Programme Area Manager (PAM) NGO Jobs – Plan International
Job Title: Programme Area Manager (PAM)
Organisation: Plan International
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Head of Operations
About US:
Plan International was founded over 75 years ago and is one of the oldest and largest children’s development organizations (non-profit / INGOs) in the world. We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plans vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations.
Job Summary: The Programme Area Manager (PAM) will lead and manage programme location unit staff in planning, implementing and monitoring programme interventions to high quality, and manage the teams to ensure they perform highly and achieve organisational goals. The Programme Area Manager is in charge of providing strategic leadership in the overall implementation of the Country programmes at the regional/district level through the approaches which are aligned with organisational priorities. Donor compliance across all grants is also key. She/he is responsible in ensuring that all targets are met by staff across all key management areas of operation, programme, sponsorship, human resource and finance. She/he works in partnership with local authorities at the district /regional level and with Country office team. Overall, she/he is the representative of the Country Director at the regional/district level and will ensure Plan’s visibility and participation within the programme area by facilitating appropriate collaboration, networks and partnerships. The post holder is responsible for coaching, managing performance and creating enabling environment where staffs are able to carry out their duties effectively and all accountabilities of a programme area are satisfactorily met.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning, Development and Implementation
- Provide overall guidance and support to the region in development of regional Annual Operational Plans, Programme/Project plans and budgets, and their implementation.
- Lead the PIA to deliver high quality programme through implementing projects in a timely manner and to high quality, reflecting CCCD standards, Gender analysis, Child protection as well as other organisational priorities.
- Monitor and guide regional programmes in the implementation of designs/AOPs, DME processes, budgets and audit recommendations.
- Map out funding gaps and support preparation and/or review of key funding proposals before they are submitted to the potential support offices and donors.
- Lead the development and review of the annual operation plans and budgets of projects and programmes, in line with global, regional and national guidelines.
- Support and monitor implementation of projects/programmes and ensure programmes/projects are being managed and implemented in a manner that will result in achievement of goals within set time frame and allocated resources.
- Ensure scheduled design, monitoring and evaluation processes (assessments, designs, baseline surveys, evaluations, and transformational indicators measurement) are conducted and reports completed and approved.
- Integration of Child Protection in Programmes, projects, sponsorship operations and other interventions,
- Provide leadership to staff and communities in planning for and responding to emergencies and disasters, including having in place a PIA level Disaster Preparedness Plans.
- Disseminate and support implementation of partnership and NO strategies, guidelines, initiatives and policies in the region.
- Develop regional human resource development plan, and manage staff development/growth in order to build a cadre of high performing staff and regional teams.
- Support rolling out of partnership and national level initiatives in sponsorship, DME, and adaptation of policies/guidelines.
People Management
- Staff capacity is built and their performance monitored through coaching, development plans and identification of talent for grooming as potential successors
- Identify skill gaps and suggest to HRM/CLT for capacity building
- Enhance team performance through sharing learning across PIAs
- Deal with unsatisfactory performance proactively, alerting supervisor of any poor performance which requires escalation
- Prepare clear staff Individual Accountability Plans & KPIs as per relevant job requirement
- Leading in building a motivated and high performing team which strives for success.
Networking and advocacy
- Build strategic partnerships, networks, coalitions and alliances at the regional level and link it with national level strategic engagements.
- Spearhead, coordinate and promote regional level advocacy, lobbying and influencing initiatives.
- Work with the MER department to document lessons and learnings from the regional programs and link with national level advocacy initiatives
Management of Operations and Standards
- Ensure that costs from grants are effectively recovered and all related costs under grants are charged in appropriate account lines.
- Track Programme Area budget to ensure efficiency, timely and quality program investment, including full expenditure to 100% at the end of the FY with well planned spending throughout the year.
- Ensure existence and compliance of controls for risk reduction and management and that the PA risk database is up-to-date.
- Deliver cost effective programs and adhere to internal control systems as per operational manual and local policies.
- Ensure PIA assets are used and managed appropriately.
- Work on the Audit Action List as per the internal and external audits reports and suggestions share monthly progress to Director of Operations
- Fleet Management: Review the vehicle weekly/monthly reports, logbook-, trip-, and fuel records, monitors utilization, maintenance and fuel consumption and carry out monthly fuel and maintenance spend analysis
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Plan International Programme Area Manager (PAM) job opportunity must hold a Bachelor’s degree in any development related field (social sciences, development studies, management, education, agriculture or public health). Master’s degree is an added advantage.
- Five years of working experience in a similar role with a good awareness of current issues in the field of development
- Significant understanding of project/programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Understand development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implication to community (child) development.
- Knowledge of development issue especially those impacting child rights realisation
- Knowledge on child right programming.
- Experience on project management cycle especially on the participatory approach
- Knowledge on people, Budget, grants and financial management
- Excellent people manager with good team-building skills and proven record of managing and developing teams of professionals, including those in dispersed/distant locations.
Desirable
- Analytical and problem solving skills.
- Organisation and time management skills in order to manage priorities within own workload, identify deadlines and cope with conflicting demands.
- Experience in networking with children experiencing poverty and their families, local and international NGOs, local government partners, and local community-based organisations.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their letters of application, together with updated CVs, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references plus salary history and send to:
The Country Human Resources and Organizational Development Manager,
Plan Uganda
Email to: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org
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