Voice Project Manager UK NGO Jobs – Oxfam
Job Title: Voice Project Manager
Organization: Oxfam
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Programmes
About US:
Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.
Job Summary: The VOICE Project Manager will be responsible for the strategic development and management of the Voice programme. He/she will be accountable for implementation of the Voice Programme in relations to budget management, programme quality and coherence as well as resource allocation (and potentially) mobilisation. The postholder will support Oxfam’s impact locally, regionally, continentally and globally through ensuring programme alignment to the key strategic objectives and programme standards.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical
- Process, monitor and analyse information on grant allocation in the administrative system
- Responsible for country level reporting on the Voice programme (grant portfolio reporting, data collection and learning, time writing)
- Develop and prepare operational reports for grant management at national and global level
- Administer Voice policies and procedures in accordance with country and organisational guidelines
- Track Voice grant compliance and bring instances of non-compliance to the attention of the Governance and Accountability Manager and Voice Coordination Team
- Support grants and financial data reconciliation and preparation for reports, audits and other Voice reporting as needed
- Monitor regulations and their effect on grant making
Leadership
- In line with the Oxfam country strategy, provide strategic and technical leadership in the design, development, planning, budgeting, and implementation of Voice programme.
- Provide leadership in assigned programme areas, staying up to date with the latest thinking, steering the programme to keep pace with changes in the operating environment, ensuring that the programme is relevant and contextual.
- The work that will be undertaken will involve coordinating technical assessment, planning and implementation of project interventions in close collaboration with partners in line with Oxfam’s regional and global strategies.
- Regularly oversee context analysie relevant to the Voice programme and make recommendations to country team and partners on the trends and opportunities. You will be expected to keep abreast with latest developments in the focus areas of Voice or how those developments impacts on them.
- Based on context analysis launch and assess country Calls for Proposal and assess proposals with support from Voice global coordination team and others, guaranteeing application of Voice grant making criteria, principles and processes
- Lead in monitoring, reporting and learning initiatives including research generation and collection of data in close partnership with the consortium partners.
Management
- Provide technical support as needed to potential grantees in the formulation of grant applications
- Mentor and provide technical assistance to grantees in the implementation of projects on an as needed basis
- Support capacity assessment, development and empowerment approaches to ensure partners and stakeholders can adapt to fast changing context.
- Coordinate and support in-country grants team in carrying out programme and accountability assessments
- Ensure effective post contract grant management including collection and assessment of reports, follow up, communication with and monitoring grantees in their implementation sites; ensure scheduled payments to grantees, and liaise with Voice Senior Finance Officer to ensure seamless grantee management and communication
- Manage, review and make recommendations to change as needed to ensure that grant processes are in line with Voice needs and promote effective grant making
- Manage and support teams to deliver on the programme plans, providing leadership, inspiration and guidance.
- Ensure that the management of the programme teams is in line with Oxfam’s HR policies and procedures.
Other
- Eager and required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values (click here) as well as the promotion of gender justice and women’s rights (click here). Equally be a leader on Voice’s principles of diversity and inclusion of ALL rightsholder groups.
- Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and well-being principles.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Master’s Degree in management field including Project management, Social Sciences, education, public policy/administration, and related fields.
- Or, equivalent in work experience as per below.
- A minimum of eight years’ experience working with partners on large grant management
- Good knowledge and experience with donor funding environment and Financial Management Skills with Experience of Project Budgeting and controlling financial risks
- Knowledge of grant funding policies and procedures and applicable country/ national regulations
- Strong programme management and quality knowledge with ability to ensure consistent quality against standards and implement effective monitoring and evaluation systems to assess and adjust performance
- Commitment to and good knowledge of working with networks, coalitions and a partnership approach across the spectrum of Oxfam’s work including innovative approaches, communities of practice and capacity strengthening.
- Knowledge and experience from effective communication practice from a development/humanitarian project with skills to facilitation of ongoing exchange of information, peer-learning and ensuring coherence between activities and the messages of the project.
- Proven people and finance management experience at a strategic level in a complex dispersed organisation with evidence of leading, facilitating and integrating a specific area of expertise across a wide network providing clarity and focus of vision and impact strategic planning and decision making and the delivery of agreed results.
- Strong organisational and personal management skills, with ability to prioritise work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow through
- Excellent personal communication skills, high level of self-awareness initiative sound judgement personal energy and flexibility
- Excellent inter personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills.
- Ability to cultivate knowledge – based relations with different stakeholders going beyond grant based relations (strategic partnerships)
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills; able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans
- Knowledge of capacity building, learning and development activities and how to create a learning and sharing environment with a strong knowledge management basis
- Commitment to and knowledge of creating a partner-led operational environment, with an ability to create an internal Oxfam approach that is focussed on developing and supporting partner organisations to achieve direct impact and results relating to Oxfam’s objectives
- Knowledge of budgeting, and experience in working with donors on multi country projects
- Project management of projects financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and/or European Union is an asset
- Proven track record on strong people management skills
- Ability to engage, effectively coordinate with and influence both governmental institutions, donors and a spectrum of education actors (INGOs, UN agencies, local civil society) at different levels direction to and following it as appropriation and ongoing
- Substantial, demonstrable experience of development work preferably in the field of diversity and inclusion.
- Willingness to be a part of and closely work with a wider Oxfam team and to showcase the project in the wider Oxfam and/or Hivos through suitable channels
- Strategic and people management skills supporting mentoring the team in their professional and personal growth
- Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
- Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
- Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to join Oxfam in this capacity should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 9th January 2020
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