World Vision (wv) recruits 01 Technical Program Manager

Job Description

Technical Program Manager – Education

13029-17N07053

Africa

Kampala

Education & Life Skills

Fixed term, Full-time

16-Aug-19

International Role – No – Only National applicants will be considered.

2+ Years

Back ground

World Vision Uganda is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 82 districts in Uganda implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & community resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with the beneficiaries above. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for qualified and passionate individuals willing to share in our vision and join our team in the position below.

Position: Technical Program Manager-Education

Report to: Operations Director

Location: Kampala – National Office

Purpose of the position:

As a technical program manager in WVU, you will be responsible for operationalization of the technical program priorities. Provide overall leadership, oversight and management support for all aspects of education technical programming in operations divisions. Ensure technical program implementation is managed effectively and contribute to child well-being outcomes in line with national office strategic priorities and meets community and donor accountability in line with world vision’s policies and standards.

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.

Technical Programme Implementation Management

-Provide strong and positive leadership to the field education technical program (TP) officers ensuring competent and motivated staff are hired and retained.

-Support professional and personal development of education technical staff through on-the-job coaching, identification of learning and training needs and opportunities.

-Ensure that education 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 program managers and cluster managers to monitor operations budgets, funding, expenditures and execution.

-Ensure education technical program and all related projects achieve child well-being outcomes in line with the organization’s ministry framework and development approach, and national office (NO) strategic priorities and programme designs.

-Develop and implement strategies for intentional and mutual learning among technical program staff between projects and between other regions.

-Provide oversight of the technical program operational risk management, including ensuring timely responsiveness to issues that might compromise the effective implementation of the technical program.

-Contribute to the effective TP related disaster management and emergency functions, based on partnership protocols and standards.

-Ensure that technical program field level programming contributes to national level advocacy strategies.

-Supports the TPOs and program managers to have meaningful engagements with al partners across areas where the TP is implemented (especially districts) for realization of TP objectives.

-Ensure children’s sponsorship standards are adhered to in implementation of the education projects

Technical Program Planning

-In collaboration with regional program managers significantly contribute to the development of technical program detailed implementation plan (DIPs) and key priorities of WV operations (short, medium and long)

-Develop a business plan for education TP in alignment with strategy and plans of other departments.

-Takes the needs of registered children into consideration in the design and plans of technical plans

-Support the regional program managers to develop budget for TP; provides rough budget estimates for each “Technical Project” implemented in each AP; estimate national-level activity and operation budget; make plan for funding portfolio and coordinate with area plan to negotiate with SOs/donors

Technical programs Grants Implementation Support

-Support the associate director grants in education technical programs related grants start up and implementation

-Work with cluster/AP education teams to provide support of education grants and ensure the implementation is done in an integrated manner.

-Actively participate in grants reporting as well as reflection and ensures that projects are responding to the emerging issues in timely manner.

Accountability and Quality Assurance for Model Implementation

-In close collaboration with regional program managers, ensure provision of good quality services to technical program implementation (Model fidelity) and in turn follow partnership standards, policies and protocols, including all relevant sections of LEAP 3 implementation guidance.

-Support adequate quality assurance processes to ensure that programs meet defined program quality standards including indicator performance.

-Ensure that findings and recommendations from various accountability mechanisms such as reflection, operational and finance audits, technical program evaluations, technical program reviews, are acted upon in a timely and effective manner.

-Supports regional program managers to adapt technical programmes for implementation at the local level

Technical Program Reporting

-Responsible for education technical program baseline, indicator tracking table (ITT) and activity monitoring, semi-annual and annual reports and evaluation of technical program.

-Ensures results of technical programme is measured by outcome/output indicator achievements

-Leads the semi-annual and annual technical program reporting and ensures child wellbeing impact is adequately captured and presented in a manner that is supported by quality evidence and scale.

-Supports the area plans related annual reporting on education technical projects and ensures that it conforms to support offices fiduciary requirements as well as donor promise.

-Perform other duties as required

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

-Master’s degree in Education , Management or other field applicable to developing country context

-Post Graduate Qualification in Project Planning management is preferred

-Minimum of 5 years managerial experience in Portfolio and Program Management with a thorough understanding of all areas of project management cycles in a complex, international development organization.

-Training or certification in Portfolio and/or Programme Management with accredited institutions such as PMI, or IPMA.

-Ability to engage at a strategic level

-Good report writing skills is a prerequisite

-Strong budgetary and financial management skills.

-Good interpersonal, organizational and time management skills.

-Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources.

-Able to work on a cross-cultural environment with a multi-national staff.

-Ability to solve complex problems and to exercise independent judgment.

-Computer literate in Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes or similar database, email and internet programs.

-Ability to travel within country, regional and internationally.