Job Title: Uganda PPA Coordinator
Organisation: Malaria Consortium
Job location: Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 3rd January 2014
Project Name: Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA)
Funding Source: UK Department for international Development (DFID)
Report to: Country Programme Coordinator
About Us:
Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
About Project:
Malaria Consortium has funding from the UK Department for international Development (DFID) under a funding stream called the Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA). The PPA is one of DRD's main support mechanisms to civil society organisations. It provides strategic funding to enable organisations to better plan and deliver programmes, including in more difficult, higher risk environments. Through PPA funding, Malaria Consortium aims to contribute to a reduction in the burden of malaria, and hence the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, to Uganda, we are currently implementing nine initiatives (listed below). With our PPA funding, we aim to:
· Strengthen health systems capacity for delivering high quality malaria services
· Strengthen evidence base for malaria control and elimination
· Disseminate knowledge to inform key stakeholders and gain support for malaria control
· Strengthen capacity of Malaria Consortium to design, implement and assess malaria programmes and disseminate findings.
Job Summary:
The PPA Coordinator will be responsible for the implementation of and coordination of all Uganda PPA projects and manage all the activities under the Malaria Consortium Uganda PPA project portfolio.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Overall responsibility for the effective and efficient management of the PPA project portfolio, in line with the projects' work plans, budgets and M&E plans
· Lead the development and ensure approval of projects' annual and periodic work plans and budgets including their monitoring and re-forecasting
· Liaise closely and regularly with the UK-based PPA Programme Manager, PPA project lead’s/COMDIS HSD staff, technical advisors and country project managers on ail aspects of PPA project activities
· Ensure effective coordination within and between the Malaria Consortium Uganda technical, operations/ logistics and finance teams as it relates to PPA projects, as well as between the Kampala and Hoima Offices
· Do effective routine monitoring of all PPA projects.
· Ensure timely reporting of concerns, challenges, or significant risks to projects to Uganda Management.
· Supervise the timely implementation and ensure effective technical quality of all PPA project activities
· Lead the development, review and revision of work plans, on a quarterly basis, in line with the agreed projects scope and approach. For projects lead by a member of the Africa ; or UK Technical team, work with the technical lead to ensure j that work plans are reviewed and revised on a quarterly basis
· Responsible for oversight and management of all Uganda-country PPA budgets.
· Lead the development and quarterly reforecasting of budgets, in consultation with project leads (where relevant) For projects lead by a member of the Africa or UK Technical team, work with the technical lead to ensure that spend is reviewed on a monthly basis and budgets are revised quarterly
· Responsible for effective and efficient use of all PPA related project resources (monetary, and non-monetary)
· Lead/coordinate the development of new PPA proposals including preparation of budgets for the country and lead in the review of PPA proposals from the Africa Regional or UK office
· Work with technical and in-country leads to develop or review quarterly and annual narrative reports.
· Liaise with the Finance team to develop financial reports, as requested, in accordance with PPA and Malaria Consortium requirements.
· Ensure the timely submission of all Uganda PPA project quarterly and annual reports.
· Ensure proper documentation and dissemination of all PPA project processes, results, and impact.
· Lead the dissemination of PPA project results in Uganda both internally and externally.
· Lead the planning and implementation of the ending of the PPA funding stream (expected in March 2014), in collaboration with the project leads and the Uganda Management Team. Responsible for the effective and timely close-out of all project related activities and spend.
· General support to the Malaria Consortium Uganda programme including (but not limited to):
· Provide technical support to other Malaria Consortium Uganda projects as requested
· Support to needs assessments and the development of project proposals as requested
· Support to Malaria Consortium Uganda health communications efforts including the documentation of case studies and success stories and the preparation and effective dissemination of project briefings
· Representation of Malaria Consortium Uganda in local and international fora as appropriate
· Actively participate as a member of the Malaria Consortium Uganda Technical Team and Middle Management Team
· Perform any other duties as assigned by the line manager.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The prospective job holder should hold a Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or Communicable Disease Control
· At least five years' experience working in public health implementation or communicable disease control in Uganda
· Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
· Experience in developing work plans, managing budgets and following work plans with minimal supervision
· Experience in carrying out field-based research
· Experience developing reports for donors and external stakeholders
· Familiarity with the Ugandan health system
· Demonstrable knowledge of good practice and innovative approaches in relation to malaria control and health systems strengthening within the Ugandan context
· A commitment to health systems research, an orientation towards enquiry and learning, and an appreciation and understanding of approaches to foster systemic and sustainable change
· Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with strong leadership skills
· Strong interpersonal and negotiating skills
· Experience working with and coordinating multiple stakeholders to deliver programmes
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who fully meet the above requirements should send a detailed CV, a covering letter explaining how and they are best suited for the role, and the contact details of three referees to hr.uganda@malariaconsortium.org
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