Uganda: Program Manager MNCH (1 Position); Fortportal

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2013, we reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the world.

Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant positions and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Persons for the operations.

Program Manager MNCH (1 Position); Fortportal

Job Purpose:

The Program Manager takes overall responsibility for managing of SCIs MNCH Italy/SC Korea projects in Kasese and Bundibugyo, and guiding and monitoring the performance of a team of 6-10 program staff. Working closely with the Regional area Manager, the health advisor and designated SCI member technical advisors for the project, he/she will ensure the overall compliance and integrity of the program, and ensure its success and visibility. S/he will provide leadership and daily oversight for planning and implementation of activities including; internal monitoring and evaluation of project The Program Manager will work closely and liaise with the other project managers of other projects in the region to spar integration and benefit from project synergies within the region; while ensuring that project implementation is well aligned to approved design, SCI program quality benchmarks and contributes to SCI’s overall country and global outcomes and breakthrough for children. The Program Manager may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Academic back ground, Experience & Person Specifications;

General specifications applicable to all positions;

Application information;

Application letters with detailed CVs indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:

The Director of Human Resources & Administration

Save the Children

Plot68/70, Kira Road

P O Box 12018

Kampala

Or on email:uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org

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