About US:

Action Against Hunger-ACF, worldwide is recognized as a leader in the fight against malnutrition, with a purpose to save the lives of undernourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. ACF implements innovative and life-saving programs in the sectors of Nutrition, Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL), and Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene (WASH) through capacity building projects in collaboration with government structures. Over the past 30 years of ACF has been delivering robust operations in Uganda and has gained significant knowledge and expertise using a multi-sectoral approach to design and implement program intervention based on the context, geared towards long-term solutions to hunger both in refugee and Host communities. Since 2013, the organization has been worked in the refugee settlements of Northern and Western Uganda providing emergency response as well as long-term development interventions.

Job Summary:  Action Against Hunger is seeking a highly skilled Chief of Party (COP) for an upcoming five-year USAID-funded Urban Health Activity in Uganda. This critical role focuses on addressing key urban health challenges such as poor quality of care, overburdened health facilities, uncoordinated referral systems, weak community structures, and insufficient private sector capacity. These issues collectively contribute to suboptimal health outcomes in the urban areas of  Kampala, Mukono, and Wakiso. The Chief of Party will be based in  Kampala, Uganda, with required travel to other project sites.

Purpose: The COP will lead the project, providing strategic vision and robust management to improve health systems and enhance community health services. This role involves overseeing the project’s implementation, ensuring results are delivered on time and on budget, adherence to USAID guidelines, and fostering partnerships with local government bodies, NGOs, community leaders, and private sector stakeholders.

Engagement: The COP will be the primary contact for the donor as well as public, private and non-governmental actors to maintain and grow productive collaborations. The role demands proactive leadership in coordinating activities among diverse groups and integrating priorities across different health initiatives.

Delivery: The COP will ensure the delivery of an efficient and effective implementation applying sound managerial and financial procedures and adhering to, and in compliance with USAID policies, rules, and regulations.

Requirements

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead all aspects of project implementation, including sharing how the project contributes to thought leadership of the industry. Serve as the primary point of contact to the funding agency as well as public, private and non-government stakeholders.
• Ensure that the project meets stated goals, outcomes, benchmarks, and reporting requirements, identifying and responding to issues and risks in a timely manner.
• Lead coordination among USAID and key stakeholders, including partners, government stakeholders, civil society, and other USAID projects.
• Manage and coordinate the implementation of activities including oversight of sub-recipients, as well as monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities.
• Oversee project administration, schedules, and finances, including the development of approved annual workplans and Activity budgets.
• Provides overall financial oversight of the budget over the life of the Activity.
• Represents the Activity at regional, national, and international conferences, working groups, and meetings to support USAID and Action Against Hunger’s thought leadership.
• Mentor and manage staff in a respectful and transparent manner, working with staff, partners, volunteers, and community members to build their capacity.
• Lead strategic planning, including the development of annual and quarterly work plans to meet the objectives of the urban health project.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• The COP is expected to oversee project staff, including, but not limited to all required key personnel.

Fiscal Responsibility

• Maintain fiscal oversight of the project’s budget, ensuring all financial operations are transparent and in line with both donor and Action Against Hunger’s policies.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a master’s degree in development studies, international relations, agriculture, nutrition, public health, business administration, or a related field and a minimum of seven years of increasing management responsibility in international development projects; or an undergraduate degree in a related field and 10 years of increasing management responsibility in international development projects.
• Must have proven leadership skills managing projects of a similar size and scope in developing countries facing complex, volatile, and uncertain contexts.
• Demonstrated prior experience effectively managing USAID development or resilience activities involving Title II commodities and implementation by multiple sub-awardees.
• Demonstrated experience in managing program implementation, financial reporting, programmatic reporting procedures and systems, and staff.
• Demonstrates experience in recruiting and developing program staff, and should have prior experience working in Uganda.
• The candidate should be familiar with the Uganda’s social, political, economic, and cultural landscape, and have demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in adaptive management and learning techniques.
• The candidate should have proven success serving in a leadership role for a project addressing issues related to food security, nutrition, resilience, agriculture, natural resource management, livelihoods, or similar, preferably in Uganda.
• The candidate must have at least five years of field experience.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Experience with USAID and U.S. Government regulations is required.