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• Ensure continued alignment of the
  Facility operation in terms of the policies and approach with the national
  objectives, relevant policies and strategies as well as with the DINU
  programmatic objectives and relevant interventions across all three areas;
• Ensure that project objectives and
  activities are well coordinated with, and complement, the activities and
  operations of other agencies, facilities and funds that support
  agricultural development and finance in Northern Uganda;
• Ensure coherence between the Facility
  partners (PSFU and UDB) and delivery towards the stated common objectives.
• Provide technical advice on strategies,
  policies and plans affecting Facility operations, delivery, knowledge and
  learning services;
• Establish collaborative arrangements
  with other potential partners and appropriate operational partnership
  arrangements;
• Constant monitoring and analysis of the
  operating environment, quick readjustment of the operations, advice on
  legal considerations and risk assessment;
• In charge of monitoring and analysis of
  key developments in the country that are likely to impact on the Facility
  operations.

• Prepare and submit for approval the
  Facility’s annual plans and budgets.
• Manage the overall Facility governance
  and implementation mechanisms including organizing the review and approval
  meetings, field visits, and other specific activities of the Management
  Board, Project Preparation Facility, Grant Approval Committee, Credit
  Approval Committee and other entities formally established by the
  Facility;
• Serves as the Secretary to the START
  Management Board, organizes regular Board meetings and keeps the records
  of the Board’s procedures.
• Prepare and issue in a timely manner the
  memoranda of understanding, letters of agreement with the partners and
  other legal instruments to enable their engagement and implementation of
  the activities for which they are responsible;
• Ensure timely financial transfers to the
  Facility’s lines of business;
• Prepare and issue, in consultation with
  the other partners, calls for proposals and the criteria applied for
  project selection;
• Ensure timely publication and public
  access to all relevant information pertaining to the Facility operation,
  including information on selected beneficiaries and annual progress
  reports;
• Prepare inputs concerning START
  operations to the DINU quarterly and annual reports in accordance with the
  EU and other donor requirements as well as standalone narrative and
  financial reports on START operations to the START Management Board,
  European Union as well as other possible partners/donors;
• Participate in communication and media
  activities; ensure the Facility web-site updates; coordinate distribution
  of the project related information;
• Ensure visibility of the Donor and
  Implementing Partners in all project outputs.

• Establish an effective tracking system
  and database for the Facility-supported projects to reflect their
  financial and physical progress throughout their life cycle from the
  submission of proposals, to implementation, and evaluation to
  documentation and closure in compliance with EU and UNCDF M&E
  requirements;
• Ensure strict adherence and compliance
  of all operations and activities with the Facility rules and procedures,
  including the financial and other requirements for the size and nature of
  the eligible projects, and the type of support and individual
  disbursements per project;
• Collect regular (quarterly and annual)
  narrative and financial reports from the implementing partners (PSFU and
  UDB) for submission to the START Management Board and DINU Programme
  Manager as part of the programme overall monitoring arrangements;
• Design, in cooperation with the START
  partners, general key performance indicators for the Facility, assign
  distinct performance measures, and ensure their continuous monitoring and
  timely corrective measures in the case of deviation;
• Develop in collaboration with the
  partners and implement START monitoring and evaluation plan, compliance
  and accordingly utilize the findings as to justify adjustment of the funds
  disbursement schedules and to introduce corrective measures in the case of
  deviation;
• Regularly update the risk log for the
  Facility and conduct appropriate budget and operation risk management,
  mitigation and responses.
• Analyze and monitor the financial
  situation, present forecasts for the Facility, and monitor for unusual
  activities and transactions;
• Support the design, preparation and
  implementation of regular independent audits of the Facility; prepare
  management responses and follow up on the audit recommendations as
  appropriate;
• Organize field verification and
  inspection visits by the START Management Board, partners, government
  officials and other stakeholders.

• Establish and maintain dialogue with
  government officials, NGOs, partners, donors and communities to provide
  knowledge and understanding, ensuring accurate interpretation of the
  Facility’s objectives;
• Identify areas of cooperation and
  coordination with other government and non-government partners, financial
  institutions, development agencies as well as UN agencies for the
  implementation of joint activities related to the Facility;
• Render support in resource mobilization
  efforts for the Programme.
• Prepare and implement the strategy and
  action plan for transforming START into a sustainable and adequately capitalized
  investment facility providing technical assistance and seed capital to
  small and medium-sized value adding agribusinesses.

• Formulate and implement START Visibility
  Plan to capture the management of the funds as well as the projects being
  implemented for the purpose of Facility visibility and lessons learnt and,
  in this regard, periodically publish knowledge products in the START website
  and other media;
• Assist in documenting START good
  practices and lessons learnt.
• Facilitate learning and experience
  sharing for government officials, private sector representatives, local
  community leaders and experts;
• Contribute to national, corporate and
  global knowledge networks;
• Represent the Facility and UNCDF in
  meetings relating to the Facility;
• Contribute to UNCDF cross-practice
  synergies with the development finance interventions at country level.

• The ideal candidate for the United
  Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Programme Manager – DINU
  employment opportunity should a Master’s degree or equivalent in Finance,
  Business Administration, Economics, Public Administration or other related
  field.
• A minimum of five years of relevant
  experience at the national or international level in providing financial
  management, investment services and/or funds management advisory services;
• Previous experience in managing staff
  and operational systems in accordance with international procedures and
  standards and establishing interrelationships with international
  organizations and national governments in the area of governance and
  development;
• Experience in Least Developed Countries,
  particularly in Uganda and East Africa;
• Knowledge and experience of UNCDF and UN
  system policies and programming is desirable.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in
  the design, implementation and management of funding facilities providing
  integrated business development and financial services.
• Experience in providing project
  development and investment advisory services to small and medium
  enterprises, particularly in the agricultural sector.
• In-depth knowledge of the subject-matter
• Broad knowledge and understanding of
  more advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the
  fundamental concepts of related disciplines;
• Serves as internal consultant in the
  area of expertise and shares knowledge with staff;
• Keeps abreast of new developments in
  area of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop
  him/herself professionally;
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of
  information technology and applies it in work assignments;
• Demonstrates comprehensive understanding
  and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and
  utilizes these regularly in work assignments;

• Advocacy/Advancing
  a policy-oriented agenda: Analysis and creation of messages and strategies. Uses the
  opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for advocacy work
• Results-Based
  Programme Development and Management: Contributes into results through primary research and analysis.
  Assesses project performance to identify success factors and incorporates
  best practices into project work; researches linkages across programme
  activities to identify critical points of integration; monitors 
      specific stages of projects/programme implementation
• Building
  strategic partnerships:
• Identifying and building partnerships;
  identifies needs and interventions for capacity building counterparts,
  clients and potential partners; displays initiative, sets challenging
  outputs for him/herself and willingly accepts new work assignments; takes
  responsibility for achieving agreed outputs within set deadlines and
  strives until successful outputs are achieved; innovation and marketing
  new approaches.
• Developing new approaches, looks at
  experience critically, drawing lessons, and building them into the design
  of the new approaches; identifies new approaches and promotes their use
  in other situations; documents successes and uses them to project a
  positive image; creates an environment that fosters innovation and
  innovative thinking; makes the case for innovative ideas from the team
  with own supervisor.
• Promoting
  organizational learning and knowledge sharing: Developing tools and mechanisms.
  Makes the case for innovative ideas documenting successes and building
  them into the design of new approaches; identifies new approaches and
  strategies that promote the use of tools and mechanisms.
• Client
  Orientation: Contributing
  to positive outcomes for the client; anticipates client needs; works
  towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between
  the clients and service provider, demonstrates understanding of client’s
  perspective.

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