NGO JOBS

Economic Rights Program Lead
Uganda
Permanent

To lead the Economic Rights Pillar of the OXFAM in Uganda Joint Country Analysis and Strategy (JCAS), and lead and manage OXFAM GB's implementation within that pillar. This will involvea) Coordinating with sectoral leads of two other Oxfam Affiliates in Uganda (NOVIB and Ireland) to provide a technical lead and promote programme quality across all three affiliates work;b) Leading and managing OXFAM OGB (OGB) livelihoods programmes in line with the Economic Rights Pillar of JCAS,c) Line manage two area-based Programme Managers and Land Campaigns Lead (overview management of about 20 staff),Ensuring close coordination between livelihoods, humanitarian and advocacy interventions.

The role
The Economic Rights Programme Lead is responsible for:
• Thought & strategic leadership in the areas of economics rights in Uganda. This will involve coordinating the Economic Rights Pillar of the Country Operating Model (COM). • Operational management, development and reporting of all Oxfam Livelihoods Programmes in Uganda, against agreed plans, and through them for achievement of objectives agreed in the JCAS.• Contributing to strategic decision making within the Oxfam Uganda structure.• Directly line managing two Programme Managers and the Land Team Lead, in a manner that creates and maintains a joined up programme that is consistently learning and improving. This will involve working effectively with other functions (finance, fundraising, logistics and HR) will be core the success of the programme.• Ensuring that 'poor women's rights' are put at the forefront of the programme and that gender, resilience and HIV/AIDS are successfully mainstreamed across the programme.• Ensuring that the programme takes a 'one programme approach', drawing on development, humanitarian, and campaigning/advocacy approaches to achieve agreed objectives, and recognising Oxfam's triple mandate.• Ensure adherence to Oxfam's Programme Standards in JCAS implementation.• Ensuring that the country programme successfully leverages the capacities and strengths of Oxfam as a global organisation and a national and local NGO to deliver transformational change for poor women and men in Uganda.• Ensuring that the programme maintains effective and productive partnerships, alliances and collaborations, that work together to achieve the objectives of the JCAS.• Maintaining an up-to-date understanding of the context in Uganda, and the emerging trends that might impact on the programme or be opportunities for achieving programme impact.• Working with the Funding Coordinator, Oxfam International Programme Quality and Learning Officer, and Programme Teams to encourage an awareness of donor requirements, and a need to effectively monitor, document, and communicate programme and project success and achievements to donors and other stakeholders.

Skills and core Competence
• A good understanding of socio-economic empowerment and transformation programs and extensive knowledge of community empowerment, peace building, recovery, livelihoods, advocacy and, and rights issues• A track record of leading at a strategic level pro-gender and pro-poor livelihoods programming, with particular emphasis on private sector engagement and market-oriented livelihoods.• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex data, to think strategically, and design programmes aiming at change at the outcome and impact levels.• A minimum of ten years of successful programme and project development and management in gender focused and pro poor livelihoods promotion. • Demonstrated ability to line manage senior staff, including remotely, in order to ensure a common purpose, accountability and achievement of agreed projects to scope, time, budget and quality.• Good inter-personal skills, with ability to lead organisational teams and cross-function and cross-organisational teams, and to work as a team member. • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with partners to deliver projects to time, budget, scope and quality.• A Post Graduate Degree in a relevant discipline /or equivalent experience• Excellent public and human relations skills; good sense of judgment and high level of discretion and diplomacy. • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications is required• Demonstrated competency in qualitative and quantitative information collection, processing, management and analysis; and report preparation and presentation