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• Provide project management of USAID funded grants and activities,
  includes technical, financial and programmatic oversight of grants and
  contracts as required by USAID Agreement Officer
  Representative/Contracting Officer Representative (AOR/COR) designation.
  Ensure USAID supported activities are implemented within the USG foreign
  assistance framework and are directly linked to attainment of USG and
  USAID’s strategic objectives with an emphasis on vulnerable children and
  youth; review and approval of annual workplans, performance monitoring
  plans, and quarterly/annual reports; reviewing quarterly financial
  accruals and pipelines; quarterly (minimum) site visits; and monitoring of
  planned outcomes.
• Analyze health, social, economic, political, and other trends
  affecting activities in youth development across sectors, and in line with
  cross-sector themes important to the Mission, such as gender, nutrition
  and disability. Develop internal awareness and capacity in achieving
  outcomes in wellbeing through multi-sector youth development activities
  including emphasis on education, civic participation and livelihoods.
  Increase awareness of the most effective interventions for improving
  health, education, and livelihood outcomes among youth through technical
  leadership and outreach.
• Provide strategic guidance and leadership to the implementation to
  the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). This multi-year youth
  strategy seeks to improve the health, livelihoods, educational
  opportunities, and access to civic and democratic processes for youth
  (12-30) in Uganda. Oversee and manage the Mission’s contribution to the
  youth strategy including coordination and strategic alignment of
  education, health and HIV/AIDS programs. Develop and forge strategic
  partnerships with development partners, government agencies and civil
  society organizations supporting children and youth. Provide strategic
  input and technical expertise on proposed service delivery activities,
  policy initiatives, and research proposals.

• Ensure the Mission consultation with the Ministry of Gender, Labor
  and Social Development (MGLSD), UNICEF and youth through different funding
  streams, including PEPFAR, child survival, malaria and education is
  strategic, integrated/coordinated and reflects theories, concepts,
  principles, practice and current research in the development,
  implementation and management of children and youth focused activities.
  Requires close collaboration and communication with other technical/senior
  advisors working in the same areas. Provide strategic and technical
  mentoring to USAID implementing partners and staff.
• Play a lead role in public outreach and communications for the youth
  activities across the health, education, economic growth and governance
  programs. Summarize information and conclusions in written and oral form,
  for presentation to senior USG and other decision makers, and for
  incorporation into other USAID/Uganda activity documents, as appropriate.
  Organize site visits, conferences, and seminars to ensure maximum exposure
  to emerging trends and various points of view, and for monitoring
  activities. Share lessons learned from youth programming and promote
  utilization of that knowledge across different USAID and Embassy offices.
• Under the guidance of Uganda’s national frameworks including the
  National Development Plan, the National Policy and Orphans and Other
  Vulnerable Children, the National Youth Policy, the Peace, Recovery and
  Development Plan, and others, provide strategic guidance in USAID’s
  support to the MGLSD and the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) to
  support vulnerable children and youth. Through close consultation with the
  MGLSD, MOES, UNICEF and other key partners, including organizational
  development experts as needed, ensure USAID’s support to the MGLSD and
  MOES promotes and fosters their goals and objectives for supporting youth
  and children in Uganda.
• Cultivate and maintain a wide range of contacts with government,
  private sector, and voluntary institutions as well as other multilateral
  and bilateral donors on matters related to youth to ensure proper activity
  design and implementation. Engage youth themselves in order to best map their
  needs, inform Mission activities, and evaluate programs in youth
  development. Emphasize the need for coordination, cooperation and
  information sharing among the different programs involving youth across
  sectors and within the Embassy.
• Foster USG leadership to advance a cross-sector youth agenda in
  development and diplomacy (e.g. Trafficking in Persons, Public Affairs
  Section annual youth conference and Department of Labor activities on
  exploitive labor). Represent USAID on other interagency working groups as
  needed, including the PEPFAR OVC Technical Working Group.

• The ideal candidate for the United States US Embassy Project
  Management Specialist (Youth & Child Development) career opportunity
  should hold a Masters’ degree in a field relevant to development
  assistance in the social sectors such as health, education, social welfare
  or development.
• At least 15 years of progressively responsible, professional
  experience in the field of youth and child development of which at least
  seven years’ experience in development assistance, or related work for
  USAID, other donor agencies, host government organizations or civil
  society/private sector organizations in the field of youth and child
  development; and five years of which the candidate was living and working
  in a developing country required.
• Knowledge of US Government policies, regulations, procedures, and
  documentation.
• Track record in managing for results and attention to the
  development of evidence base.
• Experience in managing grants and contracts, including technical,
  budgetary and human resource components.
• Experience developing policies and procedures governing the
  development, management, administration, implementation and evaluation of
  youth and children development programs at all levels.
• Able to develop creative approaches to new or unfamiliar problems.
• Experience with youth workforce development and developing the
  socio-economic security of vulnerable households is preferred.
• Strong leadership and strong interpersonal skills (written and oral)
  in order to manage and coordinate multi-agency, multi-sectoral activities.
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a
  variety of stakeholders including the U.S. Ambassador, USAID Mission
  Director and other heads of USG Agencies, senior levels Government
  officials, senior level managers and technical staff of development and
  implementing partners.
• Must be able to represent and defend USG development policies and
  programs and to explain and interpret host-country attitudes, priorities
  and concerns to senior USG officials.
• Multitask and exercise sound judgment and decision-making in a very
  fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Independently and effectively plan, organize and manage and evaluate
  important, responsible and complex activities to accomplish broader Agency
  and Mission goals.
• Advance a learning agenda; obtain, analyze and evaluate data;
  present in meaningful terms to others.
• Excellent analytical skills to develop policies and programs and
  review and provide substantive feedback on concept papers, program
  designs, workplans, quarterly and annual reports and other government and
  donor documents.
• Prepare factual and interpretive reports addressing complex, subject
  matter. Provide information and advice with detachment and objectivity.
• Language Proficiency: Level IV (fluent) English language proficiency, speaking and
  writing, is required. Knowledge in other local languages is desirable.

• A signed AID-302-3 Offeror Information for Personal Services
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• Cover letter clearly indicating the position for which you are
  applying and describing how you meet the minimum requirements
• Updated Curriculum Vitae/Resume
• Copies of Academic Transcripts
• Names, contact numbers, and e-mail addresses of three (3)
  professional references. At least one of the references must be a prior or
  current direct supervisor.
• U.S. citizen, Resident Aliens and other nations (resident in Uganda)
  must attach a copy of a valid work permit.

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