War Child Canada Head of Programs Jobs in Uganda

War Child Canada Head of Programs Jobs in Uganda

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send their curriculum vitae and an accompanying cover letter (not exceeding 6 pages) as one PDF document saved in your names _ position title, electronically to:

Email:jobs_uganda@warchild.ca

Please ensure your application pack does not exceed 6 pages, and the email should have the subject heading of ‘Position Title and insert your name

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