Position: Regional Programs Manager
Report to: Senior Programs Director
Location: Western Region
Purpose of the position:
To provide overall leadership, support and management of WV Uganda integrated ministry programmes and operations within a designated Region in a manner that meets set standards and facilitates the wellbeing of children, households and communities.
The regional portfolio therefore covers operations management of sponsorship-funded programmes, grant/PNSF and GIK at programme level.
Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
Leadership and management:
- Lead and manage integration of programmes and operations from all funding steams.
- Provide guidance on integration of advocacy and disaster/ risk management in field level development programmes and programme/ project designs and implementation strategies.
- Dissemination and support implementation of Partnership and NO strategies, guidelines, initiatives and policies in the region.
- Steer the implementation of management decisions/recommendations in the region and programmes/ projects in order to met quality standards, and promote alignment with strategies and standards.
- Develop regional human resource development plan, and manage staff development/ growth in order to build a cadre of high performing staff and regional teams.
- Support rolling out of partnership and national level initiatives and adaptation of policies/guidelines.
Operations Planning and Management
- Provide overall guidance and support to the region and programmes in development of regional Annual Operating Plan, and programme and project designs, annual plans and budgets.
- Monitor and guide regional programmes and projects in the implementation of designs and plans, DME processes and budgets.
- Map out funding gaps and support preparation and/or review of key funding proposals before they are submitted to the potential support offices and donors.
- Lead the development and review of the annual operation plans and budgets of projects and programmes, in line with global, regional and national guidelines.
- Support and monitor implementation of projects/programmes are being managed and implemented in a manner that will result in achievement of goals within set time frame and allocated resources.
- Ensure scheduled design, monitoring and evaluation processes (assessments, designs, baseline surveys, evaluations, and transformational indicators measurement) are conducted and reports completed and approved.
- Integration of child protection in programmes, projects, sponsorship operations and other interventions, such as HR/OD, advocacy, ADP designs.
- Support integration of all programmes within the regional programmes/ operations.
- Actively promote the strengthening of capacity of programme staff..
- Ensure Christian Commitments is effectively integrated in end-to-end programming processes (assessments, designs/redesigns, monitoring, evaluation and reflection)
- Support the integration and mainstreaming of thematic and sector programmes with programme level programmatic interventions.
- Ensure the various reports (ADPs, PNSFs and grants) are submitted on time and of good quality.
- Support development of mechanisms and guidelines for operationalization of partnership programmatic initiatives.
- Implementation of audit recommendations and prevention of reoccurrence.
Financial and Assets Management
- Budgeting – support regional programmes in development of annual plans and budgets planning and budgeting period..
- Budget management – ensure that all regional programs are managed within the planned time frame and approved budgets.
- Identify and manage over or under spending in a timely manner.
- Financial management – support processes that ensure proper financial management and accountability in line with policy guidelines.
- Risk management – conduct pre-operational audits to minimize any risks.
- Asset management – management of assets in the programmes in line with policy and set guidelines.
Sponsorship Management
- Ensure that sponsorship management business processes, standards and policies are operationalised and followed-through in programmes.
- Oversight support to programmes on use of sponsorship data to inform evidence-based programming.
- Guide and support the development programme level business processes.
- Monitor and oversight support in management of sponsorship performance in compliance with partnership standards.
Child protection
- Monitor and support operationalisation of child protection and participation strategies, policies and.
- Ensure adherence and compliance to child protection policies, standards and protocols.
Quality Assurance
- Quality and timely delivery of assessments, designs and plans by field programmes.
- Quality and timely monthly reports
- Quality and timely bi-annual and annual reports
- Quality and timely sponsorship performance reports.
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in any development related field (social sciences, development studies, management, education, agriculture or public health). Masters degree is an advantage.
- Analytical and problem solving skills.
- A thorough understanding of project/programme design, monitoring and evaluation.
- Familiarity with community based programming and development approaches.
- Excellent people manager with good team-building skills and proven record of managing and developing teams of professionals, including those in dispersed/distant locations.
- Organization and time management skills in order to manage priorities within own workload, identify deadlines and cope with conflicting demands.
- A committed Christian able to engage across denominational boundaries.
Core Capabilities
- Practicing accountability & integrity.
- 2Achieving quality results and services.
- Influencing individuals and groups.
- Understanding the Humanitarian Industry (e) Building collaborative relationships
Communicating information effectively
More Information
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