Trocaire International NGO Jobs – Gender Programme Officer

Organisation: Trocaire
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Trócaire:
Trócaire
is an Irish development organisation that works through local partners to
implement programmes in the organisation’s priority areas of Building
Sustainable Livelihoods, Governance & Human Rights and Gender. Trócaire’s
programmes in Uganda are managed by a small country team based in the office in
Kampala with regular travel to Northern Uganda.
Trócaire’s
programmes in Uganda are managed by a small country team based in the office in
Kampala with regular travel in Uganda. This role will focus on all aspects of
the Trócaire Gender programme and will provide advice, expertise and essential
management of the programme for Trócaire and for a wide variety of partners,
most of whom are Dioceses under the Catholic Church. Project development,
capacity building, managing key relationships, project monitoring and
assurance, marketing of a national campaign and advocacy are essential for the
role.
About Project:
The
Gender programme in Uganda is a core programme for Trócaire and focuses on
preventing Gender Based Violence. It is a unique programme that works
exclusively with faith communities and has a local and national focus. As a key
stakeholder for Trócaire, the Catholic Church leadership is a vital partner of
the programme at both local and national level. The programme has been approved
for Trócaire for a 5 year period and the Programme Officer will oversee the
development and implementation of the various strands of the programme.

Job Summary: He / She will
develop three key strands of the programme;
  • Working at the local level with dioceses and
    partners on their diocesan projects ensuring quality, key delivery,
    learning and capacity building occurs. Managing a wide range of diocesan
    projects and ensuring capacity building will be a key deliverable of the
    position.
  • Delivering a national level programme on
    domestic violence with the Catholic Church. This will include working with
    various commissions and stakeholders within the Church in the roll out of
    the national campaign on domestic violence and in the management of key
    stakeholders.
  • Managing key diocesan projects of development
    at different levels of learning as the programme grows into the future
    will be a key role. The roll out of learning from key diocesan projects
    and ensuring the domestic violence programmes grow and develop in a
    sustainable way will be essential.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Prepare programme reports of a high
    quality
  • Ensure up to date reporting to the donor
    in an accurate and efficient manner
  • Organize regular planning and progress
    reviews;
  • Strategic oversight of planning,
    budgeting, implementing and monitoring of the programme, tracking use of
    financial resources and activities in accordance with the Trocaire rules
    and procedures.
  • Financial monitoring and working with
    partners to ensure financial reporting is accurate and consistent.
  • Offer top quality technical support to
    partners focusing on the achievement of the set programme targets.
  • Documentation of learning and driving
    programme learning in the further development of the programme.
     Capacity building and project
    management
  • Roll out Gender methodologies such as
    SASA! into key parts of the programme.
  • Accompanying visitors / delegations as
    part of the programme monitoring.
  • Ensure preparation of brochures,
    publications, press releases for dissemination and other material for the
    programme.
  • Ensure that results and lessons learned
    feed into the analytical and project work (i.e. results used to make
    decisions);
  • Ensure a clear focus on the achievement
    of results as per the Irish Aid logframe. This will entail extensive work
    with partners and other stakeholders.
  • Manage the roll out of a national
    programme on domestic violence. This will include responsibility for
    logistics, national media and press, training, development of stakeholder
    involvement and peer to peer learning sessions in cooperation with key
    Church stakeholders.
  • Perform any other functions,
    responsibilities or portfolio which may be assigned by the Trocaire
    management

Qualification, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant
    should be educated to Graduate level education in Gender / Women’s Studies / Development
    or a similar discipline
  • At least six years experience working in
    the development sector including experience of programme management and
    working in a partnership context with an international organisation.
  • At least 2 years experience of managing
    or working on Gender programmes or GBV programmes.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Excellent organization skills,
    (including Flexibility, ability to work under pressure in addition to
    multi-tasking in a fast paced environment
  • Strong Computer skills
  • Good organizational skills and proven
    ability to work as a team member
  • An ability to write, document learning, and
    produce coherent documents.
  • Good understanding of financial
    management systems and budget monitoring and reporting.
  • Good understanding and wide experience
    of Project/Project management cycle, and participatory appraisal techniques.
  • Ability to build capacity in Dioceses
    and partner organizations and work with people of different faiths.
  • Proactive and engaged in mentoring and
    working with local partners.
  • Possess a Positive approach and an
    ability to contribute to a strong dynamic team
  • Keen attention to detail, accuracy and a
    high level of reliability, objectivity and honesty.
  • Ability to
    work under pressure and adhere to strict and tight deadlines on a wide
    range of task
  • Focused and
    task orientated with a high level of attention to detail.
  • The ability
    to work with and manage a wide set of relationships with key Church
    personnel and Departments.
How to Apply:
All suitable
candidates should send your CV with an application to Trocaire via E-mail to: fkelly@trocaireug.org but copy trocaireuganda@gmail.com.
Please include “Programme
Officer, Gender Programme
” in the subject of your email application.
NB: The length of CV
should not exceed 3 pages (A4 size page, 12 size font and 1 inch margin in all
4 sides of the page). Please send a copy of the Microsoft Word version
of your CV. The covering letter should not exceed 250 words. In the cover
letter, please highlight why you are the best candidate for this position.
Deadline: 15th November,
2013

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