Deadline of this Job: 09 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:About KAPCDAM:
Kampala Parents of Children with Disabilities Associations Makindye is a parent support group formed in 2012 and registered in 2013 to advance the rights of parents and children with different categories of disabilities including those with physical, visual, hearing, mental and learning disabilities. KAPCDAM operates in Makindye Division and has structures/membership at parish levels – currently in Nsambya, Salaama, Buziga, Makindye I, Katwe, Kibuye, Luwafu, and Makindye II.
We envision a society in which disabled children and their parents are fully integrated into society and enjoy their rights. Our mission is to empower parents of children with disabilities to maximize their potential to improve their standards of living.
Job Summary:
KAPCDAM is seeking to recruit a Programs Officer to coordinate, manage, and support the overall delivery of the organization’s inclusive programs. The Programs Officer will report to the Executive Director and will work closely with KAPCDAM’s finance department and the social enterprise. The ability to deliver inclusive programs, develop high-quality proposals, and work with a team to establish strong partnerships with organizations and stakeholders is essential for this role.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Working closely with the Executive Director, the Programs Officer will:
1. Offer support in establishing strong partnerships with stakeholders to ensure inclusive service delivery for children with disabilities and their parents in Makindye Division and beyond.
2. Support programs and activities implementation in line with the mission and goals of KAPCDAM.
3. Develop new inclusive projects to support the strategic direction of the organization.
4. Draft high-quality project concepts and proposals, for funding to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of services.
5. Oversee the implementation of the work plans and annual budgets.
6. Lead the project monitoring and documentation activities.
7. Work with the team to support the development of a marketing strategy for KAPCDAM’s social enterprise.
8. Produce accurate and timely reporting of programs statuses.
Other duties:
1. Execute any other responsibilities, duties and activities as assigned or reassigned at any time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
1. Bachelor's degree in Social work, Education, Adult Community Education or a related field.
2. Experience in developing fundable Project Proposals.
3. Experience in developing and managing partnerships, programs, and projects.
4. Proven experience in managing a teams.
5. Ability to establish and maintain relationships with various stakeholders.
6. Passion for improving the lives of children with disabilities.
7. Excellent written communication skills and ability to work under pressure to meet demanding deadlines.
8. Competency in Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook.
9. Experience working with Persons with Disabilities
Additional Information:
Salary, Benefits and other Details: We offer a competitive salary commensurate to experience and qualifications
Deadline of this Job: 18 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:About us: Established in 1999, War Child Canada (WCC) is an internationally recognized charity organization registered in Toronto, Canada, dedicated to helping children and their communities overcome the devastating effects of war.
Our Vision: is “Accelerating Peace By Disrupting The Cycle Of Violence”
Our Mission: is “Driving Generational Change For The Hardest Hit By Investing In The Power Of Local Communities” Since being founded, WCC has worked in 20 countries across the world and currently operational in Afghanistan, Yemen, South Sudan, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Uganda.
War Child Canada implements an integrated education, livelihoods, and access to justice program in Uganda. War Child Canada’s Education program aims to increase demand for education through a strong community engagement and strengthen education supply by strengthening the capacity of Alternative Education Program (AEP) host schools and BTVETs on gender and age sensitivity education at Lower Secondary AEP, Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) and university level. War Child Canada’s protection/access to justice program in Uganda is aimed at contributing towards improving the protection of refugee and host community women and children against violence, through the provision of direct free legal aid services and psychosocial support. Our opportunities/livelihood program component aims at strengthening the economic empowerment of vulnerable refugee and host community women, girls and youth through vocational skills and entrepreneurship development, and income generation and employment opportunities. Our current districts of operation are: Adjumani, Arua, Obongi, Yumbe, Koboko, Isingiro, Lamwo, Kikuube, Koboko and Kamwenge districts.
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda, with regular field travel
Contract Terms: 2 years renewable
Reporting to: Country Director
Management Responsibility: Program Team with direct line management of Project Managers/Project Directors, Education and Access to Justice Coordinators and the Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager
Position summary: The Head of Programs is a senior staff position within War Child Canada, Uganda, and a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT). To ensure effective management of programs and to support scale-up, the Head of Programs provides oversight and strategic leadership in the development, implementation, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of War Child Canada programs in Uganda. The Head of Programs will support and actively contribute towards the development, implementation and review of the country program strategic and operational plans, policies, standards, and guidelines.
Specific Responsibilities:
Program Strategy, Direction, And Implementation (20%)
• Together with the Country Director and Senior Management Team, provide leadership, oversight and guidance on program strategy, direction, and implementation
• Support the development and utilization of appropriate M&E, centralized data collection systems, program management system and operational tools.
• With the support of the Country Director, develop and implement internal mechanisms for institutional learning, quality control mechanisms, and programmatic integration Maintain a continual review of program performance to ensure that objectives are met according to program plans, log frames and agreements, chair regular program review meetings of both technical and strategic forums internally.
• Provide oversight of program budgets, forecasts, and expenditures, ensuring grants are closely monitored and budget holders are held accountable, in collaboration with the Finance Department.
• Provide technical assistance to program teams, as required, sourcing additional support as required in accordance with program needs.
• Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of Child safeguarding and security protocols.
Program Design and Development (20%)
• Provide leadership in the rollout and use of War Child Canada’s Program Framework.
• Strengthen organizational capacity to effectively design and implement programs through strategic and operational planning processes.
• Support the implementation and monitoring of the Country Strategic Plan.
• Ensure program compliance with donor management and reporting standards including oversight of program narrative reporting.
• Identify and establish long term strategies with key program partner organizations.
• Train and build the capacity of local partner organizations on program design, development, and implementation, as needed
• Provide oversight in the development of new programs, inclusive of emergency and development programming, with field and head-office staff.
Institutional Fund Development (20%)
• Develop and support institutional fundraising strategies in accordance with War Child Canada’s program framework.
• Collaborate with the Country Director to establish long term growth strategy for each of current and new restricted, in-country donors.
• Identify and establish long term strategies with funding donor agencies including UN agencies, etc.
• Actively develop and maintain positive relationships with INGOs and local partners in Uganda.
• Represent War Child Canada in Cluster Meetings, Program Coordination, UN/NGO meetings, and various Kampala levels forums.
• Oversee and support the development of detailed funding proposals and budgets, liaising with in-country donors as required in co-ordination with the Senior Management Team.
Provide Leadership and HR management (20%)
• Ensure proper technical capacity of staff to manage complex project interventions and partnerships and help ensure capacity building and trainings of team when needed
• Define, with each member of you line management, an individual action plan (IAP) on a yearly basis
• Support and advise your team in the implementation of the IAP and monitor their progress towards their predefined objectives
• Ensure good communication with your teams through regular coordination meetings and other information sharing mechanisms
Financial management (10%)
• Manage program budgets within approved spending levels and ensure timely financial reports to WCC Internal support structures, Donar requirements, and key stakeholders
• Ensure that all program procurement follow the laid down and approved procedures by the Donors and WCC.
Reporting (10%)
• Establish and maintain effective program reporting, monitoring, evaluation, and communication systems
• Submit timely, accurate and professional reports that meet Donor requirements
Requirements:
• Master’s Degree in International Development, International Relations, Rural Development, or equivalent demonstrable experience in relevant fields.
• Minimum of seven (7) years senior management experience of complex development programs with program leadership responsibilities.
• Strong technical skills in Education including working with TVETs and youth employment programing is desirable, or a specialization in at least one of War Child Canada’s programming areas
• Proven track record of managing multi-site projects including through a consortium approach A successful track record in initiating, cultivating, and securing support from a range of institutional and government donor agencies.
• Strong diplomacy skill: ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with partners, donors and other stakeholders in a sensitive environment.
• Excellent English writing ability and verbal skills for project proposals, reports, and communications.
Deadline of this Job: 16 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:About Us
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
Job Description
• Lead the supervision of the Kampala Urban protection team.
• Ensure the implementation of Kampala Urban protection activities.
• Promote integration of protection in NRC area programmes, in collaboration with the Multi Core
• Competency Project Manager, Protection Specialist and Area Manager
• Support overall budget and procurement oversight, in collaboration with the Multi Core Competency
• Project Manager
• Liaise with M&E and the Community Consultation and Referral Teams (Complaints and Feedback
• Mechanism) to ensure a quality and context-appropriate response.
• Contribute to donor reports on project outputs and activities, according to specified internal timelines.
• Provide leadership on capacity building for urban protection programming.
• Implement protection information management systems, in cooperation with the Community
• Consultation and Referral Teams.
• Ensure that all protection risk identified cases are responded to in a reasonable time frame and where necessary referred to the concerned focal point and / or to the Area Manager.
• Contribute to context analysis, protection needs assessments and trends identification.
Responsibilities
• Lead the supervision of the Kampala Urban protection team.
• Ensure the implementation of Kampala Urban protection activities.
• Promote integration of protection in NRC area programmes, in collaboration with the Multi Core
• Competency Project Manager, Protection Specialist and Area Manager.
• Support overall budget and procurement oversight, in collaboration with the Multi Core Competency
• Project Manager
• Liaise with M&E and the Community Consultation and Referral Teams (Complaints and Feedback
• Mechanism) to ensure a quality and context-appropriate response.
• Contribute to donor reports on project outputs and activities, according to specified internal timelines.
• Provide leadership on capacity building for urban protection programming.
• Implement protection information management systems, in cooperation with the Community
• Consultation and Referral Teams.
• Ensure that all protection risk identified cases are responded to in a reasonable time frame and where necessary referred to the concerned focal point and / or to the Area Manager.
• Contribute to context analysis, protection needs assessments and trends identification.
Qualifications
• University Degree in Law, Social Science, Administration and Management or a related field is required.
• At least 3 years of professional experience working with humanitarian organizations (international and national), while experience working in an emergency setting and filed location is an asset.
• Strong knowledge of both National and International Protection Principles and policy frameworks in relation with refugee management systems in Uganda is required.
• Strong understanding of Protection risks identification and response in Uganda is desirable.
• Collaboration with stakeholder dynamics relevant protection of displaced persons in Uganda is key.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with ease in a multi-cultural setting is strongly required.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Knowledge of local languages is added advantage.
Deadline of this Job: 09 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:The country safety officer is responsible for the implementation of the DRC safety risk management system (SRMS) throughout DRC’s areas of operation in Uganda. This is done in close cooperation with the DRC Uganda country director, DRC Uganda area managers and safety focal points, and the regional safety coordinator.
Key Duties And Responsibilities
• Assess safety risks for the DRC Uganda country program to facilitate program delivery. Assessments will be undertaken as described in the DRC organizational handbook.
• Ensure that MOSS and SLS audits (minimum operating safety standards & safely level system) are regularly completed, with the input of the area managers and other senior staff.
• Assist in developing and updating the local safety rules (LSRs), standard operating procedures (SOPs), and critical incident management plans (CIMPs).
• Train local staff and safety focal points (SFPs), including in basic safety training (B-Safe).
• Train riders and drivers at all DRC sites, every semester on riding rules and regulations, use of riding gears.
• Ensure that safety improvement plans (SIPs) are present for all DRC Uganda sites, and kept current.
• Facilitate programme access and continuity through the provision of dependable advice, regular sit-reps, and safety advisories, as needed.
• Maintain relevant safety documentation, such as SOPs, LSRs and CIMPs, plus data and records, including training. The online safety level system will be kept accurate for all program sites.
• Ensure that the pre-arrival safety briefings and LSRs are kept current and shared with all visitors and new staff.
• Processing all travel clearance requests (TCRs) for DRC Uganda.
Experience and technical competencies:
• Minimum three years spent with a humanitarian/development actor, either in a safety/security role or with a strong interest in safety/security.
• Strong analytical and writing skills.
• Experience with delivering safety-related trainings to NGO staff.
• Stable and robust character with good interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills.
• Strong initiative and self-motivated, with a commitment to humanitarian principles.
Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree in related Field.
Languages
• Fluent in English
• Fluency in regional languages, such as Swahili and French, would be an asset.
