Earn over 121m as Country Representative at Tearfund (UK NGO)
Job Title: Country Representative
Organisation: Tearfund
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Salary: 121,440,657 Ugandan Shillings.
About US:
Tearfund is an International Christian organisation based in the United Kingdom partnering with the local church wherever possible to see change in the lives of those in greatest economic need. We believe poverty is caused by broken relationships with God, others, the environment and ourselves. Restoring those relationships is key to how we work, and we want to see change that is economic, material, environmental and spiritual. We are courageous, truthful, compassionate, servant-hearted and Christ-centred; values that are at the heart of Tearfund.
Job Summary: The Country Representative will lead the implementation of our country programme in Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Strategy development and implementation
- Representation and networking
- Management of a partner portfolio
- Resource management
- Leadership and staff development
- All aspects of in-country security, safeguarding and health and safety.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The Tearfund Country Representative should have substantial experience of outworking integral mission approaches, in particular local church-based community development in Uganda
- Significant proven leadership ability in an organisation working on church-based community development
- Significant proven ability in capacity development of local partner organisations, strategic planning, project management, evaluation and budget management.
- Ideally you will also have strong proven ability in one or more of the following areas: environmental sustainability including resilience building, disaster risk reduction and disaster response, and developing and implementing advocacy programmes.
- You will be fluent and competent in written and spoken English and be theologically literate. You will possess excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation and coaching/mentoring skills, with the proven ability to build relationship with, and influence, senior leaders of partner organisations, church denominations, donors and other key actors.
- You will also need to be self-disciplined, with the ability to lead proactively within a remote line management relationship.
- Applicants must be committed to Tearfund’s Christian beliefs.
- This post may involve potential contact with children and vulnerable adults and the recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues.
- Applicants must be Ugandan nationals or have the right to live and work in Uganda.
How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to join Tearfund should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 14th June 2018
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