Coordinator Kampala Hub Non-profit Careers – GIZ
Job Title: Coordinator Kampala Hub
Organization: GIZ
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Component CUSP Kampala
About US:
The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is owned by the Federal republic of Germany with International operations in Uganda, GIZ Implements commissions for the German government and other national and international, public and private sector clients within the framework of the international Cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of Uganda.
Job Summary: The Coordinator Kampala Hub, CUSP, Governance and Civil Society Programme will be responsible for the HUB in Kampala covering the central region on district level:
- Overall day to day and strategic management of the Kampala Hub in close coordination with the line manager.
- Managing national and international Staff members.
- Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and
- Reporting of activities in Central Region in line with the mandate of the programme.
- Representation of the Kampala Hub in close cooperation with all relevant actors active in the field and the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic conceptual work:
- Design a strategic alignment of the Hub Kampala together with the line management.
- Mapping of existing CSOs and CSO platforms on different perspectives and sectors.
- Prepare operational plan for the hub Kampala in line with the whole programme
- Establish partnerships with CSO organizations and CSO platforms.
- Provide technical support to District Authorities and line ministries in the development of innovative cooperation models with civil society, e.g. through development of TORs, agenda preparations.
- Coordinate the hub activities with other hub coordinators in Mbale and Gulu and with thematic coordinators in the governance, water, energy and agriculture sectors.
- Provide technical support and development of social accountability mechanisms, e.g. public service delivery monitoring and budget tracking tools.
- Implement innovative advisory services strengthening CSO engagement in different sectors (governance, water, energy and agriculture sectors).
- Guide on the development of internal policies, guidelines and manuals in CSOs/networks to strengthen their internal governance, work processes and networking
Communication:
- Ensure timely and smooth communication between programme partners and within the programme.
- Coordinate the hub activities with EU programmes in these sectors.
- Internal and external representation of the programme.
- Administration and Reporting:
- Manage programme activities, outputs and outcomes.
- Ensure that the results based monitoring of the programme is implemented in the hub
- Oversee administration according to GIZ internal Orientations & Regulations
- Ensure the reporting according to EU standards and agreement within the programme.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a University Degree (minimum MSc or MA) in a relevant field, preferably in Law, Political Science, Social Science, Development Studies.
- At least eight years professional experience in project management
- Leadership experience
- Knowledge in results based management.
- Experience in qualitative and quantitative research, data collection and data analysis.
- Working experience in civil society organizations or governmental institutions.^
- Very good knowledge of English, German is an added value.
- Excellent people skills and ability to negotiate between different stakeholder groups.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Self-drive, creativity and problem-solving capacity are required.
- Able to work independent, responsible, team-minded and target oriented.
How to Apply:
All interested and suitably qualified candidates should send their applications with detailed CVs (max. 3 pages) and a cover letter (max. 2 pages) addressing the applicant’s motivation by email to: recruitment-uganda@giz.de. Please note: Only those applications with the subject heading “Coordinator Kampala Hub” will be accepted.
Deadline: 25th March 2018
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