Livelihood and programme development/implementation
• Strong communication, inter-personal, facilitation and diplomatic skills, including the professional credibility to provide coordination and sometimes guidance to member organisations.
• Experience in organizational representation at national or international levels
• Experience of managing systems and tools to oversee complex programme portfolios across different sectors and locations as well as within the consortium.
• Experience in working with international, national and local actors and capacity building of national and local organizations on private sector development
• Familiarity with EU grant compliance requirements
• Familiarity with socio-economic landscape of Uganda is preferred
• Previous experience managing a portfolio of programs in developing countries
• Experience of managing or leading a team of professional staff and a range of stakeholders in a high value donor funded consortium project of at least EUR 10 million.
• Excellent interpersonal, co-ordination and negotiation skills, and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Strong commitment to integrity, professionalism, creativity and innovation, learning, accountability, planning and organization, results orientation, teamwork and technological solutions.
• Good understanding of start-up and close-out of projects
• Proven skills on leading the proposal development process and technical writing
• Demonstrable experience of driving advocacy, communications, and fundraising approaches.
• Proven experience of representing externally to key stakeholders, maintaining donor relations.
• Ability to live and work under pressure in a rapidly changing and sometimes insecure environment
• Team player with excellent communication and strong participatory leadership skills Self-motivator
• Able to work with limited supervision
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.
• Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is an added advantage
• Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Willing to attend and participate/lead in daily devotions and weekly Chapel services.
• Perform other duties as required
• To be dedicated in what we do;
• To be innovative with our solutions;


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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