Diakonia / People Performance Group Programme Officer Job Vacancy in Uganda

Our clients Diakonia
are a Swedish development organization working together with local partners for
a sustainable change for the most vulnerable people of the world. In Uganda,
Diakonia works mainly in the north eastern Karamoja region, focusing on
improving the living standards of the most vulnerable people. Diakonia has also
strategic relations with civil society organizations in the capital Kampala,
and in other parts of the north of Uganda

Job
Title: Programme Officer

Responsible
to: Country
Representative

Location: Uganda programme, based in the field-
Karamoja or Acholiland

Overall
purpose of the job:

To facilitate the
technical development of the capacities of Diakonia partners who are based in
Karamoja and or/ Northern Uganda. Field based support to partner organizations,
in monitoring and evaluation and other organizational development issues

Key
Responsibilities:

Make and ensure the implementation
of programme activity plans
Make reports to the Senior
Programme Officer on monthly, half annual and annual basis and make
appropriate recommendations on the programme’s progress and further
development.
Provide and/or coordinate
technical support in Diakonia’s thematic areas, on a general level, to
partner organizations, but more specifically towards the enhancement of
their planning, documentation, monitoring and evaluation skills and
practices.
Conduct regular monitoring and
occasional evaluations of partner organizations
Assess proposals, work plans, and
reports from partner organizations and recommend action
Co-ordinate partner consultation
meetings for the purpose of information sharing and learning;
Make terms of reference for
consultants and other capacity building provideis-and liaise with
consultants and manage the quality of their work, in consultation with
other program staff.
Perform general administration and
financial procedures of the programme, key of which will be ensuring that
the program handling system is constantly updated
Liaise with Finance and
Administration staff in regard to programme budgets and expenses
Co-operate with like-minded
organisations and stakeholders and participate in field based coordination
meetings
Perform all other tasks in
relation to the project as delegated by the Country Representative and
Senior Programme Officer.

Requirement:

Basic
Qualifications, Training and Experience

A bachelor’s degree in the
Humanities, Education, Development Studies or any other relevant field.
Additional training in Project
Planning and Management, rights based programming, monitoring and
evaluation, communication and organizational development are key
requisites for the job.
A minimum of three years program
management experience in a busy multicultural Non Governmental human
rights organization.
Experience working with rights
based and conflict sensitive programming and providing technical support
to local NGOs in programme/project management is necessary.

How to apply:

Contact:

To apply, please send your CV,
cover letter, with 3 work-related referees, and copies of certificates/
testimonials, to the address or e-mail below. All applications shall be
clearly marked: ‘DIAKONIA- Programme Officerr’.
No e-mails must exceed 2MB.

Closing
date is 5 PM on Friday 30th December 2011.

While we thank all
applicants for your interest, only those selected for interviews will be
contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification

People
Performance Group

Plot
8 Kitante Close, Kitante

P.O.
Box 124^5, Kampala – Uganda

Attn.:
The Director

E-mail:
application@ppg.co.ug

Web:
www.ppg.co.ug