Organisation: African Revival
Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda
African Revival believes that
education is the key to overcoming poverty, and our vision is an Africa where
every child has equal access to quality education. Known for our holistic,
responsive and innovative approach, we work with nursery and primary schools in
Uganda and Zambia, two of the poorest countries in the world, to allow every
child to fulfil their full potential. We don’t just build classrooms; we
empower whole communities – pupils, teachers and parents – to transform
community-led and government-aided schools into thriving learning environments
that build brighter, better futures.
Job Summary: The Programme Manager will be responsible
for further developing African Revival’s Uganda programme, leading the
implementation of current and future activities, whilst developing and managing
relationships with international and national stakeholders working towards the
provision of quality education in northern Uganda. He / she will also be responsible for
managing and monitoring programme delivery against objectives, programme
expenditure against budget, fundraising (including proposal writing) and
reporting to donors.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. Programme Development: Develop new project and programme proposals (on education, livelihoods
and construction projects/programmes) in conjunction with CEO and the Fundraising
& Comms Director (FCD)
- Quickly
respond to Uganda-based calls for proposals, letter of enquiries, etc.
from institutional donors - Lead
on writing concept notes and full proposals to grants, foundations and
institutional donors - Actively
contribute to the development of new projects and/or programmes for Uganda
through reviews of existing projects/programmes and through research into
new potential project areas - Conduct
needs assessments for new schools in the Acholi Region to provide a basis
for development of new projects - Compile
project impact data on all of our projects for the UK Fundraising Team to
support and strengthen the case for support in our funding proposals
2. Project/Programme Management: Take overall responsibility for the management of our education, agricultural
/ livelihoods and construction projects/programmes in Uganda
- Directly
oversee the implementation of all programmes in Uganda - Ensure
quality design and delivery of all projects - Ensure
compliance with donor requirements/agreements - Develop
and oversee implementation plans and targets that will ensure that all
agreed and funded projects are delivered in a timely and cost effective
manner - Carry
out regular monitoring visits to project sites to ensure work is meeting
the agreed targets and district offices / communities are regularly
informed of our plans - Ensure
cross organisational learning
3. HR/ Staff Management: Responsible for overall management of all staff within AR Uganda
offices
- Manage
the day-to-day work of 4 full-time Project Coordinators, their performance
and their professional development - Manage
consultants, as relevant, contracted to produce particular pieces of
research and analysis - Develop
a high performing team ensuring development and retention - Develop
and maintain a transparent, honest and supportive communication structure
within the office staff and field sites - Maintain
good inter-team communications, engender good team dynamics, and take
suitable action if/when problems occur - Ensure
that all AR policies are enforced - Organize
and take lead on fortnightly team meetings – a forum where important news
is shared, case studies of current projects are presented by field staff
and challenges/issues are discussed and shared - Ensure
Safety and Security of staff, partners and AR’s assets
4. Financial Management:
Ensure effective financial management of project resources for AR and partners
- Build
and grow working relationships with in-country project donors - Produce
annual core budget in collaboration with the Finance Director and Finance
Manager - Oversee
project/programme expenditure and ensure budgets are adhered to - Alert
the CEO and the Finance team if any project/programme(s) are likely to
exceed the agreed budget as early as possible - Manage
any relevant risk assessments for the Uganda programme
5. Monitoring and Evaluation: Ensure that AR becomes more results and impact focused and that our
implementation is planned, implemented and monitored with the use of empirical
primary and secondary data
- Manage
and develop rigorous and systematic monitoring, learning and evaluation
system - Ensure
a robust M&E plan is in place at the start of every project/programme - Ensure
that all individual projects and programmes are monitored and evaluated to
10% determine the impact of these projects/programmes and determine any
changes needed to increase impact of future projects/programmes - Regularly
review our impact quarterly and collect relevant data from each
project/programme
6. Managing Strong Strategic Relations In-Country: Be the lead contact of the organisation
within Uganda, improving our brand awareness
- To
network with organisations relevant to the work of AR - Represent
the organisation at relevant national, district and partner meetings - Lobby
for funds from in-country sources as well as other sources - Play
a role and advocate in national and regional dialogues on relevant matters
to the organisation - Create
new relationships and partnerships with larger NGOs, unilateral and
multilateral funding bodies
7. Reporting: provide
weekly work plan and reports on all project/programme activities
- Compile
and submit concise bi-monthly reports on all key project/programme
activities/developments, HR management and other general challenges to CEO
(for information/discussion at the board meeting) - Take
lead in writing donor reports (requirement and frequency vary from donor
to donor) - Ensure
all reporting documents are distributed timely to the CEO and Finance
Director
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The
ideal candidate should preferably hold a good Master’s degree in a
relevant field, e.g. International Development, Project/Programme
Management, Education Management - A
minimum of three or more years’ management experience, preferably in the
non-profit sector, in a post-conflict setting (preferably in northern
Uganda), managing multiple community-led programmes (preferably education,
construction or agricultural / livelihoods programmes) - Past
exposure and experience in programme development and strategic planning - Past
experience of managing staff in a multi-cultural and multi-functional team - Prior
experience of financial management of major international donor
governments and agencies including overseeing financial procedures, budget
management and donor reporting - Past
working experience developing and managing collaborative relationships
with a wide variety of civil society, governmental and multi-lateral
institutions - Experience
of representing organisations at high level - Good
working knowledge of Uganda and preferably of Northern Uganda and/or the
region - Excellent
communication skills (written and verbal) - Excellent
team-management and team-building skills - Past
expertise on early childhood development / construction / agronomy is also
desired - Excellent
presentation skills - Photography
skills are an added advantage - Working
knowledge of desktop publishing software (e.g. Indesign or similar) are
desired - Good
working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) - Acholi
language proficiency is desired
All suitably qualified
candidates should send an application comprising a detailed CV and cover letter
(with minimum salary expectations) to Colleen Yuen at
recruitment@africanrevival.org, citing the reference UPM.
NB: Ugandan applicants are encouraged to
apply. Please note, due to the number of applications we receive we will not be
able to respond to unsuccessful candidates.
Deadline: 12 April 2015 at 12
noon UK time
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