The Ugandan Jobline

• As part of SMT, take a leading role in
  providing strategic direction for the WAU programme through development
  and implementation of the new country programme strategy.
• Lead on the development of new and innovative WAU programmes, operating
  at international aid delivery standards to deliver equitable inclusive and
  sustainable WASH services.
• Lead in the development and roll out of
  organisational and country specific policies & frameworks
• Lead the production of strategic analysis,
  reviews, evaluations and plans for adaptive programme management
  development and expansion.
• Work with the Country Director to develop and
  maintain a funding strategy to ensure future funding streams are adequate for delivering WAU
  strategic objectives.
• Ensure that internal and external reporting
  requirements are met in an effective and timely manner in collaboration
  with the relevant units,
• Take leading role in the effective management
  and monitoring of
  partnership and funding contracts ensuring adherence to quality standards
  and relevant donor requirements while assuring community preferences.
• Ensure and promote good communication and
  knowledge exchange between programme and WAU sites, East Africa region and the global organisation.
  Use knowledge to continuously improve programme quality, design and
  management.

• Lead in high quality programme development
  through appropriate Project Concept Notes, Proposals and associated budgets, ensuring adherence
  to WAU programme Cycle Management Procedures, global policies &
  procedures.
• Provide management and technical support to
  Programme leads to ensure effective implementation of programmes;
  compliance to donor guidelines
  and timely delivery on programme objectives
• Ensure that WAU develops and maintains a
  capacity to respond and mitigate emergencies as deemed appropriate by SMT
• Ensure that opportunities for working through
  partners are fully explored and due diligence checks are carried out
• Support the management and implementation of
  capacity building plans for partners as required and that partners are
  integrated into programme cycle management processes.
• Ensure that cross cutting issues -equality, gender, climate change, sanitation
  and hygiene – are mainstreamed into all programme activities;

• Work in close collaboration with the
  Fundraising and strategy unit, ensure effective compliance with funding
  agreements through translated
  proposal documents, start-of-project workshops and training on donor
  guidelines
• Effectively manage and lead the programme teams
  to ensure appropriate funding agreement reporting schedules, preparation
  of quality donor narratives and financial reports.
• Guide teams in preparing WAU’s Annual and
  half-year Programme Reports, consolidating inputs into the country level report.

• Review programme budgets and ensure
  appropriateness and alignment with donor regulations and project budgets.
• Work with Finance and the assigned programme
  budget holders to ensure
  close management of relevant budgets and expenditures in compliance with
  donor guidelines and management account feedback
• Prepare programme portion of funding proposals’
  budgets in collaboration with Finance and relevant programme staff and
  respond to or act upon reviews
  of all donor financial reports for compliance and accountability
• Ensure procurement plans are in place for each
  project and programme according to programme budgets & budget
  narratives
• Support develop effective systems and logistical support to programmes, ensuring
  programme managers understand and comply with WAU finance and procurement
  Procedures & Policies.

• Oversee the development and use cutting-edge
  analysis and position papers on relevant WASH or inter-sector issues and other programme-related
  knowledge pieces with national, regional or local level impact to ensure
  WASH is prioritised.
• Ensure WAU is appropriately represented and
  participates actively in relevant coordination structures at the field level and provide the
  appropriate support to sector institutions and donors targeted at
  strengthening sector capacity and institutions.
• Support the articulation and clarity of WAU
  policy positions on key issues of focus and other evolving national challenges and obstacles
  for the right to water and sanitation, using these to effectively
  influence government and sector actors, strengthen voice and participation
  of citizens in WASH and national governance.
• Contribute to national-level INGO, bilateral and multilateral
  institutions, including the UN, coordination efforts to facilitate
  effective aid delivery in the country.
• Stand in for the Country Director to represent
  WAU at relevant government, donor or inter agency meetings.

• Analyse
  government and donor policies and assess impact on sustainable and
  equitable delivery of WASH services.
• Responsible for the communication of evidence
  to the sector and other relevant stakeholders; gauge sector processes and
  gather intelligence so as
  to ensure the ‘research into use’ is timely and targeted.
• Facilitate the process of building capacity of
  WAU and its partners to plan and undertake effective policy and
  campaigning programmes.
• Support the mainstreaming and integrating of
  issues regarding Policy and
  Advocacy in WAU programme activities.
• Keep informed about key political and socio
  economic developments and WASH events and opportunities in Uganda and
  region, to assess policy development by other sector players.
• Identify,
  prioritize and manage a specific policy agenda as part of WaterAid’s
  influencing work in Uganda.
• Take an active part in national water sector
  dialogue mechanisms such as annual sector reviews.
• Support networks and build allies and
  partnerships to leverage
  WAU’s visibility in the sector and beyond to include working with parliamentarians,
  CSOs and other partners.
• Develop and strengthen links with policy and
  advocacy networks nationally and, in collaboration with the Director of
  Policy, Research and
  Advocacy, regional team spearhead WAU’s policy influencing agenda.

• Provide technical support and on-going
  on-the-job training and coaching to staff in management and or technical
  (programme) areas.
• Ensure proper staff performance management
  processes are undertaken and maintained with people management
  responsibility, ensuring
  that all processes are properly documented.
• Ensure that work within the programme team(s)
  is planned and organised in a way which will meet the organisation’s needs
  in the most cost effective manner, ensuring that team members are given
  appropriate workloads and
  are working efficiently.
• Build clear processes in each programme to
  ensure organisational learning is prioritised and systematically used in
  Project Cycle Management, external exchange and advocacy.
• Undertake any other responsibilities, tasks or activities as reasonably
  required
• The
  above is given as a broad range of duties and is not intended to be a
  complete description of all tasks. It is important to note that the
  responsibilities may change to meet the evolving needs of the way WaterAid
  works

• The WaterAid Programme Manager should hold a Masters level qualification in
  Development Studies, Public Health, WASH, or other related discipline.
• At least twelve years’ experience working in a developing country in a
  development and/or humanitarian context, with prior experience in senior
  programme management, including experience in planning, developing and
  evaluating programmes
• Prior WASH related experience would be an
  advantage.
• Advanced and proven ability in written and
  spoken English
• Significant experience of programme design and
  successful funding proposal development.
• Proven management and communication skills
  including the ability to motivate, support and mentor staff and to pass on this competency to staff
• Substantive demonstrable experience in support
  to all phases of the monitoring and evaluation process, including the
  design and implementation of M&E plans, databases and tools, and the
  analysis and use of data and
  results to improve programme quality.
• Demonstrable experience and competence in
  networking and effective relationship building with peers, donors and
  government. High level of diplomacy and tact
• Experience in approaches to supporting
  community participation and
  accountability with programme design and implementation.
• Experience of capacity building with partner
  organisations and government
• Specific experience managing WASH programmes
• Experience with gender, equality, Climate
  change mainstreaming
• Skills in Digital Data Gathering, statistics
  and statistical analysis software packages
• Professional skills in preparation of Research
  reports, Policy design and interpretation. Having a good number of
  publications of articles in
  the recognized journals is preferred.
• Experience of policy dialogue with government
  and donors.
• Experience and knowledge on WASH sector/ issues
  is desirable with proven ability to analyse (qualitative and quantitative)
  data
• Extensive experience of Policy or Communication
  campaigns

• Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
• Strong proven delegation, time management and
  prioritising skills
• Flexible, patient and adaptable to a changing environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and team
  building skills.
• Effective networking abilities
• Excellent people management capabilities
• Good public speaking ability in English

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