Organisation: Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Director, Planning and Strategic information
The Uganda AIDS
Commission (UAC) was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament (Cap 208) and
is situated under the Presidency of the Republic of Uganda. The Act provides
for the Commission to Oversee, Plan and Coordinate AIDS Prevention and Control
activities throughout Uganda – in particular to mobilize, expedite and monitor
resources for the HIV/AIDS control programmes and activities.
Job Summary: The Head Resource
Mobilization will primarily develop and implement annual, medium and long term
resource planning and mobilization in HIV and AIDS Programming for the National
Response.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Forecast
the resource needs for both UAC and the HIV/AIDS National Response - Identify
both the existing and potential sources of funding, assessment of their
current usage and potential for the future; - Prepare
proposals in search of funding opportunities - Identify
and quantify the requirements for resource planning and mobilization - Prepare
budgets : quantification and costing of needs - Determine
the criteria for resource allocation and establish ceilings for both
internal and external sources of funding - Design
and or improve the indicators for tracking expenditure - Together,
we share the challenge - Develop
an expenditure tracking tool and advise Management on the expenditure of
the resources - Actively
monitor the utilization of resources for the HIV/AIDS National Response ,
if possible through a multi-sectoral working group and inform relevant
stakeholders of the situation - Compile
and submit reports for development partners and other key stakeholders on
the availability, allocation and utilization of resources for the response
to HIV/AIDS in conformity with the agreed reporting requirement - Carry
out resource mapping for the HIV/AIDS National response - Develop
strategies and approaches for Resource Mobilization (HIV and AIDS Financing
Strategies) i.e. Commodity Forecasting, HIV and AIDS Resource Tracking,
Financial Prioritization etc - Actively
coordinate and follow up the implementation of resources mobilization
strategies - Negotiate
and draft agreements with the different funding agencies or stakeholders,
ensuring compliance with agency/stakeholder requirements
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
candidate should preferably hold a Master’s Degree in Business
Administration, Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, International
Relations or Political Sciences from a recognized institution. - A
minimum of ten or more years working experience three (3) of which must
have been served at a national or international level involving
multi-stakeholder projects and partnership development - Relevant
experience in research and policy-level analysis - Some
experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects - Demonstrates
integrity by modeling the UAC’s values and ethical standards - Proven
ability to lead formulation of strategies and their implementation - Ability
to negotiate with donors and internal units; ability to identify and
analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fund-raising - Demonstrates
strong oral and written communication skills - Demonstrates
good presentation and negotiation skills - Ability
to plan and organize work - Ability
to work with minimum supervision - Strong
IT skills - Leads
teams effectively and demonstrates conflict resolution skills - Consistently
approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude - Builds
strong relationships with clients and external actors - Should
demonstrate creativity and innovation
All qualified candidates
are encouraged to send their cover letters expressing interest in the job,
detailed CVs, including present position, names, addresses, and phone contacts
of three professional referees, copies of professional/educational certificates
and send them to:
The Director
General, Uganda AIDS Commission, Plot 1-3 Salim Bay Road Ntinda, and P.O Box
10779, Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 20th March 2015.
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