JOB DETAILS:

Job Summary

Responsible for AFARD’s SIYEP component of skilling delivering on time within budget and scope and ensuring effective coordination and collaboration among SIYEP consortium partners.

Roles    & Responsibilities

Program Leadership and Management

• Lead annual and quarterly planning, implementation, monitoring and learning with strict adherence to the program goal, outcomes, outputs, and timelines.
• Manage human resource and assets of the program.
• Monitor and evaluate progress, identifying lessons and areas for improvement.
• Ensures gender and safeguarding and disability inclusion are mainstreamed in the program activities.

Consortium Coordination and collaboration

• Participate in regular consortium reflection events to review progress, share knowledge and decision-making.
• Manage and resolve conflicts and challenges that may arise during implementation.
• Ensure project communications are timely, relevant, and accurate, including regular status updates, managers’ weekly catch-up and monthly meetings.

Budget and Financial Management

• Oversee the budget and expenditures, ensuring effective financial management and compliance with the funding requirements.
• Work closely with the Accountant to review financial reports and make budget adjustments as needed.
• Support the finance team during internal and external audits.

Documentation, Reporting and Learning

• Prepare regular progress reports, including narrative and financial reports.
• Ensure accurate and timely documentation of program activities, achievements versus targets, challenges and mitigation measures, lessons learned, and best practices.

Risk Management

• Identify potential risks to the successful implementation of the program and develop risk mitigation plan.
• Ensure effective and functional monitoring, quality control and feedback mechanisms are in place and used to support continual improvements of project implementation.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders including private sector, TVETs, government departments and development partners.
• Represent the program at relevant meetings, events, and fora, advocating for the goals and objectives of the program.

Person specifications:

• Masters degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Education, Vocational/Technical Education, Agriculture, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Youth Development, management studies.
• Additional training in project planning, gender, disability inclusion, safeguarding, and financial management will be an added advantage.
• At least 3 years of experience in the design, delivery and quality assurance of youth skilling, entrepreneurship/business development programming in Uganda.
• Knowledge of current best practices in entrepreneurial skilling and workforce development for vulnerable and at-risk youth.
• Demonstrated experience in working with government MDAs, TVETs, private sector, local artisans and other humanitarian and development organizations.
• Knowledge of relevant approaches for strengthening learning environments at the community.
• Demonstrated experience in developing operational tool (curricula, policies, guidelines) and documenting lessons learned.
• Familiarity with work in refugee-host community settings is an added advantage.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills (in English), including the ability to work effectively with diverse groups of youth.
• Familiarity with participatory and youth-centered methodologies.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and partners.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Experience working in refugee-host community settings.
• Exceptional skills in report writing and tracking results
• Exceptional interpersonal, teamwork and networking skills
• Willingness to travel to remote districts as and when required.