Deadline: 14 February, 2021
Location: Kampala, Uganda
World Vision International is seeking to fill the role of Technical Programme Manager, Child Protection.
The mission of the organisation includes working with the poor and people who are oppressed as it promotes human transformation.
Responsibilities
- Ensure provision of adequate technical support to Peace and Child Protection, gender and disability projects by technical experts
- Provide leadership to advocacy implementation within protection and peace and child protection
- Work closely with the strategy and programme effectiveness team for quality child well-being, annual and technical reports
- Provide strong and positive leadership to the field Peace and Child Protection technical programme officers, ensuring competent and motivated staff are hired and retained
- Support professional and personal development of Peace and Child Protection technical staff through on-the-job coaching, identification of learning and training needs and opportunities
- Ensure Peace and Child Protection Technical Programme is managed and executed well as per plans within time, cost and budgets, meeting donor and community accountability
- Provide support to the regional programme managers and cluster managers to monitor operations budgets, funding, expenditures and execution
- Ensure Peace and Child Protection Technical Programme and all related projects achieve child well-being outcomes in line with the organisation’s ministry framework and development approach, and national office strategic priorities and programme designs
- Provide oversight of the technical programme operational risk management, including ensuring timely responsiveness to issues that might compromise the effective implementation of the technical programme
- Contribute to the effective technical programme-related disaster management and emergency functions based on partnership protocols and standards
- Ensure technical programme field level programming contributes to national level advocacy strategies
- Support the technical programme officers and programme managers to have meaningful engagements with all partners across areas where the technical programme is implemented (especially districts) for realisation of technical programme objectives
- Assess and plan for Peace and Child Protection staff capacities/competencies
- Conduct timely training needs assessment among staff
- Facilitate capacity building of staff on Peace and Child Protection
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Child Development, Child Psychology, Child Protection and a master’s degree in a related field
- Training or certification in Portfolio and/or Programme Management with accredited institutions such as PMI or IPMA
- Ten years, minimum, of experience in peace and child protection or social services, protection with a thorough understanding of all areas of project management cycles in a complex, international development organisation
- Excellent project management skills and good understanding of the project life cycle
- Experience with development project management tools such as logframes, monitoring and evaluation tools and budgets
- Experience in supervision skills, including training, mentoring and supporting staff
- Legal experience on issues related to peace and child protection
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report-writing and formal communication skills
- Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office and Lotus Notes
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