Project Officer – Peace and Security – Kampala – National Association of Women’s Organisations

About US:
The National Association of Women’s Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) is an umbrella organisation whose members are NGOs, faith based organisations, CBOs and professional women’s organisations. It aims at promoting and strengthening the woman’s movement. This is done through undertaking mobilization of members for networking, generating packages or repackages and disseminating of information pertinent to members. We build the capacity of members for advocacy, representation and direct support to members.

About Peace and Security Project:
The Peace and Security project area looks at working with member organisations in conflict and post conflict areas as well as addressing other development concerns that impact on women’s participation, inclusion and substantive equality of women and men in accessing opportunities. The peace and security programme area therefore address gender based violence, health, education, employment and the HIV and how these are an integral part of realising human rights of women.

Job Summary: The Project Officer –Peace and Security will be responsible for planning and implementing peace and security project interventions, providing technical support to the member organisations, district networks and project beneficiaries and implementing project activities in respective Districts in Uganda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Project/ Programme planning and Management:
· Actively participates in development of annual and quarterly project work plans
· Supports women groups to develop work plans, budgets and related project documents with support and guidance from the Programme Manager
· Ensures that project implementation is technically sound, cost effective and relevant to the target beneficiaries needs
· Offers continuous support, encouragement and technical advice to individual project participants, interest groups and member organisations
· Organizes training and other support initiatives for the growth of member organisations and project beneficiaries
· The incumbent supports the team in development of technical training material and training plan
· Keeps the Programme Manager informed of any significant changes / opportunities in the local environment, challenges and quality of the work.
· Provides support in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual reports
· Organizes visibility materials for the project
2. Leadership and Supervision:
· Manages and supervises Consultants and other external support that may be assigned to project/ programme responses
· Offers technical support supervision and mentoring to volunteers, interns and any other junior staff as assigned by line manager from time to time
3. Advocacy and Networking:
· Significantly contributes to advocacy on gender equality and the rights of women to feed into the overall advocacy strategic direction
· Develops and maintain communication with member organizations and strategic networks and partnerships with actors relevant to projects/ programmes under implementation;
· Maintain documents good practices, lessons and learning’s including case studies for advocacy and organisational visibility.
· Participates in partnership, networking and cooperation meetings with government, donors, the CSO fraternity and other related actors, prepare notes and undertake follow-up actions related to project/ programme implementation.
4. Monitoring and Evaluation:
· Actively monitors timely and quality implementation of projects and programmes and provide reports to line Manager in line with project documents, set targets and standards.
· Carries out joint monitoring of the project with the representatives of different stakeholders
· Monitors project activities and makes recommendations for modification, improvement or the introduction of new activities;
· Supports the relevant staff to document and share case studies, success stories and field visit reports as and when required
· Provides documentation of field experiences including credible data on gender equality and the rights of women for synthesis and overall evaluations and planning of the Secretariat
· Leads the process of carrying out project assessments and baselines, periodic monitoring and evaluations.
· Evaluates and analyzes financial and supply reports to ensure that expenditures are within project/ programme commitments and set standards
5. Resource Mobilization:
· Manages the identification and documenting of community and membership needs, fundable ideas
· Initiates and contributes to development of funding proposals for resource mobilization.

Key Performance Indicators:
· Conducts needs assessment to help identify key peace and security issues in the District networks and project areas.
· Plans peace and security related project activities in respective District networks, ensure a smooth implementation according to needs.
· Offers technical support and assistance project participants to ensure implementation according to technical national and international standards.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicant should preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Law, Development Studies or any other relevant field, with two years of experience in similar capacity (Post graduate training will be of added advantage)
· Proven experience, skills and knowledge on gender, human rights and other development programme implementation
· Proven ability to think strategically, effectively plan, setting priorities and meeting tight deadlines; results-oriented approach to delivering work priorities
· Excellent inter-personal skills in working with a multi-disciplinary team
· Competent to take initiatives, work with significant level of autonomy and able to meet tight deadlines
· Responsible, flexible, adaptable, ability to multi-task
· Commitment and honesty in the work place

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications with detailed CVs and copies of academic documents to:

The Executive Director
National Association of Women’s Organisations in Uganda
P. O Box 1663, Kampala. Uganda

Or send via Email to: nawou@nawouganda.org

Deadline: 14th October 2015