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Tuesday 10 September 2013

Programme Support Officer(International Development Fund)employment opportunity in Uganda

Job Title: Programme Support Officer (Human Rights and Good Governance)
Organization: International Development Fund
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 20th September, 2013
Reports to: Programme Support Manager

Job Summary:
The job holder will be responsible for identifying organizational capacity gaps of the grantees and providing ensuring they receive support to strengthen organizational capacity especially in the technical areas of Human Rights and Good Governance

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
    Assess the technical capacity gaps of grantees and ensure initiatives are put in place to develop them to an adequate capacity
    Support realignment of grantee project results with IDF strategic goals and objectives
    Ensure strategic programmes or plans of grantees are in place and clearly reflect the work that is being supported by IDF and its sustainability
    Ensure grantees have human resource policy and procedures that provide for improvements of staff technical support in areas that are supported by IDF
    Ensure grantees have good fundraising strategies or actions to support the sustainability of the work supported by IDF
    Coordinate general and purposeful communication to grantees with a view of capacity building
    Ensure Grantee programme capacity gaps are addressed to a level that allows them to function normally
    Conduct evaluation of grantee management capacity through frequent monitoring and reporting on project implementation progress and compliance with procedures
    Perform any other tasks related to the programme support as may be required

Key Performance Areas:
    Improved performance of grantees in effective implementation of the programmes
    Timely assessment of capacity gaps
    Completion of training and capacity building programmes in a timely and cost effective manner

 Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
    The candidate should possess a Bachelors degree in disciplines of Human Rights and/or Good Governance
    Three or more years experience in technical support or project management
    Good knowledge and understanding of a human rights and Good Governance issues in Uganda
    A good understanding of community based approaches/understanding of development issues in Uganda and of civil society dynamics will be an added advantage
    Excellent written, oral communication and inter-personal skills, relationship building
    Excellent analytical ability
    Good Team work

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their applications via email to application@ppg.co.ug

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