IRC Team Leader Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs

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IRC Team Leader Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

IRC Uganda looking for “Team Leader”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before May 01, 2024.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of Albert Einstein, and changing its name in 1942 after amalgamating with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee, the IRC provides emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster.

The IRC has published a job vacancy announcement on April 22, 2024 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Team Leader to be based in Kampala, Uganda.

IRC Job Vacancy 2024

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Provide strategic and administrative leadership and direction, define and implement activities to achieve the greatest impact toward goals and objectives.
Provide technical leadership/oversight and project delivery to ensure activities are in line with the performance framework and meet all standard operational policies and procedures.
Oversee development, review, and monitoring of yearly work plans, project strategy documents, implementation measures, knowledge management, and sustainability efforts to ensure long- and short-term impact goals are achieved.
Manage consortium partnerships and maintain collaborative partner relations, ensuring that all partners are aware of the project’s expectations and are actively involved in achieving the objectives while using the project management tools developed or adapted for the consortium.
Support the Deputy Team Leader in managing partners and providing financial and operations support that optimizes resources through sound budgets, consistent financial tracking, and timely submission of reports to the donor.
Report to EKN through both formal and informal debriefings, annual and semi-annual reports, ensuring timely submission of high-quality content.
Maintain active and cooperative relationships with all key stakeholders, including government officials, project partners, other implementing agencies, and related institutions.
Represent the project and the organization in national, regional, and international fora, including technical conferences and policy briefings, and share information about project achievements and lessons learned within the organization and wider development community.
Support project staff by creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes teamwork, trust, mutual respect, and empowers staff to take responsibility.

Position in Organization:

Requisition ID: req51483
Job Title: Team Leader, EKN Protecting SRHR in West Nile, Uganda
Sector: Program Administration
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Work Arrangement: In-person

Qualification:

Bachelor’s degree (preferably MBCHB, Nursing, Development studies or Social science) and a Master’s Degree in Public health or other relevant field. Equivalent experience may be substituted for graduate degree.
12 – 15 years’ experience in design and delivery of Public health or Social development programs; and experience managing international donor-funded development activities.
Minimum of 10 years of project management with previous experience as Team Leader, Chief of Party, Project Director, Deputy Team Leader, Deputy Chief of Party, of institutional donor funded programs.
Experience and ability to strengthen multisectoral approach and coordination; implementation experience of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights programming, Systems strengthening, Youth programming, inclusion of un-accessed & underserved population groups.
Proven experience in administrative and financial management for large projects and significant knowledge of compliance rules and regulations of European donors preferably EKN
Proven experience in developing and maintaining strong and effective partnerships.
Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other stakeholders.
Substantial experience managing diverse sub-grantees/sub-contractors, including INGO, NGO, local FBO and private sector actors.
Demonstrated innovation and success in staff capacity-building and in participatory, flexible, and gender-sensitive programming and implementation.
Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
Fluency in English required.