Earn Over 31m annually as Programme Support Officer – Volunteer at Concern Worldwide

Organisation: Concern Worldwide
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Job Ref: JO/PSO/UG
Salary Range: €9369 to €19,519 with benefits
About Concern:
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year.  Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).  Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant.  For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.
Job Summary: The PSO will support the programme primarily in the following areas: report writing, proposal/concept note write-ups, write-ups of case studies and other relevant documentation, supporting advocacy initiatives, supporting effective M&E systems in the programmes; knowledge management through overseeing electronic and hardcopy filing and archiving.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Reporting & Documentation:
  • Update and oversee the Uganda Annual Reporting Template which includes HQ reports (annual,  monthly, HAP); Donor reports and Government of Uganda reports (annual returns and district reports)
  • Work on various reports ensuring timely submission of good quality reports
  • In collaboration with ACD-P and programmes personnel identify case studies that tell the story of our programmes and document in various media – written case studies, video, photographs and in formats appropriate to various audiences. e.g. donors, HQ education, intranet and publicity, advocacy targets etc
  • Edit the annual report for circulation to peer organisations, government etc
2. Proposal Writing:
  • As requested support ACD-P and programme managers in the write-up of concept notes and proposals.
  • Assist in ensuring timely submission of good quality proposals  by administering proposal preparation time-frames, supporting personnel inputting on the submission, editing and write-ups and ensuring submission complies with format and administration requirements of the donor.
  • Assisting the RWANU Director and CFC in annual PREP submission to USAID
  • In collaboration with Desk Officer assist in extracting mini-proposals from master proposals for project sponsorship purposes.
3. Monitoring and Ealuation:
  • Assist the ACD-P and RWANU Director in ensuring that Concern Uganda has an effective monitoring and evaluation system in line with Concern Worldwide policies and donor requirements.
  • Concern Uganda uses Digital Data Gathering Devices for surveys and information collection purposes. The PSO will have a key role in supporting programme teams (Pader WASH and RWANU) in the use of data gathering  devices and analysis of information.
  • Assist in strengthening M&E through training staff in participatory monitoring tools and supporting monitoring events.
  • Assist Programmes staff in the compilation & analysis of information for M&E and learning  purposes
  • Assist ACD-P in reviewing partners M&E practices and building partners M&E capacity as appropriate
4.      Advocacy Support
  • Assist the CD and ACD-P in developing and rolling out the advocacy strategy for Concern Uganda.
  • Preparation of information and analysis to support advocacy initiatives
  • Assist in communications relating to advocacy initiatives.
  • Represent Concern at various advocacy meetings as requested
5.      Knowledge Management & Archiving:
  • Review and update  the filing MAP on Kampala Programmes Folder and administer Shared Programmes Folder
  • Administer the Filing of core documents (hard and soft)
  • Assist  Managers establish filing systems in each programme location
  • Using CWW archiving guidelines lead on document archiving and disposal in collaboration with the Internal Auditor Uganda
  • Work with the Desk Officer Dublin to ensure the Uganda country site is up to date
6.      Support to Management:
  • Assist the CMT including preparation of meetings, minute taking etc where appropriate
  • Participate in quarterly country programmes meeting and assist in minute taking, writing up of annual country programme plan etc.
  • Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Country Director
 Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
  • A Masters Level qualification in Development Studies or a related Social Sciences field
  • Excellent analysis and English writing skills with the ability to write reports proposals to international donor standards.
  • Very strong IT skills with qualification or high level of competence in computer applications in MS Office.
  • Experience in working with data for analysis and communication purposes.
  • Experience working in a similar role
  • Experience in communicating to a wide audience using a range of media.
 Personal Competencies:
  • Self motivated, progressive and proactive.
  • Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity.
  • Empathy with Concern’s goals and a commitment to capacity building, protection and participation.
  • Good organisation and management skills including monitoring and evaluation.
  • Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
  • Flexible and adaptable to a changing environment.
  • Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines.
  • Patience and a good sense of humour
Any Other Special Requirements: Willingness and ability to spend at least 50% of time in field locations primarily Karamoja.
How to Apply:
All those interested in working with Concern Worldwide should submit their electronic applications through our website at https://jobs.concern.net.
NB:
  • CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length.
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for a first round interview with and email afte the application deadline
 Deadline: 16th June, 2013
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