Organisation: DanChurchAid (DCA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Regional Representative
DanChurchAid (DCA) is a faith-based Danish INGO working closely wiih
church-based as well as secular NGOs in Uganda. DanChurchAid has supported
emergency relief and development programmes in Uganda – including Karamoja,
since 1979. DanChurchAid works with partner organisations through a
gender-inclusive rights-based approach.
Job Summary: The
DanChurchAid Head of Programme will ensure the leadership and coordination of
implementation of DCA programmes in the Great Lakes region, which includes four
areas of focus: active citizenship, right to food, SRHR as well as humanitarian
response. The programmes are composed of projects implemented by currently 20
local partner organisations. The DCA programmes are currently under revision
and the Head of Programme will play a key role in the design of the new country
programme. The Head of Programme will also supervise and support the programme
staff in all aspects of the programme development and implementation, and will
be part of the Regional Office management team.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Build a strong programme team by providing
support in the form of coordination, planning, prioritization, coaching
and supervision to all programme staff. - Work closely with the programme team and
other colleagues, support organisational development of partner
organisations, facilitate training and enhance quality of project design,
implementation and management, as well as compliance to back donor
requirements. - Ensure that synergies and lessons learned
are shared and used within and across the different objectives of the
programme. - Actively coordinate the development and
implementation of the DCA Country Programme in close cooperation with the
Regional Representative and the programme officers. - Provide quality assurance of all programme
and project work, including development of project proposals, fundraising
and reporting to back donors in accordance with DCA policies and procedures. - Secure a strong mainstreaming of
rights-based approach, accountability and gender equality perspectives
within the programme and projects. - Maintain an overview of DCA partnership
portfolio as well as of DCA work with partners on accountability and
transparency commitments (HAP/Core Humanitarian Standard). - Actively contribute to further
programmatic / structural integration of the ACT Alliance Uganda Forum.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The incumbent should possess a good
Master’s degree in a field relevant to DCA’s work - Ten or more years’ experience working with
international development programmes. - Past experience with emergency response
and/or advocacy is an asset. - Significant experience in leading,
coaching, coordinating and supervising a team. - Proven capacity to prioritize tasks, plan
and organize team efforts to meet objectives and deadlines. - Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills, and experience in working with a partner based approach. - Excellent analytical skills and capacity
for strategic planning. - Past experience, both theoretically and in
practice, in project cycle management, mainstreaming gender equality,
applying rights- based approach and promoting accountability mechanisms. - Be patient, flexible, pro-active, self-motivated
and able to work independently. - The incumbent should have these management
values of being Respectful, Participatory, Strategic and Vision driven,
Efficient and Accountable.
All candidates are strongly encouraged to e-mail their updated CVs and
cover letters to the address below. Please clearly mark in subject field or on
envelope: “DCA Head of Programme.”
People Performance Group, Plot 8 Kitante Close, Kitante P.O. Box 12405,
Kampala Uganda
NB: Attachments must not fill more than 2 MB.
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