Earn 5.6m as SPOT Project Manager at Handicap International (Humanity & Inclusion)
Job Title: SPOT Project Manager
Organisation: Handicap International (Humanity & Inclusion)
Duty Station: Kyaka II and Kyangwali, Uganda
Reports to: Operations Coordinator
Starting Salary: UGX 5,696,889 monthly gross
About Us:
Handicap International (Humanity & Inclusion) is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Handicap International is outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.
About SPOT:
Strengthening Psychosocial support service for Transformation (SPOT) among the Congolese refugees in Uganda is a collaborative, consolidated and integrated approach among three leading MHPSS humanitarian actors – War Child Holland (WCH), Humanity and Inclusion (HI) and Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) – to bring effectiveness, and harmonization in MHPSS interventions in the refugee response in Uganda. It aims at improving the resilience and well-being of Congolese refugees and vulnerable host populations in South-western Uganda through enhancing their access to quality, holistic, gender-sensitive and inclusive MHPSS services that support positive coping-mechanisms and foster recovery from traumatic experiences, including separation from or loss of family members, abrupt displacement, physical and sexual violence. It will be implemented in and around Kyaka II and Kyangwali settlements as well as in the transit centres at the border with the DRC that are anticipated to receive more refugees in 2019 and are considered at high risk and in high need.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensure operational implementation of the project (project cycle management) and technical supervision
- Coordinate the implementation of the project following the different steps of the project cycle in close coordination with partners, national and local authorities;
- Implement directly activities falling under PM responsibilities;
- Support technically project implementation;
- Ensure appropriate monthly, quarterly, half-year and yearly planning of the project activities;
- Ensure project indicators follow and develop adapted tools to do so;
- Carry out support and follow-up missions in the zones of intervention;
- Identify implementation challenges and propose appropriate solutions / adjustments;
- Develop and timely submit internal and external project reports respecting donors requirements and quality standards;
- Pilot monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning processes related to the project;
- Facilitate cooperation and synergies with other HI teams (mutual planning and resources sharing);
- Ensure coordination between project team and technical unit through support requests and regular meetings according to the needs to ensure intervention quality;
- Pilot external evaluations processes and ensure recommendations implementation.
Ensure proper coordination with partners and other external stakeholders
- Regularly inform and exchange with consortium lead on project level of implementation, challenges met and solutions proposed;
- Ensure respect of partnership agreement with consortium lead;
- Represent the project towards external partners, local and national;
- Represent HI in the different coordination platforms;
- Contribute to partners’ capacity building according to identified needs and project activities.
Ensure administrative and financial management of the project
Together with support services:
- Endorse budget holder responsibilities;
- Establish annual budgetary planning and monthly treasury forecasts;
- Ensure proper and regular follow-up of project’s expenses, analyse discrepancies, anticipate evolutions and propose budgetary adjustments;
- Ensure proper storage of project documentation;
- Ensure respect of internal and donors financial procedures (eligibility and flexibility rules);
- Support the financial manager in the development of financial reports;
- Ensure respect of procurement and service provision procedures (logistics).
Manage and support project team
- Ensure support and management of the project team ;
- Ensure development and evaluation of the individual objectives of the project team;
- Participate to the recruitment of the team members if needed, respecting HI human resources standards and procedures;
- Contribute to staffs capacity building through skills and knowledge transfer;
- Ensure appropriate flow and coordination of information between project team and other HI services;
- Ensure development and follow-up of individual action plans.
Ensure proper external Representation and Coordination in his field of expertise
Within time and means constraints, and in coordination with Operations Coordinator:
- Support other project teams intervening in the PM fields of expertise on technical aspects (indicators development, training plans, proposal writing…)
- Participate to needs assessments in appropriate fields of expertise;
- Contribute to new project design and to programme strategic development reflexion.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Handicap International (Humanity & Inclusion) SPOT Project Manager job must hold a Master’s degree in Management, Mental Health, Psychosocial studies, Allied Health, Humanities, from a recognizable university.
- At least 4 years of professional experience in an NGO at managerial position
- At least 2 years of professional experience in project cycle management
Desirable
- Diploma /certificate in project planning and management is an added advantage
- Experience in consortia lead projects. (ECHO preferably)
- Two years of professional experience in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Two years of experience in refugee context.
- Two years’ experience in the fields of inclusion / accessibility of services / services to persons with disabilities
Competencies:
- Project cycle management and related tools and methodologies;
- Planning, monitoring and evaluation tools and systems;
- Capacity building, training and coaching skills
- Perfect fluency in English: written and spoken and strong writing skills;
- Very familiar with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and internet
Personal Qualities
- Proven managerial skills
- Proven representation experience;
- Ability to work under high pressure;
- Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills
- Good communication and networking skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who wish to join Handicap International are encouraged to send their updated CVs (3 pages max, including three professional references) with cover letters to HR Coordinator at recruitment@uganda.hi.org with the subject: Application for SPOT Project Manager.
Deadline: 3rd April 2019 by 5:00pm
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