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• Coordinating activities of the EU Economic Empowerment of YWDs
  project.
• Developing annual operational plans and managing the budget
  allocated to the project ensuring that agreed results are delivered in
  time and within the budget available
• Contributing to reviewing and updating the project strategy in line
  with changes/dynamics in the field.
• Ensuring that we are appropriately accountable to the district local
  governments of the five targeted districts and comply with the provisions
  of the NGO Act.
• Identifying and effectively managing all risks that would
  potentially affect project implementation and the project outcomes.

• Tasked with developing and maintaining an effective partnership with
  implementing partners (NUDIPU, NOWODU, UNAB), vocational training
  institutions, district local governments and other relevant government
  institutions.
• Ensuring that project partners are supported to deliver high quality
  project outputs on a timely basis.
• Supporting partners in the identification of their capacity building
  needs and helping facilitate the building of these capacities.
• Organizing quarterly and annual review meetings/workshops to
  coordinate project implementing partners and encouraging networking and
  collaboration amongst implementing partners.

• Preparing annual project budgets and quarterly financial forecasts
  and monitoring expenditure against budget
• Ensuring that partners submit timely funding requests and financial
  returns.
• Ensuring that partners manage and utilise project assets as per
  Sightsavers’ and EU contract and procedures incorporated under Royal
  Charter Registered Charity Nos. 207544 & SC038110 Royal Commonwealth
  Society for the Blind
• Managing partner contracts/MOU and ensuring partners’ compliance to
  the terms and conditions of the grant as agreed with Sightsavers and EU.
• With oversight from the Sightsavers Finance Focal Person for Uganda,
  ensuring compliance to statutory requirements relating to labour laws and
  taxation
• Following up with partners any actions arising from audits carried
  out by Sightsavers country office or by external auditors.

• Assessing performance against agreed project objectives, indicators
  and standards/ approaches.
• Documenting success stories and case studies on project impact and
  disseminating to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensuring accurate, sufficient and timely flow of information and
  progress reports (narrative and financial) to the country office.
• Identifying research opportunities and documenting lessons learned
  from monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment and dissemination
  findings.
• Coordinating evaluations

• Participating in PR activities within the project area.
• Representing the project at various fora, meetings and advocate for
  the project aims and objectives within the project districts
• Attending to visitors to and from the projects and partners.

• The ideal candidate for the Sightsavers Project Coordinator, EU
  Economic Empowerment of YWDs should possess a University degree in one of
  the following fields; Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health,
  Education or other related field
• Substantial working experience, ideally in an NGO environment
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience of all aspects of programme and
  project management
• Experience in dealing with district local governments and local and
  international organisations, and other partners
• Knowledge of gender and disability is desirable
• Demonstrable experience in the field of economic empowerment, rural
  development and livelihoods
• Ability to understand and work with project budgets, forecasts and
  reports
• Excellent project management, partnership management and team
  leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical and communication (both oral and
  written) skills with good command of the English language.
• Excellent computer skills especially word-processing, spreadsheets,
  PowerPoint, email and internet use.
• Ability to understand and work with project budgets and monitor
  financial expenditure.
• Intercultural knowledge and sensitivity
• Excellent interpersonal, diplomatic and conflict resolution skills
• Team player and good communicator with a proven ability to motivate
  people
• Good written and spoken English
• Ability to spend up to 50% of his/her time in the field to support
  partners

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