Uganda: Program Specialist – DCR (1 Position): Amuru

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 Specialist – DCR (1 Position): Amuru

Job Purpose

The job holder takes responsibility for the overall planning, implementation, management and leadership of the DCR Pamoja Project. DCR is a rehabilitative project that focuses on basic health and education service delivery, livelihoods, community governance and sectoral systems strengthening in Northern and Eastern Region. The Specialist takes the lead in coordinating with partners, planning, implementation and monitoring of project activities as well as compiling the plans, budget and project reports for the targeted regions. In addition, the person is responsible for identifying partners, providing leadership to partners and the project teams in the region. The Specialist 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;

Please refer to the detailed description of the jobs and the key selection criteria by visiting our website:www.savethechildren.ug

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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