Earn 72m Annually as Programme Manager – Health at VSO
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Job Title: Programme Manager – Health
Organization: VSO
Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda
Salary Range: UGX 72,000,000 p.a
Reports to: Head of Programmes
About VSO:
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.
Job Summary: The Programme Manager – Health will oversee the strategic development, implementation and successful delivery of the Health Programme; in order to optimise VSOs contribution towards improving maternal, newborn and adolescent sexual and reproductive health outcomes in Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Health Programme Development and Delivery:
- Take lead in the development and delivery of the VSO Uganda Health programme strategy and signature package. Ensure cross cutting themes (gender, inclusion and climate change) are included as well as integration with other thematic areas (livelihoods, education and governance).
- Regularly analyse and understand the health development context and needs, key stakeholders and strategic partners.
- By applying the VSO people first principles ensure staff, volunteers, partners and primary actors are engaged in development, planning and review processes
- Ensure effective, high-quality, and timely health projects in compliance with VSO procedures, donor and government regulations; deliver against timeframes and output and outcome targets/ objectives within the programme strategy and project plans
- Ensure narrative and financial reporting within agreed deadlines is in place and up-to-date as per VSO guidelines and donor requirements.
Programme Funding: Proactively identify health funding opportunities and partners. Work with HoP, Regional Funding Adviser and Country Director to develop concepts and proposals.
Budgeting and Forecasting:
- Develop realistic project plans and budgets, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and that resources (volunteers, staff and funding) are allocated appropriately and achieve value for money. Including full participation in the annual budget process.
- Maintain and regularly review financial plans/budgets to deliver programme/project objectives; ensure effective grants management and expenditure within agreed budgets; identify any areas of variance and communicated to HOP (project team and partners) with suggested corrective actions;
- Ensure VSO’s financial and procurement requirements are adhered to by project team and partners.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Work in liaison with the M&E Coordinator lead the design and delivery of appropriate M&E mechanisms to measure, document and disseminate progress, good practices and impact in health programme.
- Producing good quality communications materials from VSOs Health work; providing early warnings were performance is below target; and that reporting is in line with VSO and donorrequirements.
- Ensure monthly progress, quarterly review meetings and monitoring visits are conducted to ensure implementation is on track according activity plans and targets in log frames;
- Ensure activity and monthly reports are submitted by staff, volunteers and partners; reports are reviewed with feedback provided.
- Facilitate a culture of learning and knowledge sharing between staff, volunteers and partners.
Partnership Development and Management:
- Build and maintain good networks and relationships with key stakeholders and partners.
- Build and support networks between key stakeholders (donors, other agencies, volunteers, partners etc) to strengthen programme impact; ensure application of VSO people first principles in the partnerships.
- Conduct quarterly support supervision visits to Health partners and volunteers to support the partnerships, ensure quality standards and mitigate risk; provide on the job coaching and support as needed.
- Represent VSO and develop effective working relationships with district and national governments, and at internal and external events and meetings.
Volunteer Management and Support:
- Work closely with the programme support team to induct, orient and provide on-going support to volunteers.
- Engage volunteers in planning and review processes, supporting them to identify linkages between their work and delivery of VSOs goals.
Line Management:
- Manage, coach and motivate a high performing health team within the performance management framework ensuring application of VSO people first principles. Conduct monthly 1-2-1 meetings with direct reports.
Other Duties: Deputise for the HoP or other colleagues as required. Fulfil other appropriate level responsibilities as defined by the HoP from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the VSO Programme Manager – Health job opportunity should hold a relevant degree, such as Public Health or Social Development studies, with experience and knowledge of maternal and newborn health and adolescent SRH.
- At least five years’ experience in managing and delivering complex health development programmes and teams.
- Proven experience of securing external funding and grants, including proposal development.
- Previous experience in financial management, including building a budget, monitoring and managing expenditure. Previous experience of having compiled financial reports
- Broad knowledge, understanding and experience of project cycle management, organisational assessment, planning and M&E tools and processes.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills and experience of compiling donor reports.
- Leadership and people management skills, experience of developing, coaching and managing high performing teams.
- Strong representation and negotiation skills – ability to negotiate and maintain relations with external stakeholders
- Ability to develop multiple ideas to solve an issue or situation and take a swift decision, including in a high risk situation.
- Able to travel and work long hours, including work away from the home base for up to 30% of time, both within the country and occasionally internationally and some weekend and evening work.
- Practical experience gained within a volunteering/NGO context and working within an international team.
- Ability to provide effective support to international and national volunteers.
- Experience and knowledge of the country and region.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online by clicking on the web link below.
Deadline: 17th May, 2017