Program Manager Non-profit Jobs – Link Community Development International
Organisation: Link Community Development International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Programme Director
About US:
Link Community Development is a family of not for profit organisations working together to transform education for children and communities across impoverished rural areas of Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda and Uganda. Since our foundation in 1995 we have worked in 3,000 schools and improved the lives of over two million children through unique and effective school improvement models. We guide governments and educators to adopt low-cost solutions to improve learning and support for children, with a focus on literacy, numeracy and inclusion for the most marginalised children.
Job Summary: The Program Manager will support the Program Director in providing strategic leadership and management of all Link Uganda programs/projects’ activities as well as increasing funding portfolio through proposal development, networking, fund raising and managing donor relation. In close collaboration with the Program Director, the Program Manager will lead the programs teams in aligning the Link Uganda programs with the Link Community Development Theory of Change, Strategic and Business plans while also ensuring program quality across the country.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategy Development and Program Design (30%)
- In close collaboration with the Program director, provide strategic direction of Link Uganda Programs implementation and foster program integration in line with existing Link Community Development Business and Strategic plans and Theory of Change
- Identify new donors and maintain donor relations to secure appropriate resources for national programs in accordance with budget targets and maintaining a diversity of future funding options for the office
- In close collaboration with the Program Director and project officers, develop and maintain an up-to-date country funding strategy to optimize income and plan to prioritize approaches to donors
- Lead in resource development efforts in needs assessments and design of concept notes and proposal development for Link Uganda
- Promote coordination and appropriate joint working between stakeholders and the operational programs and to ensure maximum synergy within the programs for maximum impact, influence and scale up of the program
- Provide leadership to and management of ideal development programming in Uganda including timing of interventions, program design, targeting, securing of resources, implementation and reporting
- 4. Ensure complete, timely and accurate program documentation for all Link Uganda programs, including approved proposals and budgets, annual narrative reports.
Provide Leadership and management of Link Uganda Programs (30%)
- Coordinate and direct program planning processes to ensure overall integration of programs, proper understanding of program goals, objectives and intermediary results, and engagement and buy-in of all key stakeholders.
- Provide program, budgetary oversight and supervision ensuring that all planned activities, outputs and impacts are achieved over the life of each program.
- Ensure complete, timely and accurate program documentation for all projects, including annual fiscal and narrative reports, resource requests and budgets.
- In coordination with the Monitoring & Evaluation Manager/Coordinator/Officer, support active monitoring and evaluation of all programs and making adjustments to improve program quality and or effectiveness
- Take lead in establishing agreements and protocols with all technical partners (government line ministries, consortium partners, local partners etc)
- Line manage the project officers in the management and implementation of projects, ensuring adequate monitoring, reviewing progress, reviewing beneficiary feedback, identifying corrective actions required and capturing learning.
- Facilitate the submission of quality Program reports, ensuring timely submission in accordance with required reporting formats.
- Provide support in partner capacity assessments and developments, especially in areas where programs are implemented through partners
Representation and External Relations (10%)
- Support the Program Director with representation to the government at different government levels, helping to ensure constructive working relationships are maintained to allow expansion and growth of Link Uganda ‘s transformation development in Uganda
- In conjunction with the Program Director and other staff, represent Link Uganda at relevant interagency technical networks and working groups as necessary
- Support the Program Director in policy influencing (advocacy related to development initiatives) activities at the national and local level
- Ensure effective communication and feedback between Link Uganda and donors
Staff and financial management (30%)
- Lead and manage staff ensuring clarity over strategy, plans and priorities, providing supervision, guidance and mentoring, encouraging effective teamwork and inclusiveness and building a team spirit through regular meetings and events.
- Provide management support to direct reports in their management of others, and their implementation of objectives, work plans and budgets.
- Contribute to developing and modeling a team culture characterized by a shared vision, commitment and mutual accountability that reflects Link’s desired corporate values.
- Create structured opportunities to encourage learning from all staff, ensuring internal and external evaluations and reviews are undertaken as appropriate. Ensure recommendations are implemented and learning is shared across the wider Link Uganda team.
- Support and participate in staff recruitment, induction and training as required
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Development studies or related field with at least 5 years of experience in managing and implementing programs in the development sector, three of which should be in senior management position within an NGO set up. A Master’s degree is an asset.
- Proven strategic planning, program and project management experience in a development environment
- Proven budget management experience coupled with experience in implementing and working in accordance with corporate structures, policies and practices.
- Extensive knowledge of project design and implementation,
- Experience in proposal-writing, budgeting and financial management.
- Demonstrated experience with participatory approaches to development, including capacity building of local and government institutions
- Proven ability to deliver impact through working with vulnerable communities as part of a multi-cultural, international team.
- Experience of working with NGOs engaged in education development and programming
- High level of professional and ethical conduct, and awareness and experience of implementing child safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Ability to communicate complex technical, or politically sensitive information to a wide audience in simple and engaging terms.
- Highly articulate with demonstrable abilities in writing and publication.
- Advanced skills in PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Word.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Ability to represent the organization in high-level meetings with donors, local government and technical forums
- Strong people-management and leadership skills
- Commitment to accountability to beneficiaries and transparency, showing dignity and respect, and demonstrating listening and understanding
- Possess analytical and problem-solving skills, risk management skills as well as decision- making skills
- Strong aptitude for organizational change, participatory and servant leadership, innovation, learning, team building
- Ability to interact with tact and diplomacy,
- Effective inter- and –intra personal communication
- Ability to multi-task and juggle many competing priorities
Desirable
- A postgraduate degree in a relevant field (Project Planning and Management, Education, Monitoring and Evaluation skills).
- Understanding of the National and international education sector.
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged to send an application form, Download Here and an equal opportunities monitoring form to josephine@lcduganda.org with the subject line “Program Manager”
NB: The Equal Opportunities form is available here: http://www.lcdinternational.org/jobs-volunteering
Deadline: 30th April 2019 by 5:00pm
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