Programme Officer Job Opportunities – Urban Refugees
Job Title: Programme Officer (Urban Refugees Incubation Programme)
Organisation: Urban Refugees
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports To : Head of Mission
About US:
Urban Refugees (UR) is an international NGO aiming to improve the lives of urban refugees in the Global South. To do so, we:
- Supports refugee-led organisations to develop their capacity to organise, plan and advocate for themselves through our incubation programme. This includes: technical assistance and training, support in governance, fundraising and communication mapping.
- Create and coordinate a network of NGOs, academics, refugee-led organisations and practitioners to help them share best practices and work together towards shared goals and
- Advocate changing policies affecting urban refugees
Job Summary: The Programme Officer to collaborate in the design of training methodologies and deliver training sessions on various subjects including project management, leadership, communication, financial management, partnership creation and management and fundraising to 2 Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs).
The overall objective of this programme is to strengthen the capacities of refugee community leaders and volunteers thanks to the delivery of workshops and training sessions. It is estimated that each training will be provided to up to 20 persons from different backgrounds and with diverse level of understanding.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate to the design of training methodologies on issues such as Leadership, Community mobilization, Finance and accounting, Fundraising, External communications or Project management
- Deliver trainings and workshops to beneficiaries (refugee leaders of communities) on those topics
- Conduct short evaluations of each training session and document best practices in the toolkit
- Ensure that the overall Programme Plan is followed
- Focal point for the refugee leaders on matters related to training logistics, agenda, materials…
- Monitor progress of each RLOs and update monitoring and evaluation plan accordingly
- Participate in stakeholder meetings when necessary
- Other tasks may be asked
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience as a Programme Officer appreciated
- Previous experience in facilitating workshops and/or delivering trainings an asset
- Bachelor degree or higher in a relevant field
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Excellent computer-based skills
- Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with a multicultural team
- Reliable, flexible, and able to work both autonomously and as a member of a team, proactively and with limited supervision
- Fluency in English required, French desirable
- Understanding of refugees’ humanitarian context an asset
Conditions:
- Uganda national or person eligible to work in Uganda
- Remuneration based on experience
How to apply:
All Qualified candidates are requested to submit a cover letter indicating their expected salary and a CV via e-mail at the address: contact@urban-refugees.org
Urban Refugees strongly encourages refugees, women and persons with disabilities to apply.