Work Location: Uganda – Kampala
Other Possible Locations: Arua with regular travel to Yumbe
Expected Travel: up to 40%
Language Requirement: English
Employee Duration: Active Full-Time
Type of Post: Accompanied – Family
Funding: Approved
Type of Contract: Application Deadline: Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply.
Description
At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.
This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2015, CARE worked in 95 countries and reached 65 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.
In partnership with Oxfam International in Uganda, CARE’s emergency program funded by ECHO is a 1 year programme whose main objective is to save lives, reduce suffering, promote human dignity and increase resilience of refugees and host communities, in particular women, girls and boys, in the Bidibidi in Yumbe district and Imvepi and Rhino Camp settlements in Arua district. It will also aim to reduce vulnerability of refugees by tackling social exclusion through its use of participatory and empowering approaches. As a result, the most marginalized members of the society, particularly vulnerable women and female headed households, are able to benefit from the programme. The programme will be using a rights based approach and will strengthen women’s ability to exercise their rights in a community. The project will work in the districts of Arua and Yumbe.
The Initiative Manager will be responsible for the overall management and coordination of CARE’s implementation of the programme, including (i) managing CARE’s project resources (HR, financial, assets, etc) as per CARE’s and the donor’s regulations (ii) coordinating CARE’s project activities thereby ensuring coherence between ECHO components, timely and quality implementation of and reporting on project activities (iii) implementation of an M&E system that will allow for reliable data collection, the capture of knowledge and learning, measuring project outcomes throughout the life of the project and for informing the development of advocacy briefs (vi) promoting and coordinating effective collaboration with other CARE initiatives as well as with its partner Oxfam.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Project management
- Management of sub-agreements/contracts with partners
- Monitoring Evaluation & Learning
- Reporting
- Consultants Management
Primary Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in one of the following fields (sociology, anthropology, economic development, business administration, agricultural economics or related fields)
- At least 5 years practical experience with emergency project management in rural or refugee settings;
- At least 3 years senior management role at project level, preferably in an international development organization;
- Experience in operational research preferred (not as researcher but at least as coordinator, supervisor);
- Very strong community facilitation skills and familiarity with participatory rural appraisal tools and approaches and qualitative research tools;
This position is based in Arua.
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