Head of Programmes Job Placement – VSO

Job Title:         Head of Programmes
Organization: VSO
Duty Station: Kampala /
Gulu, Uganda
Salary Range: UGX 93,000,000
p.a
Reports to: Country Director
   
About VSO:
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development
organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing
countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills,
build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change
lives and make the world a fairer place.
Job Summary: The Head of
Programmes will oversee and lead the delivery and development of VSO Uganda’s
strategic programmes in accordance with the Country Strategic Plan.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
Programme Quality:
  • Oversee the delivery of VSO Uganda’s (VSOU)programmes/projects
    by applying and meeting VSO’s People First principles, donor guidelines
    and evidence-based M&E framework;
  • Formulate and implement a coherent and
    integrated annual operational plan for programmes;
  • Ensure that robust and effective M&E
    methods & tools are applied to evidence generation supporting data
    analysis, reporting and programme decision making.
  • Lead drafting of impact oriented donor and
    internal reports including Annual Country Review Report by working in
    close collaboration with the M&E lead and Programme Managers(PMs);
  • Ensure effective partnerships are
    developed with a mechanism in place and review the partnership and measure
    impact of capacity support provided to partner.
Knowledge Management:
  • Lead programme monitoring by engaging
    programme staff and volunteers to ensure shared understanding and
    contributions to quality programme delivery and development.
  • Work in liaison with the PMs and other
    relevant colleagues in the wider organisation to develop quality
    communication materials on VSOU’s programmes targeting strategic internal
    and external audience.
Programme Development:
  • Ensuring that the Country Programme has
    up-to-date understanding and analysis of the development context and
    needs, engaging all relevant stakeholders.
  • Support PMs to finalize and operationalize
    Signature Programmes in Education, Livelihoods and Health. Also ensure
    that VSO’s Core Approaches of Gender & Social Inclusion, social
    accountability and resilience are appropriately embedded across all signature
    programmes.  
People Management/Volunteer Support:
  • Provide leadership and management support
    to programme team, ensuring the effective and timely management of the
    country programme, including the planning and delivery against agreed
    targets.
  • Effectively manage performance of the
    direct report as also the overall programmes team by adopting a
    people-centered approach and holding staff and volunteers to account.
    Working with all members of the VSO team to support and maintain a
    collaborative culture between volunteer experts and the Country Office,
    particularly with respect to the participation and engagement of volunteer
    experts in programme planning, implementation and review; supporting them
    to identify linkages between their work and delivery of VSO’s goals.
  • Ensure application of people first
    principles in volunteer experts management and support
Country Leadership Team (CLT):
  • Work closely and collaboratively as a
    member of the CLTon all aspects of VSO’s programmes in Uganda and make
    strategic contributions. 
  • Working closely with programme team, and
    within the framework of the Country Strategic Plan while embedding VSO’s
    people first principles into the daily practice of VSO.
Financial and Resource Management:
  • Working in liaison with the Finance Manager
    and budget holders to develop, manage and monitor programme budgets
    (including ensuring value for money, effective grants management and
    expenditure within agreed budgets).
  • Be accountable for VSOU’s programming
    resources and assets (including ensuring VSO procurement and other
    policies, procedures, and control systems are followed by project teams
    and implementing partners).
Security and Risk Management: Ensure that programme staff and
volunteers are familiar and comply with VSOU’s Security Guidelines. Take part
in the VSO Emergency Officer rota system.
Representation, Advocacy and Networking:
  • Build strategic networks enabling VSO to
    leverage a collective voice in support of our country strategy.
  • Working in liaison with the Country
    Director to develop a media strategy, create communication tools and
    produce seminal materials in sync with the country strategy.
  • Develop strategic civil society and
    private sector networks and alliances, strengthening civil society action
    in line with our country strategy.
  • Ensure VSO participation at relevant fora
    – such as sectoral working groups, conferences etc.
  • Represent VSO in strategic external fora
    as appropriate and as delegated by the Country Director
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the VSO Country
    Director job opportunity should hold a higher level degree in a relevant
    field.
  • A minimum of seven years of senior level
    programme leadership and management experience in a complex INGO.
  • Substantial prior success in developing
    successful, major, multiyear proposals and securing funding.
  • Previous experience in M&E and ability
    to apply range of techniques.
  • Proven experience of managing and ensuring
    high quality delivery of complex and multi donor programmes
  • Previous exposure and experience in diverse,
    holistic, integrated development programming including in livelihoods,
    education and health.
  • Significant exposure and experience in
    implementing grants from major bilateral and multilateral donors,
    including DfID, UNICEF, EU and MasterCard is also desired. .
  • Hands-on experience gained within a
    volunteering/NGO context and of managing a volunteer programme will be a
    distinction
  • Effective leadership and people management
    skills; experience of developing, coaching and managing high performing
    teams
  • Previous experience of working
    collaboratively as a member of a Senior Management Team member, and of
    building partnerships in a multi-cultural environment.
  • Ability to prioritise tasks, manage time
    and tight schedules, work effectively under pressure, and assist direct
    reports with prioritization of tasks and meeting deadlines.
  • Proven experience in financial management
    and ability to develop and monitor programme budgets.
  • Excellent representation and negotiation
    skills ability to negotiate and maintain relations with external
    stakeholders.
  • Ability to develop multiple ideas to solve
    an issue or situation and take a swift decision, including in a high risk
    situation.
  • Good written and verbal communication and
    interpersonal skills. Strong trainer and facilitator.
  • Computer skills – MS Office, Outlook,
    Internet.
  • Able to travel and work long hours,
    including work away from the home base for up to 30% of time, both within
    the country and occasionally internationally and some weekend and evening
    work.
  • Good understanding of the Uganda context
    is an added advantage
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to
apply online by clicking on the web link below.
Deadline: 17th May,
2017
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