IPAS Program Manager Jobs

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IPAS Program Manager Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

IPAS Uganda looking for “Program Manager”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before March 03, 2024.

Ipas is a global non-profit organization that works around the world to eliminate deaths and injuries from unsafe abortion and increase women’s ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights. Ipas’s work is grounded in the belief that women everywhere must have the opportunity to determine their futures, care for their families and manage their fertility.

The IPAS has published a job vacancy announcement on February 20, 2024 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Program Manager to be based in Kampala, Uganda.

Recruiter	IPAS
Position	Program Manager
Location	Kampala, Uganda
Country	Uganda
Total Vacant Post	N/A
Qualification	University Degree
Experience Required	Minimum Seven years
Application Deadline	March 03, 2024

IPAS Job Vacancy 2024

Primary Responsibilities

Under technical oversight and guidance from the Ipas Africa Alliance Director and working closely with the regional policy team, the PM will have the following tasks and deliverables:

Contributes to new program design, ensuring alignment with Ipas mission, values, and strategic plan.
Responsible for managing the execution of programmatic work, ensuring high-quality project implementation.
Responsible for spending per annual operational plan (minimizing surpluses or deficits)
Oversees programmatic, budget, and contractual compliance, including donor reporting.
Monitors award compliance for all donor agreements, including sub-awards.
Develops award workplans and conduct routine program analyses, including regular review and use of monitoring data and organizational quality standard indicators to track progress against key indicators using performance metrics, and engage project team to adjust plans as needed.
Develops award budgets and track spending, engaging the project team(s) to adjust plans accordingly.
Offers strategic and technical recommendations and ensure all programmatic issues are addressed in an effective and timely manner, including soliciting guidance from the Alliance office.
Adapts and implements organization-wide initiatives, systems, and policies.
Supports the Director in representations with government officials at national level meetings.
Interacts with key members of the team to share progress of work, resolve problems, and find alternate workable strategies.
Ensures effective communication and routine collaboration between the Alliance office and the project office, keeping other staff members aware of relevant issues; keeping them informed of significant developments and issues, and engaging them to help problem solve as needed.
Leads the implementation of policy aspects of Ipas projects in Uganda.
Build, maintain and institutionalize relationships with CSO actors & Coalitions. Strengthen the presence and visibility of Ipas’s work with CSO actors and Coalitions.
Monitor and assess the opposition actors to sexual and reproductive health and rights as well as the rights of marginalized and underserved communities in Uganda. Highlight ways in which CSO actors can mitigate opposition to SRHR and related rights, to inform Ipas staff, partners, media, and donors about upcoming risks and their mitigation.
Other tasks as assigned by the Alliance Director.

Position in Organization:

Full time
Posted Today
job requisition id: R817
Location: Uganda, Kampala

Qualification:

Bachelor’s and Advanced degree in human rights and/or public policy and related fields
7-10 years’ experience in the following:
Program planning and management
Human rights and/or public policy
Opposition research experience and/or
Recognized subject matter expert in focal area(s) related to SRHR and rights of the marginalized and underserved communities.
Demonstrated experience and skill in strengthening the capacities of others to develop and implement research projects and produce high quality research papers and policy briefs.
Designing, implementing, and evaluating research projects
Robust written and oral communication skills
Previous supervisory experience of full-time staff members required Strong networking and stakeholder management skills.
Demonstrated ability to work in multi-cultural environment.
Demonstrated strengths in strategic planning and programs management, including good team working, strong interpersonal and supervision skills budgeting and negotiation skills
Excellent understanding of the Reproductive Health sector, health care system, and prevalent health policies in Uganda
Ability to be flexible and adapt to changes in strategy.
Ability to travel at least 25%