Vacancy title:
Programme Coordinator

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Business Management and Administration, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
Restless Development

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, April 25 2025

Duty Station:
Moroto - Karamoja | Karamoja | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, April 16 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Key responsibilities:

Programme Delivery and Reporting:

• Provide overall strategic oversight and leadership to ensure that  the implementation of  activities aligns with project goals and donor expectations. This involves leading the development of timely and high quality annual, quarterly and monthly detailed implementation work plans (DIPs), budgets, technical guides and tools needed to ensure quality implementation of the project.
• Lead the development and review of the Meaningful Youth Engagement (MYE) capacity-strengthening strategy for district local governments and youth structures in Karamoja.
• Support the Programme Officer  in tracking the progress of youth feedback mechanisms and social audits.
• Lead  the documentation and reporting of programme activities, ensuring the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework is developed and adhered to.
• Ensure that youth voices are reflected in the programme’s reporting, providing insights on feedback gathered through community events and digital platforms
• Oversee the design and delivery of all civic education initiatives including  the design training materials,  targeted capacity-building sessions for district departments, ensuring the content on MYE principles and best practices is both relevant and high-quality.
• Ensure the effective implementation, tracking, and review of MYE Action Plans for district local governments.
• Collaborate with the M&E team to generate high-quality, evidence-based reports that highlight key insights, learnings, and challenges in youth engagement initiatives.
• Represent the programme at district and national-level coordination forums to advocate for youth engagement and ensure it is prioritized in local government planning and decision-making processes. 

Partnerships and Collaborations:

• Coordinate and collaborate effectively with consortium partners, local government and other key stakeholders to ensure that the project deliverables are achieved as planned.
• Manage the relationship of consortium members, project structures and key stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation, mutual learning and accountability to deliver on the project’s mandate.
• Work with and supervise the overall project implementation across all consortium members, to ensure the technical and geographical coherence of the project.
• Under the strategic guidance of the Programme Manager, participate in meetings with donors to share project progress updates and support in decision-making on various programmatic and operational issues of concern

 Financial and People Management:

• Oversee the budgeting and financial management of all activities, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and adherence to donor guidelines.
• Monitor the proper financial management and forecast of budget lines across the partners in coordination with the finance departments.
• Lead on the overall programmatic, logistic & financial management of the project, including the identification of risks and obstacles, to ensure donor compliance in terms of project deliverables & eligibility criteria.
• Lead on generation of regular updates and reports such as monthly Management Accounts as required. 
• Line manage the Programme Officer.

Social Media Management

• Lead the development of digital feedback tools that allow youth to provide input on governance and service delivery, ensuring these platforms are accessible and user-friendly.
• Oversee the utilization social media and other digital platforms to raise awareness about governance issues, youth rights, and the importance of youth engagement in local governance.
• Oversee the creation of high-quality media content (e.g., civic films, social media posts, and blog articles) that showcases the work of youth in governance and climate advocacy.
• Manage the execution of media campaigns aimed at promoting youth participation and advocating for youth-led solutions in governance 

Other duties as required

• Other duties as required. Occasionally working on weekends, late night in case of emerging incidents and holidays for which time off in lieu can be taken. 

Skills and experience

Essential

• Graduate-level Degree in the relevant field of study (Environment, Climate, Advocacy, Social work, social sciences, development studies) or equivalent work experience. 
• Post-graduate in Project Planning and Management is an added advantage.
• Past work experience in governance and accountability work, youth leadership and meaningful youth engagement. 
• Demonstrated ability to identify, develop and manage local/national/regional partnerships.
• Ability to analyse problems and make sound operational decisions.
• Excellent organizational skills and methodological approach to project management.
• Excellent budget management skills
• VALID RIDING PERMIT

Desirable

• Experience in partnership management, and working with a diverse range of partners.
• Experience in writing policy briefs, budget framework papers and other materials for external audiences
• Experience in M&E systems and research
• Experience in lobby and advocacy engagement
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), fluency in written and spoken English, and excellent IT skills   
• Experience working in a youthful, multicultural environment, including welfare provision 
• Risk mitigation, response and management 
• Excellent project management and team leadership skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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