CARE Project Manager Jobs in Uganda

Job Summary

The Project Manager (PM) provides overall leadership of the initiative.

The PM is responsible for providing strategic direction, project management oversight, and technical leadership on program quality and learning (PQL).

Specific Responsibilities

Responsibility #1: Project MANAGEMENT Oversight (PMO)

The PM is responsible for ensuring timely delivery of planned deliverables as per approved proposal, budget and grant agreement. This will require the PM to secure required staffing, partnerships, consultants, volunteers, equipment and other resources on time.

Responsibility #2: Program QUALITY assurance and LEARNING (PQL)

The PM is responsible for program quality, accountability and learning, ensuring the project delivers high quality results empowering women and girls. This will require the PM to embrace and embed CARE quality
markers (gender, resilience, governance) across the project cycle, regularly monitoring and reporting progress using the established MEAL system including quarterly program dashboards and other reporting systems like PIIRS

Responsibility #5: Project Steering and Coordination (PSC)

Establish project governance mechanism including Steering Committee (SC) and Project
Management Unit (PMU) to ensure effective project steering and coordination.

Serve as Chairperson of the Project Management Unit (PMU) and ensure regular monthly meetings take place, are well documented and agreed upon actions followed-up;

Serve as Secretary of the SC to prepare and document SC meetings and to follow up on agreed upon actions; Ensure SC Chairperson calls for SC meetings with heads of partner agencies;

Ensure effective mechanisms for information sharing and cooperation with other complementary initiatives with which the GATES funded project will collaborate (e.g. financial services actors, agricultural actors), including organizing regular coordination meetings with them;

Ensure effective mechanisms for joint planning, integrated implementation, joint & participatory monitoring and management between partners;

Support effective mechanisms for information sharing and cooperation among partners and other

key stakeholders at all levels;

Responsibility #6: Promote Gender Equity and Diversity and Safeguarding Practices (5%)

Practice a behavior consistent with CARE core values, and promote gender equity and diversity goals;

Play a leadership role in identifying and implementing initiatives that enhance CARE’s commitment to gender and diversity.

Ensure that CARE Safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to by all and the staff that S/he supervisors both directly or indirectly

Ensure that staff and related personnel under your jurisdiction are familiar with the following organizational policies and procedures and can identify when needed how these may have been breached; The CI Safeguarding policy, Protection from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse and
Child Abuse, The anti-discrimination and harassment policy, The code of conduct and the
organizations Values.

Responsibility #7: Any other duties assigned from time to time (5%)

Any other duties incidental to the role or assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Master degree in development relevant field of study from reputable institution is “a MUST”

At least 10 years of relevant field experience with reputable international organisations

Experience managing similar programs with similar complexity and context.

Experience in gender transformative approaches, including specific experience in working with and empowering women and girls in emergency or conflict or disaster settings.

Experience in developing emergency program strategies, approaches and models.

Experience in emergency program design, proposal writing, resource mobilisation.

Experience in managing a diverse and complex team of emergency professionals.

Experience in networking and strategic relationships management in emergency setting.

Conceptual abilities, strategic thinking and analytical writing skills.

Good communication, presentation, public

speaking, discussion and negotiation skills.

Good research, evidence-generation, policy debate and advocacy skills.

Organizing skills and capacity to multi-task in rapidly changing and fast-paced environments;

Knowledge of and demonstrated personal commitment to relevant organizational codes of conduct including anti-fraud and anti-corruption, safeguarding etc

Leadership and interpersonal skills and proven experience influencing others without necessarily directly managing them;

Desired

Professional training and experience in project management, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Professional training in budget management, people management and communications.

Professional training in research, analytical writing, advocacy and policy influencing.

Professional experience in working with young people, displaced & refugee communities.

Professional experience in economic empowerment models including financial inclusion.

Professional training and experience in gender equality women and girls’ empowerment

Core Competencies

•Excellence: Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; successfully completes
assignments; sets standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed; ensures interactions and transactions are ethical and convey integrity.

•Integrity: Maintains social, ethical, and organizational norms; firmly adheres to codes of conduct and ethical principles inherent to CARE.

•Communicating with Impact: Diplomatically, logically and clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the recipient / audience and helps them understand and retain their message.

•Facilitating Change: Supports and manages the change process at CARE Uganda by developing a culture affirmative of change; encouraging others to seek and act upon opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; critically analyzing evolving and fluid situations; facilitating the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace; actively engaging with resistance to change.

•Strengthening Partnership: Identifying and utilizing opportunities within and outside of CARE Uganda to develop effective strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas/departments/units or external organizations to achieve CARE’s objectives.

•Management Excellence: Makes the connection between values and performance. Influences the
performance of others, and ultimately, the performance of the organization. Sets direction, coaches & develops, promotes staff wellness & safety, practices & promotes compliance, models gender equity &
diversity, communicates effectively.

•Developing Teams: Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitates the completion of team goals.

•Diversity - Promoting, valuing, respecting and fully benefiting from each individual’s unique qualities, background, race, culture, age, gender, disability, values, lifestyle, perspectives or interests; creating and
maintaining a work environment that promotes diversity.

•Adaptability- Expected to well adjust with the country, the CO operating environment and with the Program team to function effectively and efficiently

How to Apply

Candidates who are interested in the above job should submit an updated CV and Application letter giving a day time telephone contact and names, telephone contacts and email addresses of 3 (three) work related referees only through our recruitment email:(ugarecruitment@care.org) clearly indicating the Job title in the email subject.

The deadline for submitting CVs is 4th November, 2020. For any questions please
call our office on 0312258100/150.

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