Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Kampala, Uganda

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking to fill the role of Programme Coordinator for Quality and Learning.

The IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation.

Responsibilities

• Support the senior management team’s efforts to develop and report on strategic initiatives, including the country strategy action plan (SAP), by facilitating workshops, writing internal reports on progress, and collecting information and feedback from staff
• Ensure that the strategic direction of programmes is in line with the reviewed country SAP, and ensure the SAP is implemented through committed investment in the monitoring of the SAP implementation plan (SAP-IP)
• Work with the IRC to improve programme quality and learning at key national forums, and support sector leads in sector-specific engagements at national forums
• Support the DDP in monitoring all programmes through periodic field visits and review sessions
• Train staff on identified areas as needed
• Ensure all departments in the country programme adopt the IRC’s programmatic impact standards in the way they design and implement their programmes
• Provide training, support, and oversight to country-wide efforts to institutionalise the programmatic impact standards
• Work with the DDP and all sector leads to ensure IRC programmes are measurably more outcome-focused, gender-sensitive, responsive to clients’ needs and preferences, and adapted to contexts of intervention
• Support DDP, technical coordinators and grants team with the facilitation of programme design processes and support the grants team

Requirements

• Degree in Development Studies, International Relations, Social Sciences, Development Economics, or a similar field (master’s degree preferred)
• Four years, minimum, of experience in ensuring programme quality in the humanitarian or development sectors, with increasing levels of seniority
• One year, minimum, of international experience working in a humanitarian or development setting
• Experience with fundraising, communications, and working with humanitarian and development donors
• Strong data interpretation, report writing, and presentation skills – background in research, statistics, or monitoring and evaluation preferred
• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving and facilitation, interpersonal, coordination and networking skills
• Organised approach with ability to work on several projects independently

To apply and for more information, click here.

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