Uganda: International expert in capacity development (project coordinator)

In view of the further development of its activities BTC is currently looking for a (m/f):

International Expert in capacity development

(project coordinator) – UGANDA

Support to beneficiary institutes to the skills development of their Human Resources

Ref.: UGA/11/888

Location: Kampala, UGANDA

Duration of the contract: 48 months

Probable starting date: as soon as possible

Monthly salary package: between 5.079,60 euro and 7.224,55 euro (this includes the gross monthly salary and the expat benefits: hardship allowance and expat allowance). The salary is calculated, depending on the composition of the family and the number of years of relevant experience.

According to the new strategy approved by DGD (Directorate General of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid) on 29th January 2012, the system of granting scholarships on an individual and isolated basis will evolve towards an integrated capacity development project that will target selected institutes mainly in the two concentration sectors of the Indicative Development Cooperation Program 2013/2016: health and education. In addition, the environment sector is also considered as one of the priority sectors but to a lesser extent.

The intervention aims ‘to contribute to a better service delivery of Ugandan institutes and organizations (general objective)’ by increasing the human resource skills of selected Beneficiary Institutes (BI) in the health, education and environment sectors’ (specific objective), namely by:

(1) Strengthening the Sectorial Technical Committees for each sector to perform their tasks effectively.

(2) Strengthening the capacities of selected Beneficiary Institutes to develop and implement their human resource development plans based on a human resource needs assessment.

(3) Reinforcing effectively the human resource capacity of Beneficiary Institutes.

(4) And by managing scholarships for key selected trainings.

As for the selection process, specific attention will be paid to:

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The sector ministries will be deeply involved through the establishment of 3 Sectorial Technical Committees (one for each sector);

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For both selection of Beneficiary Institutes and training activities the focus will be put on quality;

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Organizational aspects as well as wide range of training activities such as short and long term skills development programs, scholarships in-/outside the country, mentoring and coaching, study tours, distance learning, in-service training, partnerships and conference.

In this way, the Sectorial Technical Committees will ensure the technical and operation follow-up of this intervention for their respective sector.

The joint responsibility of Government of Uganda and Belgium, will be further formalized by a Project Steering Committee, composed by representatives of the 3 ministries and a representative of BTC who will be responsible for the administrative and technical follow-up of the intervention. The daily implementation will be managed by a Project Coordination Team (PCT).

The intervention disposes of a budget of 6.4 million Euros and a timeframe of 5 years for execution. A gender balance of trainees of 50 % is targeted and a specific strategy will be developed accordingly.

Function:

The International Expert in capacity development shall be selected by BTC and presented to MoFPED (Ministry of Financy, Planning & Economic Development). He/she will work under the supervision of the Resident Representative to whom he/she is accountable. He/she will be assisted by a national scholarship officer, a national project officer and by an accountant and administration officer recruited by BTC. S/he will be one of the members of the PCT.

The expert will provide to the intervention his expertise in capacity development (CD) applied to the sectors of Education, Health and Environment. He/she will play an important role in the first phase of the intervention for the implementation of the new approach aiming at supporting a limited number of Beneficiary Institutes in their capacity development efforts.

The CD expert will refer to the Project Steering Committee (PSC) and ensure that the members are well informed of project progress and are adequately supplied with sufficient information to carry out their decision-making responsibilities. The CD Expert will provide feedback to the MoH (Ministry of Health), MoES (Ministry of Education and Sports) and MoWE (Ministry of Water and Environment) and other important actors on any changes in policy or direction that the PSC may wish to carry out within the Project framework.

Technical tasks:

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Makes sure that guiding principles and strategy of the project are shared, understood and respected, and are developed based on existing documents/plans/strategies; if needed contributes to the fine-tuning of those principles and strategy;

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Oversees the planning and preparation phase of the intervention;

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Ensures that short term expertise is recruited timely and adequately and that all necessary studies and missions are planned and implemented so as to provide the expected support to the project;

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Supervises the baseline study preparation and implementation and pays special attention to the indicators selected (reflective action concept);

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Contributes to the final selection of Beneficiary Institutes (BI);

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Makes sure that the BI capacity development strategies are developed and assessed prior to the start of planned training activities;

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Provides advice on the best suited CD modalities according to the objectives and plans of any BI;

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Provides advice and helps on the selection process of the best training institutes to be used, for each sector, giving priority to national and regional centres;

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Participates in the selection and follow-up committees for the different sectors;

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Promotes use of coherent approaches in different sectors;

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Participates in portfolio meetings of each sector and promotes synergies with the other interventions in the priority sectors of Belgian cooperation;

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Informs actively other development partners of developed approach and results of the selection process;

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Pays special attention to capitalization and communication on the results obtained and on lessons learned;

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Prepares a monitoring system to be used throughout the intervention in order to prepare for the final evaluation and final report of the project and for possible other tools or documents to be used to this effect.

Coordination tasks

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Has to ensure, in close consultation and collaboration with respective officers of MoH, MoES and MoWE, the coordination between different stakeholders;

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Organizes, coordinates and supervises implementation of project activities in accordance with approved project work plans;

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Presents to the Project Steering Committee the state of progress of project activities;

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Participates, without voting right, in the Project Steering Committee meetings and ensures its secretariat.

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Supervises financial management, accounting and timely compilation of quarterly progress reports and budgeted work plans for the following period for consideration by the PSC;

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Analyses and consolidates monitoring reports and prepare recommendations to the PSC;

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Organizes bi-annual PSC meetings;

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Prepare contents and agenda of PSC meetings;

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Is responsible for regular communication with BTC on management and supervision of Project implementation;

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Ensures the capturing and integration of lessons learnt and experience drawn in the implementation of project activities;

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Is authorized account-holders for the accounts.

Profile:

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University degree (minimum Master level) in Education, Social-Sciences or Human resource management;

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At least 8 years experience in project management. If this experience concerns capacity strengthening at individual and organizational level it will be an asset;

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At least 3 years experience in international development project coordination overseas dealing with national institutes;

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Has proven experience in at least one of the 3 priority sectors of the intervention (Education, Health & Environment) and demonstrates the capacities of managing the other sectors’ activities;

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Has proven relevant experience in leading a team of professionals, in supervising staff and in coaching collaborators;

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Has solid expertise in the field of capacity development/institutional strengthening;

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Has solid expertise in human resources development;

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Knowledge of the local context will be an asset;

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Writes clear and concise reports and other administrative and technical documents;

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Has good communication, presentation and facilitation skills;

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Fluent in English;

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Good training and coaching ability;

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Able to work under stressful conditions and not objecting to overtime and field missions.

Interested?

Please apply no later than March 26th 2014, through our website http://www.btcctb.org/. Use

our Standard CV and a letter of motivation to apply. You can find the model of our Standard

CV on the Jobs page of our website. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to

contact us at +32 (0)2/505 18 65.