USAID WellShare International Careers - Program Manager
Job Title: Program Manager
Organisation: WellShare International
Duty Station: Arua, Uganda
Project: Scaling up HIV/AIDS
Prevention Services in Arua District under the Civil Society Fund
About Us:
WellShare International is an
international U.S.-based non-governmental organization headquartered in
Minneapolis, Minnesota whose mission is to improve the health of women,
children and their communities around the world. WellShare International is
currently recruiting staff for an anticipated Family Planning/HIV Integration
Project in Arua District. WellShare is recruiting for the following position:
Job Summary: The Program Manager will offer oversight of all
WellShare programmatic, administrative, and financial operations in Arua District.
Oversees a team of programmatic and operations
staff to ensure successful program implementation with appropriate inputs and
outputs, and to reach intermediary and end-of-project goals as described
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintains financial responsibility for WellShare operations in Arua District, including budget monitoring, sub-grant management, and compliance.
- Takes lead of the planning and development of program activities among program staff, technical staff, and project partners.
- Acts as the technical and managerial lead of the project provides technical support and input to assure implementation of high quality M&E, BCC, Training, community mobilization, referral and coordination activities.
- Offers support to program staff, technical staff, and interns/volunteers in implementation of program activities as needed and appropriate; builds capacity for implementation where gaps exist at regional level.
- Supervises 5 direct-reports, participates in staff recruitment and performance appraisals, and serves as a supervisor, mentor and career development resource for staff/interns/volunteers.
- Supervises project M&E efforts to accurately assess progress, to incorporate lessons learned effectively into programming, and to adjust and improve strategies as needed to reach and surpass project targets; supports district staff to execute high-quality M&E activities
- Ensures timely collection and collation and high-quality reporting of program achievements and data by Program staff and partners.
- Steers the development of annual and quarterly project work plans in country, including coordinating partner and stakeholder input;
- Develops district-level work plans to guide on the- ground implementation; monitors work plan progress to assure timely completion of activities and that project reach targets.
- Be responsible for drafting high quality programmatic, administrative and financial reports at the program level; submits project reports to senior management according to internal and external guidelines and deadlines; manages partner and sub-grantee reporting.
- Collaborates with district and donor representatives and technical staff in-district and with donor and MOH at national level (Kampala) as needed.
- Identifies areas for field staff professional development, and proactively creates opportunities for such growth within the workplace.
- Ensures that personnel files are maintained at the field office level and works with Uganda
- Country Director to ensure HR policies and procedures are understood, followed and communicated to staff
- Creates a positive work environment that encourages communication, team-work and shared lessons learned; identifies and addresses problems with prompt resolution.
- Assures WellShare/Uganda remains in compliance at regional level with all donor contracts and Government of Uganda law.
- Maintains regular, open communications with line manager via email, phone (at minimum weekly calls), and face-to-face meetings. Acts as a member of the Country Management Team (CMT).
- Actively pursues in-country fundraising opportunities, including the cultivation of relationships with potential donors (monetary, in-kind) at district and regional level.
- Supports senior management to develop WellShare’s organizational capacity in-country.
- Demonstrates transparency and accountability in all areas of work.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The
Program Manager must meet a level of qualification and exhibit a mix of
skills and capabilities, including:
- At least four years’ experience coordinating HIV/AIDS prevention care and support, behavior change communication and/or reproductive health projects, preferably in West Nile Region.
- Possess a good masters’ degree in Public Health, Social/Community Development, or related field.
- Strong technical knowledge/experience in HIV/AIDS prevention and care and FP/RH; with Most At Risk Populations (MARPS) and/or youth preferred.
- Experience in training, institutional capacity building, partnering, and support to CBOs.
- Good understanding and experience in the application of best practices to community based health programs, preferably as related to community mobilization, sensitization, behavior change communication and local partner capacity building.
- Significant experience coordinating USAID and/or Civil Society Fund-funded projects at community level.
- Possess the ability to produce high-quality written documents, including reports to line
- managers, senior management, donors, partners, and project stakeholders.
- Prior experience budgeting and planning; applied knowledge of field-level accounting and budget monitoring.
- Significant experience coordinating programs with rigorous M&E requirements;
- Possess the ability to develop field-level M&E plans;
- Good understanding of key M&E concepts, tools, and best practices.
- Prior experience supervising diverse teams of 5 or more people.
- Demonstrated leadership skills;
- Possess the ability to motivate others and create a team environment.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates that
desire to work in Wellshare International should send a cover letter, resume,
salary history and desired salary expectations, and the names and contacts of 3
references by email (preferred) to: jobsug@wellshareinternational.org with the
position name in the title of the email.
NB: Please do not send certificates.
Failure to submit complete applications will result in disqualification. Only
shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
This is a local-hire position open to Ugandan Nationals Only.
