Job Title: Associate Area Coordinator
Employer: Evidence Action
Duty Station: Mbale, Uganda
Application Deadline: 4th July 2014
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support the Area Coordinator in building
and managing the Dispensers for Safe
Water program in Eastern Uganda;
• Oversee a team of Field Officers to ensure
thousands of dispenser installations across Eastern Uganda annually;
• Take lead of a team of Field Officers in
delivering high quality community sensitization and education meetings, community leader meetings and local government meetings;
• Technically support field team to develop
efficient and cost-effective weekly work plans for the dispenser implementation
roll out;
• Steer teams to implement dispenser
activities through teamwork, training, coaching and mentorship;
• Responsible for the coordination of various
team activities and promote team ownership;
• Effective supervision of the field teams to
ensure high quality deliverables for activities;
• Recruit high caliber field staff, with
consultation of the Area Coordinator, through a competitive, fair and
transparent process;
• Oversee the dispenser program in his/her
designated area following the laid down financial procedures and in a cost
effective manner;
• Conduct staff performance reviews with the
consultation of the Area Coordinator and Program Manager;
• Perform any other duties and
responsibilities as assigned by the Area Coordinator and Program Manager.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant should hold a degree in
Management, community work, project
management or equivalent from a recognized institution;
• A minimum of two years’ significant
operations and management experience with a non-governmental organization as
well as demonstrated experience working in the field;
• Excellent written and spoken English
required; Eastern languages desirable
• High level of financial integrity and
stewardship;
• Demonstrated experience developing work
plans and budgets to execute field activities;
• Excellent organization and coordination
skills;
• Good people management and leadership skills and demonstrated
experience in leading large field teams;
• Embraces team work and aspires and supports
the ideals of working in a team work environment as a team champion;
• Passion to work in a rural community setting
in Eastern Uganda;
• Past experience with social work and social
administration;
• Flexible mindset and willingness to take
challenging assignments not within the scope of this position;
• High personal self-drive and highly
motivated to deliver results within tight deadlines;
• Possess the ability to communicate
effectively within the organization and externally with the rural communities
and local leaders;
• Excellent computer skills/data management
skills and comfort to advance the skills in a dynamic IT field;
• Proactive and ambitious to support
innovation and change in a dynamic working environment;
• Carry a positive attitude to work and to
develop in a fast paced work environment.
How to Apply:
The complete applications can be submitted via email to:
jobs.ug@evidenceaction.org with the subject line “Associate Area Coordinator”
Please attach the following documents: Cover letter explaining interest in the
position and fit for the role CV/Resume, Salary Expectations. Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted by email for an interview. More information on the
Dispenser for Safe Water Program can be found at:
http://poverty-action.org/safewater and at http://evidenceaction.org/
