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• Overall responsibility for supporting the
  planning, management and coordination of the Population Movement Emergency
  Appeal operation alongside URCS to achieve timely and effective
  implementation in Bidibidi, Rhino and Imvepi Settlement.
• Maintain close coordination and
  communication with Team leaders of ERU’s (MSM20 and M40)
• Tasked with initiating effective
  monitoring and reporting mechanisms as part of the Population Movement
  Emergency Appeal operation in Uganda and ensuring URCS capacity building
  in PMER & DM systems/requirements.
• Work in close collaboration with IFRC
  Finance (Nairobi) and URCS Finance Director, monitor expenditure against
  budget including specific pledge commitments for expenditure and
  reporting.
• Ensure the timely development and
  provision of appeal and pledge based narrative and financial reports to
  the IFRC EAIOI office, and supporting partners on any specific funding
  support according to IFRC procedures.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and capacity
  building support, as required, to the operations management and technical
  staff of Uganda Red Cross Society.
• Ensure the application of the strategic
  direction of operations and focusing on achievement of the planned
  objectives.
• Maintain close reporting and communication
  lines with URCS, ERU’s and IFRC cluster office, and Movement partners.
• Support the URCS structures to cooperate,
  collaborate and consult with key partners including Government agencies,
  UN partners and NGOs, and Movement partners to ensure consistency,
  harmonization and to avoid and duplication of effort.
• Monitor the implementation of all
  activities as laid out in the plan of action, with particular attention to
  the broader context and monitoring the achievement of results.
• Support the URCS to manage the effective
  and proper use of assets, financial resources and facilities according to
  UCRC and IFRC standard procedures in order to comply with auditing
  requirements.
• Ensure URCS adheres to IFRC procurement
  and logistics procedures.
• Facilitate technical support to URCS water
  and sanitation, health and/or shelter counterparts to ensure timely and
  effective assessment, planning and implementation of the activities under
  the operation
• Render support in the planning and
  implementation of the following tasks with National Society staff and
  volunteers to improve health and reduce vulnerability of beneficiaries by:
• Ensure SPHERE standards are attained and
  maintained where appropriate
• Ensure international and/or national
  WatSan related standards are maintained
• Ensure other sanitation and hygiene needs
  are addressed where appropriate
• Actively facilitate the documentation of
  best practices and lessons learned from the URCS activities and assist in
  disseminating them to Federation staff and partners
• Assure full compliance of operations with
  RC/RC principles, IFRC rules, regulations and policies and operational
  strategies of the HNS and relevant reference documents and policies
  (Sphere, Do No Harm).
• Perform any other related duties or
  responsibilities that may be assigned by the Operations Coordinator.

• The ideal candidate for the International
  Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Operations
  Manager job opportunity must hold a relevant University degree (WASH/
  Public Health/ Civil Engineering /Disaster Management)
• IMPACT course (or equivalent knowledge)
• At least five years’ experience working
  for a humanitarian aid or local organization on empowerment and
  community-driven capacity building.
• Technical background in WATSAN or Public
  Health.
• Previous experience working as an
  Operations manager, preferably in a remote or isolated emergency context
  and/or in a refugee camp setting.
• Previous experience building and
  maintaining strong cooperative and professional relationships with local
  and international partners
• Prior exposure and experience in  project planning and implementation,
  monitoring and evaluation
• Experience of writing comprehensive
  narrative and financial reports
• Experience of working for the Red Cross/Red
  Crescent Movement
• Extensive knowledge of / experience with
  participatory methodologies/ volunteer management in emergencies
• Self-supporting in computers (Windows,
  spread sheets, word-processing, e-mail)
• Strong demonstrable skills and expertise
  in capacity building in emergencies
• Good skills in training, facilitation and
  presentations
• Excellent communications skills and
  ability to sensitively negotiate complex situations
• Hold a valid international driving license
  (manual gears)
• Skills in mentoring and developing staff
• Willingness to spend 6 months in a
  difficult, remote environment with minimal access to a main town
• Creativity and the ability to work with
  limited resources
• Fluency in spoken and written English 

• Communication;
• Collaboration and Teamwork;
• Judgement and Decision Making;
• National Society and Customer Relations;
• Creativity and Innovation;
• Building Trust;

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