As the Sales Manager, you will primarily be accountable for the revenue generation through defined distribution channels to ensure the business achieves overall growth strategy in terms of member numbers and profitable revenue.

The jobholder will be expected to demonstrate commitment and loyalty and perform all duties in accordance with the organization’s office routines and procedures, keeping in mind the overall business objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the development and execution of the organization’s overall strategy, operating goals and objectives.
• Develop, assign and monitor the organization annual revenue budget to the distribution channels
• Prepare and monitor departments’ annual expenditure budget
• Supervision of distribution managers to ensure goals and overall objectives are met
• Develop motivating sales incentives to ensure both internal and external distributors performance is enhanced
• Ensure the sales teams attains high level of proficiency and proper understanding of procedures and products through regular trainings updates via various channels
• Identify new revenue markets and potential business development related risks and appraise the management regularly
• Generate weekly, monthly and quarterly revenue performance reports for board and management consumption

Core competencies:

The following Core competencies are the skills, knowledge and behaviors expected of an employee at IAA-Resolution.

Communication Skills: Communicates clearly and professionally in written and oral forms to both internal and external clients.
Initiative and Confidence: Generates and acts on new ideas that add value to the business. Looks at different ways to solve problems and address difficulties.

Achievement Drive: Sets goals and strives to achieve them with enthusiasm and determination.
Business Acumen: Has a good understanding of the business environment and the impact their behavior has on the reputation of the company.
Respect: Treats colleagues and customers in a manner which demonstrates integrity, honesty and fairness.

Working relationships for this position
INTERNAL PURPOSE
CEO: Sales performance, review industry updates
Country Manager: Operational issues, business concessions approvals, review of plans, issues
CFO: Weekly cash flow planning, credit approvals, concessions related to the department, expenditure approvals, IPF approvals and concerns

Medical Operations: Client related complaints, liaison between sales and medical operations, service access approvals for clients, appeals on declines, claim/update on admissions and declines, re-imbursement claims/utilization reports/provider complaints

HR and Administration: Staff welfare concerns, recruitment of new staff; discipline issues, training discussions, training budget updates
Marketing: Development and execution of marketing strategy, selling materials, brokers and clients engagement sales activations, client activations/external communiqué, internal and external sales promotions.

General Business: Quotations and presentations
IT: Reports/Business support and branch network operations

EXTERNAL PURPOSE
Brokers/Agents: Sale visits/service visits/Training Sessions/Marketing Intelligence gathering session
Regulator: Agent confirmation
Individual Client: Sales/Service/follow-up/referral
Corporate Client: Sales presentations/Service visits/Troubleshooting meetings

• Steer
  
  the formulation of UNCDA’s strategy in order to determine the direction of
  
  UNCDA and its entities.


• Set
  
  up systems to effectively manage the secretariat and district branches.

• The
  
  incumbent will be tasked to prepare financial plans for Board approval and
  
  implement them to achieve UNCDA’s mandate.


• Cost
  
  effectively manages the institution’s resources in order to attain the
  
  highest value for all stakeholders.


• Maintain
  
  oversight of the financial control and ensure judicious utilization of
  
  funds and other resources under UNCDA’s and its entities in accordance
  
  with set policies.

• Establish
  
  and /or review policies to enable efficient management of UNCDA’s human
  
  resources and create a conducive work environment.


• Foster
  
  growth of a strong, dedicated and productive management and volunteer
  
  teams

• Ensure
  
  that the organization and its programs are consistently presented in a
  
  strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders.


• Build
  
  good communication between the Organization and the Board as well as
  
  partners.


• Performs
  
  any other duties as requested by the Board.

• The
  
  ideal candidate for the UNCDA Program Director vacancy should hold a
  
  Master’s Degree preferably in Business Administration, Project Planning,
  
  Management or Social Sector Planning


• At
  
  least five years of progressive experience in similar positions/ roles


• Proven
  
  leadership ability in Strategic Development


• Proven
  
  experience in resource mobilization & fund development.


• Ability
  
  to build a membership organization


• Strong
  
  management and supervisory skills


• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral; strong
  
  presentation skills


• Good Advocacy and negotiation skills


• Prior
  
  experience in Management of voluntary organisations


• Past
  
  exposure and experience working with health support organisations.

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 2014, 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 position and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Persons for the operations.

Advocacy Specialist – (1) position) – Kampala

Job Purpose:

The Advocacy Specialist shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office program and leads our policy and political influencing in a country. The role provides overallsenior leadership, management and strategic direction to the advocacy work in country x. He/she is responsible for the development and implementation of advocacy strategies that will influence government and other institutional policies and practice to achieve positive and lasting changes to fulfil children’s rights.

Academic back ground and Experience;

A degree in Development Studies, Social Science, Law, Public Policy or equivalent.
A minimum of 7 years advocacy experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, with experience in successfully leading the development and implementation of advocacy strategies
Experience of a range of campaigning and advocacy techniques and approaches.
Experience in influencing government, donors, and other organisations through representation and/or advocacy.
Demonstrable track record of leading change which has led to significant results for the organisation and their stakeholders

General specifications applicable to all positions;

Experience of working with local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added advantage.
Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
Excellent time management and planning capacity.
Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.

PROGRAMME/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006 and works to catalyze change makers within the Ugandan private sector, civil society and government to create economically dynamic, healthy and secure communities. Our works focus on building resilience and enable economic growth, improve opportunities to attain better health and nutrition, and improved governance and conflict management. We implement programs in the northern districts of Pader, Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Kaabong, Abim and Kotido with funding from USAID, USDA, Walmart Foundation, SDC, DFID as well as other private donations.

We were recently awarded a livelihoods focused 3-year Nike Foundation program working in the Karamoja (Uganda) and West Pokot and Turkana (Kenya) regions. The project, called Girls Improving Resilience with Livestock (GIRL) aims to empower pastoralist girls in the Karamoja region to improve their livelihoods and personal agency, as well as increase the food security and adaptive capacity of their households and the resilience of their communities.

Mercy Corps is looking for a qualified Ugandan to fill the position of Monitoring & Evaluation Officer. He/She will be responsible for tracking, monitoring and evaluating GIRL’s livelihood and education-focused activities.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Program Manager in Moroto Field Office, this position is a key role in Mercy Corps’ Program quality assurance, accountability, documentation and learning unit. The unit exists to support program design, implementation and utilization of information collected at different stages. The position holder will support program in planning and execution of monitoring and evaluation activities, ensuring quality in accordance with accepted standards, providing essential feedback for learning, accountability and decision making. S/he will be responsible for providing internal capacity building for program staff on monitoring and evaluation activities as well as review and development of necessary tools that feed into needs of Mercy Corps and donor reporting requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

§ Generate and implement monitoring and evaluation tools

§ Play key role in the development of intervention designs, sector strategies and M&E frameworks

§ Coordinate assessments, evaluations and monitoring surveys in area of operation. This will entail development of Scopes of Work, development of survey tools, trainings and management of data collectors, report write and facilitating results discussion.

§ Regularly document and share all learnings from program implements Maintain an up to date database that reflects progress (including disaggregated beneficiary counts) and donor indicators

§ Build the capacity of all relevant team members to develop and maintain an excellent M&E system, and facilitate periodic reflection and analysis of program monitoring information that feeds into programming and learning.

§ Participate in on-going M&E training and support for all Mercy Corps programs and partnering private sector staff

§ Visit sites and partners to collect supplementary data, stories and conduct qualitative research both independently and in teams

§ Maintain professional relationships with local government officials, private sector partners, NGOs, other development organizations, and civil society organizations

§ Maintain an active advisory role with each program team to help guide them towards robust and relevant data collection

§ Actively participate in all implementation, providing advice and feedback for quality results at any point

§ Work with program team and other staffs to ensure that activities are implemented on plan and progress towards targets is not compromised.

§ Establish and maintain strong working relationships with partners and government departments

§ Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to credit Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its mission.

§ Perform any other duties as assigned by his/her supervisor or representatives.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

§ Must hold at least a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Agriculture, Demography, Statistics, Business administration or relevant field

§ At least 3 years of program monitoring and evaluation experience

§ Should understand concepts and demonstrate skills in monitoring and evaluation, project cycle, results chain and frameworks, participatory monitoring

§ Should be able to design and implement surveys, have knowledge of commonly used probability and purposive sampling techniques

§ Must have good writing and analytical skills

§ Should have knowledge of quantitative and qualitative data collection, reporting techniques. S/he should understand and be able to apply basic measures of central tendency and spread

§ In addition to Microsoft Excel, the incumbent should demonstrate fluency in use of at least one data management software including Ms Access, SPSS, STATA.

§ Must be fluent both spoken and written English. N’Karamojon Mazeniko, Pei, Bokora, Pökoot language skills is a plus

SUCCESS FACTORS:

The ideal candidate will;

§ Have the ability and curiosity to work comfortably and effectively in the cultural, relatively poor infrastructure of Karamoja sub region.

§ S/he will be an excellent communicator, have a strong sense of humor, multi-tasker, and

§ Be able to work difficult and often stressful environments.

PROGRAMME/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006 and works to catalyze change makers within the Ugandan private sector, civil society and government to create economically dynamic, healthy and secure communities. Our works focus on building resilience and enable economic growth, improve opportunities to attain better health and nutrition, and improved governance and conflict management. We implement programs in the northern districts of Pader, Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Kaabong, Abim and Kotido with funding from USAID, USDA, Walmart Foundation, SDC, DFID as well as other private donations.

We were recently awarded a livelihoods focused 3-year Nike Foundation program working in the Karamoja (Uganda) and West Pokot and Turkana (Kenya) regions. The project, called Girls Improving Resilience with Livestock (GIRL), aims to empower pastoralist girls in the Karamoja region to improve their livelihoods and personal agency, as well as increase the food security and adaptive capacity of their households and the resilience of their communities. Mercy Corps is looking for a qualified Ugandan to fill the position of Program Officer for the GIRL program.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Program Manager, this position is focused on community engagement, including the identification, recruitment and retention of training participants; the establishment of partnerships with key community members (elders, religious leaders, government officials) and the execution of livelihood development activities. He/she will be locally hired and based in the Moroto area. He/she will be responsible for day-to-day field-work in implementation of activities, mobilization, formation and monitoring of girls livelihoods/education cohorts.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

§ To work closely with all the program staff in implementation of the program.

§ To engage community members (community representatives, teachers, religious leaders, government officials and gatekeepers) to form an Advisory Committee to support and inform program activities

§ To organize community events to sensitize communities on the GIRL program

§ To assist in the creation of technical curricula, basic education (numeracy & literacy) and financial literacy

§ To recruit and train mentors to deliver technical curricula to girls

§ To identify and recruit girls in the community to participate in livestock/producer groups

§ To identify and engage local animal health workers to provide training and technical assistance to livestock/producer groups

§ To monitor and track the success and failures of livestock/producer groups

§ To collect program data accurately and forward the same to the office timely.

§ To support community mapping activities, market assessments and base-line/end-line evaluation activities

§ To prepare accurate and timely monitoring and field reports and other project documentation as required.

§ Maintain proper project/program files.

§ To represent the organization in meetings at the grass root level.

§ Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.

§ Perform any other duties as assigned by his/her supervisor or representatives.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

§ Minimum 3 years experience working with NGOs/CBO’s in civic engagement, livelihoods and education

§ Degree in Community Development, Economic Development or related field;

§ Commitment to working with youth and vulnerable groups in need, regardless of race, tribe, religion or gender;

§ Understanding of working with local partners;

§ Good problem solving, written and oral communication skills;

§ Strong written and spoken English

§ Local language skills required

§ Ability to work without constant supervision and as part of a mixed team;

§ Good knowledge of MS Office software such as Excel, Word, and Access;

SUCCESS FACTORS:

The ideal candidate will;

§ Have the ability and curiosity to work comfortably and effectively in the cultural, relatively poor infrastructure of Karamoja sub region.

§ Be an excellent communicator, have a strong sense of humor, multi-tasker, and;

§ Be able to work difficult and often stressful environments.

PROGRAMME/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006 and works to catalyze change makers within the Ugandan private sector, civil society and government to create economically dynamic, healthy and secure communities. Our works focus on building resilience and enable economic growth, improve opportunities to attain better health and nutrition, and improved governance and conflict management. We implement programs in the northern districts of Pader, Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Kaabong, Abim and Kotido with funding from USAID, USDA, Walmart Foundation, SDC, DFID as well as other private donations.

We were recently awarded a livelihoods focused 3-year Nike Foundation program working in the Karamoja (Uganda) and West Pokot and Turkana (Kenya) regions. The project, called Girls Improving Resilience with Livestock (GIRL), aims to empower pastoralist girls in the Karamoja region to improve their livelihoods and personal agency, as well as increase the food security and adaptive capacity of their households and the resilience of their communities. Mercy Corps is looking for a qualified Ugandan to fill the position of Program Officer for the GIRL program.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Program Manager, this position is focused on community engagement, including the identification, recruitment and retention of training participants; the establishment of partnerships with key community members (elders, religious leaders, government officials) and the execution of livelihood development activities. He/she will be locally hired and based in the Moroto area. He/she will be responsible for day-to-day field-work in implementation of activities, mobilization, formation and monitoring of girls livelihoods/education cohorts.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

§ To work closely with all the program staff in implementation of the program.

§ To engage community members (community representatives, teachers, religious leaders, government officials and gatekeepers) to form an Advisory Committee to support and inform program activities

§ To organize community events to sensitize communities on the GIRL program

§ To assist in the creation of technical curricula, basic education (numeracy & literacy) and financial literacy

§ To recruit and train mentors to deliver technical curricula to girls

§ To identify and recruit girls in the community to participate in livestock/producer groups

§ To identify and engage local animal health workers to provide training and technical assistance to livestock/producer groups

§ To monitor and track the success and failures of livestock/producer groups

§ To collect program data accurately and forward the same to the office timely.

§ To support community mapping activities, market assessments and base-line/end-line evaluation activities

§ To prepare accurate and timely monitoring and field reports and other project documentation as required.

§ Maintain proper project/program files.

§ To represent the organization in meetings at the grass root level.

§ Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission.

§ Perform any other duties as assigned by his/her supervisor or representatives.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

§ Minimum 3 years experience working with NGOs/CBO’s in civic engagement, livelihoods and education

§ Degree in Community Development, Economic Development or related field;

§ Commitment to working with youth and vulnerable groups in need, regardless of race, tribe, religion or gender;

§ Understanding of working with local partners;

§ Good problem solving, written and oral communication skills;

§ Strong written and spoken English

§ Local language skills required

§ Ability to work without constant supervision and as part of a mixed team;

§ Good knowledge of MS Office software such as Excel, Word, and Access;

SUCCESS FACTORS:

The ideal candidate will;

§ Have the ability and curiosity to work comfortably and effectively in the cultural, relatively poor infrastructure of Karamoja sub region.

§ Be an excellent communicator, have a strong sense of humor, multi-tasker, and;

§ Be able to work difficult and often stressful environments.

PROGRAMME/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006 and works to catalyze change makers within the Ugandan private sector, civil society and government to create economically dynamic, healthy and secure communities. Our works focus on building resilience and enable economic growth, improve opportunities to attain better health and nutrition, and improved governance and conflict management. We implement programs in the northern districts of Pader, Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Kaabong, Abim and Kotido with funding from USAID, USDA, Walmart Foundation, SDC, DFID as well as other private donations.

We were recently awarded a livelihoods focused 3-year Nike Foundation program working in the Karamoja (Uganda) and West Pokot and Turkana (Kenya) regions. The project, called Girls Improving Resilience with Livestock (GIRL) aims to empower pastoralist girls in the Karamoja region to improve their livelihoods and personal agency, as well as increase the food security and adaptive capacity of their households and the resilience of their communities.

Mercy Corps is looking for a qualified Ugandan to fill the position of Monitoring & Evaluation Officer. He/She will be responsible for tracking, monitoring and evaluating GIRL’s livelihood and education-focused activities.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Program Manager in Moroto Field Office, this position is a key role in Mercy Corps’ Program quality assurance, accountability, documentation and learning unit. The unit exists to support program design, implementation and utilization of information collected at different stages. The position holder will support program in planning and execution of monitoring and evaluation activities, ensuring quality in accordance with accepted standards, providing essential feedback for learning, accountability and decision making. S/he will be responsible for providing internal capacity building for program staff on monitoring and evaluation activities as well as review and development of necessary tools that feed into needs of Mercy Corps and donor reporting requirements.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

§ Generate and implement monitoring and evaluation tools

§ Play key role in the development of intervention designs, sector strategies and M&E frameworks

§ Coordinate assessments, evaluations and monitoring surveys in area of operation. This will entail development of Scopes of Work, development of survey tools, trainings and management of data collectors, report write and facilitating results discussion.

§ Regularly document and share all learnings from program implements Maintain an up to date database that reflects progress (including disaggregated beneficiary counts) and donor indicators

§ Build the capacity of all relevant team members to develop and maintain an excellent M&E system, and facilitate periodic reflection and analysis of program monitoring information that feeds into programming and learning.

§ Participate in on-going M&E training and support for all Mercy Corps programs and partnering private sector staff

§ Visit sites and partners to collect supplementary data, stories and conduct qualitative research both independently and in teams

§ Maintain professional relationships with local government officials, private sector partners, NGOs, other development organizations, and civil society organizations

§ Maintain an active advisory role with each program team to help guide them towards robust and relevant data collection

§ Actively participate in all implementation, providing advice and feedback for quality results at any point

§ Work with program team and other staffs to ensure that activities are implemented on plan and progress towards targets is not compromised.

§ Establish and maintain strong working relationships with partners and government departments

§ Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to credit Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its mission.

§ Perform any other duties as assigned by his/her supervisor or representatives.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

§ Must hold at least a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Agriculture, Demography, Statistics, Business administration or relevant field

§ At least 3 years of program monitoring and evaluation experience

§ Should understand concepts and demonstrate skills in monitoring and evaluation, project cycle, results chain and frameworks, participatory monitoring

§ Should be able to design and implement surveys, have knowledge of commonly used probability and purposive sampling techniques

§ Must have good writing and analytical skills

§ Should have knowledge of quantitative and qualitative data collection, reporting techniques. S/he should understand and be able to apply basic measures of central tendency and spread

§ In addition to Microsoft Excel, the incumbent should demonstrate fluency in use of at least one data management software including Ms Access, SPSS, STATA.

§ Must be fluent both spoken and written English. N’Karamojon Mazeniko, Pei, Bokora, Pökoot language skills is a plus

SUCCESS FACTORS:

The ideal candidate will;

§ Have the ability and curiosity to work comfortably and effectively in the cultural, relatively poor infrastructure of Karamoja sub region.

§ S/he will be an excellent communicator, have a strong sense of humor, multi-tasker, and

§ Be able to work difficult and often stressful environments.

• The
  
  incumbent will primarily receive and process applications involving
  
  genetically modified organism and related projects for review by the National
  
  Biosafety Committee;


• In
  
  charge of developing and maintaining an up-to-date inventory of biosafety
  
  activities in the Country;


• Offer
  
  timely administrative and secretarial support to the National Biosafety
  
  Committee


• Responsible
  
  for the preparation of biosafety awareness materials, including developing
  
  content and packaging biosafety information for the general public or
  
  targeted groups;


• Actively
  
  participate in field inspection of approved trials to ensure that they
  
  comply with national biosafety guidelines/regulations;


• Perform
  
  any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

• The
  
  applicant should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in physical, natural
  
  or life sciences. Possession of a Master’s degree in a relevant field is
  
  an added advantage


• Three
  
  years of related experience in busy work environment


• Prior
  
  experience in the field of biotechnology and biosafety is a key
  
  requirement


• Possess
  
  the ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders and partners;


• Excellent
  
  communication and strong analytical skills.


• Excellent
  
  report writing skills;


• High
  
  degree of integrity and commitment


• Possess
  
  the ability to work independently and in a multi-cultural environment


• Highly
  
  computer literate

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 2014, 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 position and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Persons for the operations.

Advocacy Specialist – (1) position) – Kampala

Job Purpose:

The Advocacy Specialist shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office program and leads our policy and political influencing in a country. The role provides overallsenior leadership, management and strategic direction to the advocacy work in country x. He/she is responsible for the development and implementation of advocacy strategies that will influence government and other institutional policies and practice to achieve positive and lasting changes to fulfil children’s rights.

Academic back ground and Experience;

• A degree in Development Studies, Social Science, Law, Public Policy or equivalent.


• A minimum of 7 years advocacy experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, with experience in successfully leading the development and implementation of advocacy strategies


• Experience of a range of campaigning and advocacy techniques and approaches.


• Experience in influencing government, donors, and other organisations through representation and/or advocacy.


• Demonstrable track record of leading change which has led to significant results for the organisation and their stakeholders

General specifications applicable to all positions;

• Experience of working with local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added advantage.


• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.


• Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.


• Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.


• Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.


• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.


• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.


• Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.


• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.


• Excellent time management and planning capacity.


• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.