UN Job Deputy Director, Kampala Uganda.

Deputy Country Director
Mercy Corps
Closing date: 10 Oct 2010
Location: Uganda - Kampala
Deputy Country Director (217193-927)
PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006 and directly implements programs in the northern Districts of Pader, Kitgum, Kaabong and Kotido with funding from USAID's, Food for Peace (FFP), Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), Conflict Management & Mitigation (CMM), as well as Private Donations. Over the past year Mercy Corps Uganda has experienced significant growth that has resulted in the expansion into new districts and the development of new sub-grant alliances with international and national NGOs. Working in transitional environments, Mercy Corps is working in two regions of northern Uganda to assist IDPs who are voluntarily returning home, and integrating well-targeted short-term humanitarian assistance programming with a larger program of market-based investments in strategic asset-building. By addressing a number of overlapping and associated needs within a wide range of activities (livelihoods, peace building, agriculture, water and sanitation, health and nutrition, and economic development) Mercy Corps is taking a very integrated approach to ensure the greatest possible impact. The Districts in which Mercy Corps works are generally the most marginalized, poverty stricken, and conflict prone.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
[Describe overview of job mission]The Deputy Country Director is the most senior management position in the country after the Country Director. S/he is responsible for program quality and development as well as supervisory and managerial responsibility over program personnel, programs and policies. The Deputy Country Director provides support and leadership in program development and management, monitoring overall program performance by tracking progress toward specified objectives. This position will have a special emphasis on program quality, innovation, and integration in post-conflict, recovery, and development settings. The Deputy Country Director will need to be highly sensitive to the dynamics of the region and continue to identify innovative solutions through a combination of integrated programming and strategic partnerships that can be applied to areas where Mercy Corps is needed most. Working under the Country Director, the Deputy Country Director is primarily responsible for program oversight and for development and implementation of programs that add value, achieve the greatest impact, and hold Mercy Corps accountable to donors, government, and communities. As a member of the senior management team within the Uganda Country Office, the Deputy Country Director will be directly responsible for program quality and ensuring the DM&E Unit is advancing the country and agency-wide management quality strategies

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Program Management:
. Provide overall leadership and direction to Uganda program staff and support the Country Director to strengthen the program strategies, program quality, partnerships, and accountability in Uganda in accordance with Mercy Corps and donor policies.

. Effectively manage program growth and oversee the implementation of all of Mercy Corps' current programs with a continual eye to new program development that meets the strategic interests of Mercy Corps Uganda taking special consideration of quality, efficiency and sustainability.

. With the Country Director and Program Staff, develop and design innovative initiatives and open new avenues for funding.

. Ensure that regular monitoring of project activities and project impact is undertaken, in accordance with existing Mercy Corps' Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation guidelines.

Program Support Operations

. Ensure compliance and transparent use of resources inline with donor and Mercy Corps regulations.

. Effectively stay abreast of donor policies, procedures, rules and regulations; compile and update applicable local policies; and train Mercy Corps program and partner staff in these policies.

. As part of the senior management team, work within operations systems for program impact including finance, logistics, security, and administration.

. As necessary, recruit, manage and motivate an informed, skilled and efficient program team; incorporate staff development strategies and Performance Management systems into team building processes.

. Draft and/or review scopes of work to hire any technical consultants and manage technical consultants, including review for technical efficacy and contract budget.

. Oversee grant and sub-grant tracking, ensuring forward planning and preparation for donor report writing and timely submission of sub-grantee reports. Maintain and update program files and grant tracking information on a routine basis.

Team Management

. Build a cohesive team spirit among staff and delegate functions and responsibilities to them while ensuring achievement of program objectives. Demonstrate a commitment to nationalize key program positions.

. Supervise, provide leadership, mentor and build the capacity of senior program staff in program/project design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and management that creates a working atmosphere conducive to professional growth and development of excellence at all levels.

. Maintain effective and positive internal communication with Mercy Corps staff in all field offices, this includes ensuring open and harmonious communication all of the different departments, offices, and programs.

Leadership and Strategy:

.Lead the Program team in identifying additional opportunities for medium to long term programming and assist with new proposal and concept paper development that fosters and/or improves the strategic objectives of the country office, whether these new initiatives utilize existing resources or require program development.

. Participate in overall country level strategic planning and assist the Country Director with preparation and implementation of the Country Fiscal Year Annual Planning process. Process is to be participatory, involving relevant key staff in each field office.

. Develop key relationships that will help Mercy Corps in its area of operation and to enhance its program opportunities.

Representation

. Coordinate with Mercy Corps headquarters and regional offices and staff, international and local NGOs, UN agencies, donor community officials, national government, vendors, media and the general public in a way that fosters linkages, optimizes communication, avoids overlap, shares resources, and ensures program success.

. Maintain critical relationships to ensure program success including contacts with District and National government offices, donors, beneficiaries and the general public.

. Represent Mercy Corps Uganda programs to funders and potential donors, conducting programmatic briefings as well as new initiative developments and programmatic proposals.

. Provide management support during R&Rs, transitions, and home leaves of staff and serve as Acting Country Director during his absence.

Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation

. Establish and maintain effective program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both internal and external use in coordination with the program staff.

. Oversee and provide direct support to the DM&E support unit to ensure monitoring and evaluation efforts of Mercy Corps' Uganda programs are not only strengthened but that the information is managed to ensure quality that can be accurately demonstrated with measurable impact.

. Maintain strong relationships and be the key focal point for various M&E initiatives (Mission Metrics, LAYERS, Google, IEHA, and UMEMS)
Coordinate effective program and project reporting, personnel and project evaluations, and communication systems and timelines.

. Ensure Country Director has up to date program information at both project and country levels.

. Manage all internal and external reporting with programs, ensuring high-quality, well-written and timely reports meeting donor and Mercy Corps requirements. Lead in the preparation and completion of all donor reporting.

Security

. Conduct prudent and timely assessments of security environment, initiate and/or enforce necessary security protocols balancing program needs with security constraints.

. Assist the Country Director in ensuring that all security protocols are properly adhered to by both expatriate and national staff and team members are operating in a secure environment.
Assist in the development and update of Security Management Policies/Procedures.

Organizational Learning
As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve - we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountability to Beneficiaries
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
Program Directors, DM&E Support Unit and technical heads.

ACCOUNTABILITY:
REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: Uganda Country Director
WORKS DIRECTLY WITH: Finance, Administration, Logistics team members, and all Program staff national and expatriate.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

. A Bachelor's Degree in business, economics, international studies or related field with MA/S preferred

. 7- 10 years' experience in international relief and development

. 5-7 years in senior leadership position, in building teams, developing programs and financial oversight

Experience with USAID, EC and other traditional donors

Trained and knowledgeable in DM&E concepts and methodologies. M&E experience should include conducting assessments and surveys, program design using a logical framework approach, selecting indicators, implementing monitoring plans, coordinating evaluations and data analysis.

Experience supervising national and expatriate staff, starting up programs and working in difficult environments.

High level of proficiency in English is required.
Experience managing programs in relevant technical area(s) including Livelihoods, Agriculture, Health, Water and Sanitation, Economic Recovery, Peacebuilding, and Youth.

Experience managing complex and complicated activities with time sensitive deliverables in unstable environments.

History of working effectively with host country government, National and International NGO partners, and collaborating with other actors.

SUCCESS FACTORS: The successful candidate will be able to manage large programs in diverse environments; have a demonstrated ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and process information in support of changing program environments; be focused on team-building and capacity-building of national staff; have effective verbal and written communication proficiency; and have excellent information management skills. The individual will be a strategic thinker able to bring ideas to implementation in growing program operations. He/She will have exceptional proposal development skills and an outstanding ability to design, implement and manage innovative programs that respond to current needs and reinforce the future program structure of Mercy Corps in the country.
LIVING CONDITIONS/ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: Kampala is susceptible and has been the target of terrorist attacks but continues to provide a fairly secure living environment with many of the amenities you would expect in a capital city. With preparation and strong foresight one can avoid many of the frustrations that occur. The city center is congested with major traffic delays. One can anticipate the occasional power and/or water outages. The position holder will have the opportunity to reflect on the inconveniences and has the flexibility to choose her/ his own housing within budgetary limitations.
This is an accompanied post for spouse and children.
Mercy Corps Team members represent the agency both during and outside of work hours when deployed in a field posting or on a visit/TDY to a field posting. The position holder is expected to conduct him/herself in a professional manner and respect the local laws, customs and Mercy Corps' policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
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Background

The Government of Uganda has designed a National Development Plan (NDP) which aims to promote growth, employment and prosperity through enhancements in productivity and competitiveness as well as investments in education for skills development. In response, the UN system has developed a new UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) to support the realization of the aspirations of the National Development plan.

The agricultural sector offers a lot of potential for job creation, export development and provision of livelihoods for the majority of the population. In support of the government's strategy to develop a competitive, market-oriented agro-industrial sector, the UN system proposes a joint programme to strengthen value chains in agriculture and related sub-sectors.

The proposed programme will support the NDP objectives and will be anchored in the UNDAF and take into account the comparative advantages and expertise of the participating UN agencies(UNDP, WFP, FAO, UNIDO, UNIFEM, UNIFEM and ILO).

The following agricultural subsectors, namely, Seed (material inputs); Maize (cereal), Simsim (oil seed), Pineapple (fruit) and Beef (livestock) have been selected and agreed upon by the UN agencies and the national constituents in Uganda. The programme therefore wishes to recruit two consultants to undertake a detailed study of the four selected subsectors as part of the development of the joint programme.

Duties and Responsibilities

Objectives of the study With reference to the above mentioned purpose, the UN Joint Programme wishes to focus its intervention on four subsectors (Pineapple, Maize, Sim-sim, and Livestock.) that have regional relevance and are inclusive in nature. In addition the UN agencies will support one or two crosscutting aspects within the agricultural value chains such as market information and material inputs (seeds).

The study shall be guided by five major objectives:

• To compile and assess baseline data that may influence implementation, choice and mapping of value chains within selected subsectors.
• Undertake value chain analysis with the aim of mapping and selecting value chains that will contribute to regional and national economic growth.
• Identify the underlying policy, institutional, and infrastructural issues that affect the competitiveness of the selected value chains with reference to the role of government and private sector in the areas of focus.
• Identify and examine constraints and opportunities within the selected value chains that may be addressed to increase individual farmer productivity and disposable income while promoting national economic growth and competitiveness.
• Provide information that will support the UN agencies in mapping out their competencies to the identified needs and opportunities and recommend possible partners, NGOs, or private sector players within the value chain. Scope of work This is a national study with specific reference to production areas or regions with high production competitive advantages for the highlighted subsectors and targeting all actors of the value chain i.e. farmers, traders, processors and wholesalers, service providers, local, and national governments and authorities and relevant line ministries.

The consultants should complete the following tasks.

Task 1:

Desk work: Literature Review Analyze the market system by compiling a comprehensive profile of the subsectors and clear mapping of the possible value chains within the selected sectors.

Task 2:

Field Execution: Value Chain Analysis Visit the regions, sample a number of subsector production areas taking into consideration the trade patterns of the selected products and other determining dynamics.

Task 3:

Desk work: Analysis and tabulation and presentation of findings. Identify key policies, regulatory, and institutional constraints to the performance of the value chain and identify appropriate solutions

Task 4:

Dissemination and Information Exchange Forum:

Prepare and present findings for discussion at a national sector wide forum to share findings, debate and get feedback on the possible areas of interventions. Key Milestones, Deliverables and Schedule The output of this assignment is a critical component to the final design of the UN Joint Programme on Value Chains. It is time bound and must be completed by 31th October 2010. This assignment shall not exceed at total of 40 days. The Key milestones and deliverables are: Undertake desk review including review of all key strategic documents, studies and programmes for the first 8 days of the assignment Prepare an Inception Report including both tasks 1 and 2 and submit not later than 10 days from the date of signing Field Research undertaken by the lead consultant for each region using specific information indicators as per the relevant requirements. This exercise should take approximately 25 days A draft report to be presented to the key national and local stakeholders' forum Final Report submitted within 5 days from the date of the forum Reporting The two consultants shall be required to collaborate on issues of recommendations and suggested programme interventions. One of the consultants shall be appointed as the lead so at to ensure the delivery of the required outputs of this assignment. The required format for all the reports generated will be availed to the consultants upon the inception of the assignment. All reports submitted shall be reviewed by the joint UN core working team, the national value chain consultant and UNDP HQ before final approval; and payment will be made upon submission of a final report acceptable to UNDP.

Competencies

Technical/Functional Competencies:

• Strong research and analytical skills;
• Effective interpersonal and presentation skills;
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Personal Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards;
• Positive, constructive attitude to work;
• Ability to act professionally and flexibility to engage with government officials, donor representatives, private sector and communities

Required Skills and Experience

Two national senior consultants are required with expertise and knowledge of value chain approach. The team should have expertise in value chain analysis, good knowledge of the country agricultural dynamics, past experience other value chains programmes, ability to manage fixed scheduled assignment. Each of the consultants shall address two of the subsectors and at the time address the crosscutting aspects of the value chain such market information and material input supplies. The consultants should have the following:

• Master's Degree in Economics, Development Studies, Agricultural Economics or related fields.
• At least 10 years experience in providing business development services, with good knowledge of value chain development within the small and medium scale enterprises with a bias in agribusiness and understanding of market dynamics in Uganda.
• Value chain analytical and benchmarking techniques relevant to the industry;
• Trade, economic, and industrial policies relevant to both product and service sectors in the country under review;
• Global industry trends, practices, and business management strategies relevant in various segments of the tradable product(s) in the country.
• Good experience in business development services;
• Good understanding of agribusiness and enterprises development using value chains

Note:

This consultancy is only open for nationals of Uganda.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

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UN Job For Negleted Tropical Diseases Specialists, Uganda

Malaria ConsortiumClosing date: 27 Aug 2010Location: Uganda

The positions will be based either at the Africa Regional Office in Uganda, or in another African country where we have existing or planned NTD projects. Positions will involve up to 50%
travel.

Malaria Consortium is an international organisation working primarily in Africa and Asia on communicable disease control. Malaria Consortium works closely with Ministries of Health and other development partners and is involved in all aspects of malaria control, from policy and strategy development to implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Malaria Consortium also works on tuberculosis control and other communicable diseases, including neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Malaria Consortium’s head office is in London, UK, and the Africa Regional Office is in Kampala, Uganda.

Since 2005, Malaria Consortium has massively expanded its NTD portfolio and by now implements operational research and intervention project in a number of African countries. The NTD technical cluster continues to expand, and more technical input will be required to support this process over the coming years.

We are therefore looking for senior and junior staff to join the NTD cluster, to ensure that existing projects receive high-quality support, whilst contributing towards further expansion of the NTD portfolio. The positions will be based either at the Africa Regional Office in Uganda, or in another African country where we have existing or planned NTD projects. Positions will involve up to 50% travel.

Purpose of Job

To support the implementation of Malaria Consortium’s existing and future NTD projects

Duties1

. To support the implementation of existing NTD projects by:
a. Conducting regular field visits
b. Assisting with the reporting of programme activities to donors and in other fora, such as the Malaria Consortium web page, or at meetings and conferences
c. Assisting with conducting various field activities by supporting the development of workplans and study protocols, monitoring progress made and assist with making changes to project implementation when necessary.

2. To support the expansion of the NTD portfolio by:
a. Writing regular updates on NTD projects to be disseminated via our website or other fora
b. Exploring new funding opportunities, with the MC Programme and Business Development Director and the NTD Director
c. Assisting with the writing of new proposals
d. Assisting with the writing of publications
e. Representing MC at meetings and conferences

Qualifications of Successful Candidates

. Advanced university degree in public health or related discipline
. Excellent technical knowledge of communicable disease control, particularly on the control of lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, intestinal worms, trachoma, and leishmaniasis
. Senior candidates should have at least five years of work experience working for international organizations in implementing control programmes for one or more of the above diseases; Junior candidates would be expected to have a minimum of two years of relevant experience
.Previous experience of implementing programmes funded by the US Agency for International Development or the UK Department for International Development are considered an advantage

Competencies of Successful Candidate

. Able to work and live in difficult settings, such as Southern Sudan
. Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
. Sets high standards for quality of work
. Has good leadership and supervisory skills
. Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
. Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly
. Initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.

Package: A competitive salary and benefits package will be offered to the successful candidate

Contract duration: 12 months (with option of renewal subject to performance)

How to apply

Please send cover letter outlining how you meet the person specification along with your CV including three referees, to Human Resources at hr.uganda@malariaconsortium.org

Please quote Reference no. MC 17-07-2010 in your applicationReference Code: RW_87ELBT-18Source: Reliefweb


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