Organisation: World Vision International Reports to:  Regional Operations ManagerWorld Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41 districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”Job Summary: The Response Manager will offer strategic Leadership to the Program Design, Management, Implementation and Coordination of relief/recovery activities for the World Vision Uganda South Sudan Refugee Influx Response Programs.Key Duties and Responsibilities:  Offer leadership to the South Sudanese Influx response team to ensure relief program implementation in a coordinated and effective manner in close coordination with the Regional Operations Manager, DRR manager and the Integrated Program Division DirectorSteer the strategy and planning process of the Cat III response based on the program strategy.Actively facilitate processes at community level to map community vulnerabilities to humanitarian emergencies, and their capacities to prepare for and respond to these emergencies.Work closely with the National Safety and officer, ensure that appropriate security measures are in place and undertaken during the response.Manage program and budget planning processes, including staff planning.Guide the Regional Operations Manager and the Senior Leadership team on strategic the direction of the emergency response.Lead and guide relief program design processes. This process involves maintaining a credible and high quality relief program, and will include needs assessment, project design and plans, proposal writing, with subsequent regular reporting to donors and World Vision Support Offices.Provide program management, ensuring the program is meeting accountability and international standards, goals and implementation objectives.Be informed and understand the needs and situation in the field through regular field visits to disaster-prone emergency sites.Actively participate in, and provide leadership to the relief team in assessments, planning and implementation of emergency preparedness, relief and recovery activities.Ensure that all emergency relief responses have clear exit or transition strategies established well in advance of the completion of those responses, and oversee the implementation of those exits or transitions to longer-term development programming.3. Networking and Collaboration:Responsible for the initiation and maintenance of effective working relationships and communication with: World Vision Uganda (WVU) Response Facilitators, Regional Operations Manager and sectoral specialists who are stakeholders in relief program systems or activities being implemented, or communities which are the sites of relief programming, Relevant departments and ministries of the Governments of the affected countries, ensuring that WVU relief programs are in alignment with government relief and recovery plans, and whereappropriate, relief programming is contributing to the formulation and implementation of those plans, UN agencies (e.g., UNICEF, WFP, OCHA, FAO, UNDP) and Uganda based international donors and other key humanitarian agencies.Represent World Vision at local coordination and interagency meetingsParticipate and provide contributions to joint agency assessments, task-force teams and workshops as required and in collaboration with the DRR Manager.WVs Support Offices and Partnership structure. Ensure regular flow of communication between field sites, program office, support offices and the greater World Vision PartnershipGovernment counterparts, partner agencies and communities. Build effective working relationship with partners who represent the community beneficiaries with whom World Vision is working.Negotiate, make agreements and understandings, and establish standards and working agreements.Take precautions to prevent the raising of expectations that cannot be filled.Actively participate in proposal writing and engagement with strategic partners to ensure smooth program managementBuild staff capacity in grant acquisition and management (fundraising and donors engagementProgram monitoring and reporting:Actively facilitate effective monitoring, evaluation, documentation and reporting in line with agreed organizational targets and standards:Establishment of functioning programme level M&E system and utilization of the information from the M&E database; and contribute M&E data to the National Office integrated M&E database as per agreed schedule.Manage grant projects information and documentation processes, and ensure effective communication of the program/project results.Provide monthly reports (progress against planned activities, expense against estimated budget, etc) of program and grant project activities to the Regional Operations Manager as per agreed schedule.Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  The applicants should hold a Postgraduate qualification in Humanitarian Emergency Affairs, International Relations, social sciences or a related field.Past experience in relief and development work using an approach of facilitation and empowering local communities.Good knowledge and understanding of the functioning of major UN agencies, international donors and governmental agencies in their respective programs, approaches and standards.Possess the ability to relate and represent WV to these major program partners, in a professional manner.Ability to work without supervision, and demonstrate initiative and innovation.Proven analytical and problem solving abilities.Excellent interpersonal skills.Good oral and written communication skills in English.Flexible, able to adapt style and management approaches to varied work contexts.Ability to train and supervise a multi-cultural staff.Must be prepared to travel and work in harsh and basic conditions.NB: Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to applyAll suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.NB: Please follow instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at World Vision’s e-recruitment portal.  Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.Deadline: 17th December, 2014. 

Purpose of the post:

Under the overall guidance of the Head of UNICEF Gulu Zonal Office, and in close consultation with the Nutrition Specialist in Kampala as well as Head of Acholi and West Nile Cluster in UNICEF Zonal Office, provide overall programmatic oversight to all nutrition interventions planned and under implementation in the districts supported under Gulu zonal office with focus on districts currently affected by the South Sudan influx. The Nutrition Officer will work closely with District Health Officers DHO, UNHCR and nutrition partners in these areas. At least 60% of the time will be spent supporting the emergency districts while 40% of the time will support the regular nutrition programmes in the 4 sub regions of Bunyoro, West Nile, Lango and Acholi.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Ø Work with the district authorities and partners in the refugee affected districts to map out hard to reach areas where mobile outreach services may be needed.

Ø Ensure the functionality of all outreach posts in the settlements and host communities (should be able to provide a comprehensive package of IMAM, EPI, ANC, Vitamin A, Deworming, Iron/folate supplementation).

Ø Work with all relevant partners to ensure all children and pregnant mothers on arrival are screened for malnutrition at the reception centers.

Ø Support the Gulu zonal office to work closely with district health authorities to build capacity of community based networks for early identification and referral of cases of SAM and ensures functionality of the VHT system.

Ø Provide technical support to therapeutic feeding centers: ensure national IMAM guidelines are followed in the operations and training sessions conducted by all partners, support poor performing therapeutic feeding centers and ensure performance indicators meet the SPHERE minimum standards

Ø Establish / strengthen links between therapeutic feeding programmes and supplementation feeding centers where they exist.

Ø Monitor program implementation of partners and districts including the efficient management of supplies and other resources supplied by UNICEF

Ø Identify supply needs for UNICEF and liaise with CSD section in Kampala for timely release of supplies and support local capacity for supply forecasting and management

Ø Provide technical support in the implementation of national IYCF guidelines. Ensure trainings are consistent with the national guidelines

Ø Work with the district local governments to identify community based networks to support optimal infant and young child feeding and maternal practices.

Ø Ensure jointly monthly support supervisions for nutrition and health are undertaken by the DHT and partners

Ø Participate in all health and Nutrition coordination meetings organized by UNHCR

Ø Collect programme monitoring data and produce quality reports on programme implementation

Ø Contribute to Donor proposal writing and reports as and when required

Required Qualifications, Competencies and Attributes

Ø University degree public health, nutrition or any other related technical field

Ø Five years of professional work experience in nutrition project administration, monitoring and evaluation, preferably with experience in the nutrition sector.

Ø Fluency in English required. Knowledge of local working language of the duty station required. Knowledge of another UN working language an asset

Ø Good analytical and conceptual thinking skills.

Ø Good communication and Net-working skills

Ø Self-awareness and self-regulation and team work.

Ø Computer skills, including internet navigation and use of various office applications.

Ø Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both within and outside the organization.

Ø Core Values (Required): Commitment; Diversity and Inclusion; Integrity

Ø Core Competencies (Required): Communication; Working with People; Drive for Results

Ø Functional Competencies (Required): Formulating Strategies and Concepts, Analyzing, Applying Technical Expertise, Relating and Networking, Deciding and initiating action

Eligibility Criteria

Ø ONLY Ugandan Nationals will be considered

Ø UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Ø Applications will be consideredonly if accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, as well as the most recent performance evaluation report.

Ø E-mail applications; please use this order to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed bydocument e.g. Gold_MukasaP11 or Gold_MukasaCV or Gold_MukasaApplication.

Ø UNICEF is a smoke free environment.

Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date for applications: 19 June 2014. Applicants interested in the above position should send their resume to:

Human Resource Specialist, UNICEF Kampala, Uganda,

Plot 9, George Street, PO Box 7047, Kampala Uganda

Via email to: ugderecruit@unicef.org