JOB DETAILS:

Department/Group: Implementation
Reporting To: Senior Regional Manager
Years of Experience 8+ years
Travel Required: 75%

Job description
About Raising The Village
We are Raising The Village (RTV) – an international development organization and a registered charity – on a mission to end ultra-poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Raising The Village is a fast-growing organization on an accelerated growth path. We have 200+ national staff in Uganda and a team of 8 people in North America working together to lift communities out of ultra-poverty in last-mile villages. We operate at the intersection of direct implementation and advanced data analytics to inform progress, decision-making, and impact.
To date, we have supported more than 1,000,000 people through our innovative holistic approach and are on track to expand to reaching one million people annually in the region by 2027. We have achieved this tremendous growth with the support of our incredible partners from all around the globe who believe in our model and impact. Find out more about our programs and impact at: www.raisingthevillage.org.

Key Role and Responsibilities:
The Regional Manager is responsible for the successful execution of programmatic implementation in Uganda. As a part of the Leadership team, the Regional Manager is responsible for contributing to the strategic direction and tactical implementation of the organization’s programmatic reach in the country.

Program Management
Program Lifecycle:
● Overall management and oversight of the districts within the region to ensure program implementation quality, with adherence to timelines and budgets across all strategic implementations.
● Regional owner of program design, implementation, and evaluation phases

● Ensure the timely and effective execution of the project lifecycle and serve as escalation support with a focus on risk mitigation, conflict resolution, and program solutions

● Serve as the senior government liaison with district and local government point of contact when required
● Support resource planning and staff allocations as needed to meet implementation targets and workloads, along with facilities and equipment
Process Improvement
● Identification of opportunities of program improvement, and methodology enhancements
● Implementation and change management of reporting, and operational tools and templates

Staff Training and Development:
Team Building
● Practical on-ground training and development of program staff in Skill Practices
● 1-on-1 mentorship of District Heads and skills development planning

● In-field skills training capacity building, best practice adoption, and program staff development
● Conduct team management training and development RTV Methodology
● Development and review of RTV methodology training manuals and guides
● Champion for new initiative development and integration.

Other
● In-country partnerships support site visits, meetings, and representation of senior RTV leadership
● Contributor to Strategic Plan in growth and expansion and the development and implementation of organizational pivots and initiatives

Key Deliverables for the next 6 months:
● Successful launch and implementation of clusters in the respective districts within the region.
● Setup and scale-up of new districts and district team
● Successful execution of Ready-To-Eat and VSLA Initiatives
● Ensuring timely submission of quality reports by the team
● Identification of issues and risks in the region and making the necessary escalation in a timely manner

Qualifications
● 8-10 years of practical and progressive management within non-governmental or international development organizations, with experience in scaling organizations an asset
● Minimum of a BA, MA preferred in a development, business management, or related field.
● Formal training or equivalent experience in financial management and project management would be considered an asset.

Raising The Village is committed to Equity and Inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.