Youth Alive Uganda Cluster Managers Lira/Gulu Jobs in Uganda

Youth Alive Uganda Cluster Managers Lira/Gulu Jobs in Uganda

Position: Cluster Manager

Reports to: Deputy Chief of Party

Duty Station: Lira/Gulu

Job Summary

Provide overall strategic leadership administrative support in planning and implementation OVC activities in Gulu and Lira clusters, strengthen collaboration and partnership with Clinical partners, district local government and other development partners within the region.

The Cluster Manager is the head of the cluster and is accountable to the project management team and responsible for maintaining a close and effective relationship with district local governments.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Support core OVC service delivery processes and issues by working closely with District Project
coordinators to provide conducive environment for community structures to deliver services.
• Facilitate the participation of local communities in the planning and implementation of activities.
• Organize periodic meetings with partners to discuss project progress, record and follow up on
the execution of agreed action points.
• Handle regional office work requests with vendors, requester and contractors to arrange service response.
• Responsible for supervising DPCs and providing handholding support and capacity building support
to both DPCs and community structures.
• Prepare performance reports for presentation to project management team, detailing district
specific performance.
• Managing internal and external stakeholder relations within the region and negotiating contracts
and partnerships.
• Organize and implement capacity building or training programs for staff in the entire region based
on needs identified.
• Provide leadership in strengthening internal communications with staff at all levels throughout the
project.
• Lead cluster planning and budgeting processes in close collaboration with the deputy Chief of
Party using approved templates and guidelines.

Required Education, skills and experience

• Bachelor degree in Business Management/Rural Development/Rural Management/Social work/
Commerce/Sociology or related field.
• Post-graduate diploma in project planning and management, M&E or related field is an added
advantage.
• At least five years of progressive experience in Program implementation with at least three in
a middle management position in an NGO.
• Strong financial, planning and budget management skills and experience.
• Strong negotiation and effective interpersonal skills.
• Networking and policy development and policy engagement.
• Analytical skills.
• Experience of working with local partners and Local Governments.
• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a
member of a team.
• Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and
coaching

How to Apply:

All interested candidates should send their application letters (a page) and resumes (Max, 3pages) in a SINGLE PDF DOCUMENT to careers@youthaliveuganda.org No academic papers required at this stage.

Subject of the email should contain; Job title, name of candidate and duty station

Note: Hand-delivered applications will not be considered.

Deadline for Application is Friday 21st October, 2022 at 05:00pm Ugandan time.

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