African Prisons Programme Coordinator Jobs in Uganda

African Prisons Programme Coordinator Jobs in Uganda

The African Prisons Project (APP) is a community of people passionately committed to
bringing dignity, hope and justice to men, women and children in African prisons
ensuring equitable access to justice, health and education.

Our 2020 strategy focuses on
developing change makers among prison staff and inmates who use the law to bring
justice to the most vulnerable in society; to begin assembling world-class law teachers,
law makers and practitioners to aid the training and development of our people; and to
plan our expansion as we look to establish ourselves as a social enterprise, offering
legal education and legal services in Africa and beyond.

Responsibilities

To manage all programme operations in Uganda, compliance and make appropriate improvements including line manage the Programme Coordinators in accordance to APP’s policies and procedures.

Contribute to the Line management of staff within the programme areas.

Generating new project ideas and fundraising for new programme areas

Quality control of programme activities including M&E implementation across all
programmes.

Grants and financial planning, management and reporting in all programme areas
working with programme leads.

Contribute to SMT providing programme and risk management information as
well as delivering on the programmes work plan and budget.

Lead APP’s program design, proposal development and reporting for current and
future projects ensuring the implementation of the programmatic strategies, technical quality assurance and best practices are recorded, captured and reported.

To ensure that programmes comply with donor and APP administrative and reporting requirements.

Work together closely with the UK office sharing program design, implementation
and reporting functions are completed in accordance with deadlines and undertake report editing where necessary.

Assist in drawing up plans, proposals, and budgets for new projects and extensions of projects ensuring that they are informed by needs assessments prior to fundraising.

To assist CD in identifying new areas of need and potential areas for project
development and donor funding in Uganda.

Ensure regular communications are maintained between the field sites and Head
Quarters in Kampala.

Travel to the project in country as per APP’s needs.

Ensure that upcountry programme operational procedures are complied with and
updating of field level procedures as required.

Ensure that security for upcountry staff is ensured and field site security guidelines are reviewed at least quarterly as well as all security incidents are appropriately recorded and reported

by project /programme managers.

Notify the country director of any increases outbreaks of insecurity, health
disease or other significant event in the fields and advise on specific actions that
should be taken including monitoring of changes to security which will affect
programme and donor environment.

Lead in designing donor visits.

Support team members professionally and monitor and support stress
management.

Requirements

Relevant degree plus post graduate qualifications ideally in law, health and Life
Skills or development related discipline.

Substantial programme leadership and management experience in a complex
organisation ideally NGO.

Experience of managing a major donor funded project.

Qualifications in project management and or programme management with direct
relevant experience and tools as well as proposal drafting and report drafting.

Leadership/mentorship skills

Willingness to work in resource-limited settings

Strong communication skills, with excellent written and spoken English

Proven problem solving and organisational skills

Flexibility and the ability to remain calm under pressure

Experience of conducting needs assessments and project development
Experience in managing people or teams.

Ability to work under stressful conditions in an isolated area with basic living
conditions

Good team-worker and able to live and work closely with a small team

Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from
different functions and cultures

Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritizing a high workload
and multiple tasks in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines

Confident and proficient in the use of MS Office packages

Ability and willingness to undertake frequent travel to field sites

An understanding of and commitment to APP’s mission and values

Planning and Time Management: able to prioritise tasks, manage time and tight
schedules, work effectively under pressure, and assist direct reports with prioritization of tasks and meeting deadlines.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 16th August, 2019

For more information and job application details, see; African Prisons Programme Coordinator Jobs in Uganda

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