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About Us Help LoginRegister HomeUpdatesCountriesDisastersTopicsOrganizationsJobsTraining Print19 Sep 2014Economic Strengthening Technical DirectorJobfromMercy Corps—Closing date: 10 Oct 2014
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:
Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006 and works to catalyse 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. Mercy Corps’ programs in Kitgum currently focus on economic and market development, agriculture, financial services, and women’s empowerment.
Mercy Corps is looking for a qualified candidate to fill the position of Economic Strengthening Technical Director for the upcoming USAID funded five years program on Better Outcomes for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda. The program goal is to improve the wellbeing of children and youth orphaned by HIV and other adversities in Uganda. It mainly focuses on orphaned and vulnerable children, youth and their caregivers to have improved access and utilization of health, nutrition, education, and psychosocial wellbeing and reducing abuse, exploitation and neglect. The Economic Strengthening Technical Director will be the lead for the economic empowerment sector of the program. The sector priorities include meeting immediate economic needs of the most vulnerable target groups though temporary interventions to uplift and integrate them in to market systems; increased savings and access to credit opportunities; increased opportunities for income growth and building assets; and better access to group based education and support programming. The program will be implemented in Northern and Eastern Uganda.
GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
The Economic Strengthening Technical Director will responsible for the overall management of the economic empowerment component of the program. S/he will be the technical lead in setting strategies, interventions designs, and activity implementation to improve the economic conditions of target groups through improved access and utilization of services and products. The Director will lead a team of experts and work closely with the other component leads.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Provide leadership and strategic vision of program implementation, development and management.Coordinate, manage and motivate program teams through ensuring that they have clear objectives/individual work plans as part of performance management) and receive meaningful feedback on their performance.Coordinate and work closely with the other component leaders to ensure integrated approach to program implementationIdentify, assess and develop partnership strategies for potential private sector, civil society and government partners.Establish and maintain productive working relationships with Local Government officials and line departments, soliciting their participation in all activities where appropriate.Make on-site field visits regularly to provide technical back stopping and/or design suggestions.Ensure proper logistics, administration, human resources and transport needs of the program are conducted within Mercy Corps policy and with the maximum benefit to the program.Manage the recruitment and training of program staff to ensure staffs are of the quality and capacity to successfully implement activities. Monitor and advise on staffing needs throughout the program.Exercise sound judgment to ensure project expenses are reasonable, allocable and prudent. Ensure all project funds are spent in accordance with donor rules and regulations.Oversee the program filing system and ensure that information is organized according to the reporting and auditing needs of the program. Ensure required levels of confidentiality.Support the development and continual revision of a dynamic, program-wide monitoring and evaluation system linked to program strategies, indicators, and information management tools, which supports program management, accountability and learning.Ensure that program team members are paying sufficient attention to the continual gathering and digestion of operating environment and activity reports, and that teams are holding frequent activity review sessions to continually re-examine the relevance and impact of the program.Produce written reports on the program capturing impacts related to all activities.Ensure establishment and maintenance of relationships with communities, village councils and local government in target operation areas.KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
Master's Degree or higher in social sciences or social work, or a closely related field is required.S/he must have at least three years of experience designing, implementing and managing household economic strengthening initiatives in/for developing countries.Experience in leveraging private public partnerships is preferred.Strong interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills in English are also required.Two years of experience living or working in a developing country is desired.Experience in building and maintaining strong/productive relations with implementing and strategic partner agencies is preferred.Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.Demonstrated success building, managing and leading a team of professionals.Strong computer literacy with a full knowledge of office applications.How to apply: Submit your E-mailed application including a cover letter clearly stating your salary requirements, CV (with 3 referees), and copies of academic qualifications/certificates through the Human Resource Manager to mcuganda@ug.mercycorps.org.
Deadline for Submission: Close of business on Friday October 10, 2014
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by Mercy Corps. Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer; female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Job ID: #693023 Training categories: Management Country: Uganda City: Jinja or Gulu Organization: Mercy Corps Theme: AgricultureHIV/Aids Job years of experience: 3-5 years Job type: Job HomeUpdatesCountriesDisastersTopicsOrganizationsJobsTraining About Us Help ReliefWeb Informing humanitarians worldwide. A service provided by 
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