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Programme Coordinator job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 04 April 2024
Hiring Organization: Restless Development
Job Details:
About the Role
We are looking for a values-driven, confident leader who shares our passion for youth and positive youth development. The Coordinator will have strong management skills - balancing coordination and operational delivery with a strategic focus.
The program coordinator will lead the overall efficient implementation of both projects in Uganda, ensuring objectives are met, budget is spent appropriately and results are achieved. She/he will also engage with staff in other programme countries to guarantee delivery coherence, cross-learning, and collaborative advocacy.
Based in Uganda , she/he will be responsible for day to day implementation and reporting for both projects. She/he will be responsible for tracking of the implementation plan to ensure relevant outputs and outcomes are met. S/he will lead and coordinate with other technical team members where support is required. She/he will also be responsible for risk management and mitigation.
Key Responsibilities
Programme Delivery:
• Take responsibility for effective preparation, implementation, and monitoring of the Youth Action Lab, and the Youth Voices Lab projects in Uganda.
• Coordinate the context and problem analysis through processing existing internal and external strategies and reports to strengthen the context and problem analysis.
• Set up a Youth Advisory Board (YAB) to co-design and implement the inclusive funding mechanism.
• Coordinate the identification of youth-led initiatives and ensure grantees are selected and supported through inclusive, participatory and accessible processes.
• Coordinate the implementation of youth-led research and reporting to capture the experiences, challenges and best practices of youth-led initiatives.
• Lead quality and timely reporting processes on performance, progress against strategic ambition, and learning.
• Lead the sharing of programme learning across Restless Development, the youth collective, and contribute to the agency’s learning and growth agenda.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks.
• Coordinate and facilitate regular programme learning and adaptation platforms.
• Lead program risk analysis, mitigation and response throughout the project's implementation.
Partnership and Collaboration:
• Develop partnerships and facilitate links to expertise for grantees’ capacity strengthening needs.
• Work with grantees to facilitate annual linking and learning events and convene exchanges between African and European youth.
• Facilitate youth hackathon sessions (virtual innovation incubators) to foster intercontinental collaboration and creation of joint solutions.
• Collaborate with the communication team to increase the visibility of program outcomes.
• Ensure that key stakeholders at the district and National level have a clear understanding of the AU-EU projects and other Restless Development programs.
Financial Management and Compliance:
Work closely with the Programme Manager and Finance unit to:
• Provide support for operational and financial aspects of the projects.
• Track the project budget and develop monthly and quarterly financial reports
• Ensure that financial management is undertaken according to Restless Development policy and procedures.
• Lead on generation of regular updates and reports as required
• Ensure timely disbursement of funds to the local partners/grantees that are partnering with Restless Development in implementation of the project.
• Lead in reviewing periodic financial reports to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Lead in ensuring compliance with key donor requirements and standards, including risk management and reporting.
Other Responsibilities:
• Be prepared for occasional weekend or holiday work, with compensatory time off.
• Undertake any other duties as required by the programme manager or project needs.
Application procedure
Interested and qualified? Click here to apply
Date Posted: 2024-03-23
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