Job Title: Senior Program Manager
Organization:
mothers2mothers (m2m)
mothers2mothers (m2m)
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
About m2m:
mothers2mothers (m2m) is an international
non-governmental organization based in Cape Town, SA, dedicated to providing
education and support to pregnant women and mothers living with HIV, and
preventing mother-to-child transmission. Since its inception, m2m has reached
more than one million mothers in seven countries. Founded in Cape Town in 2001,
m2m is a partner in the United Nations’ Global Plan towards the Elimination of
New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive.
non-governmental organization based in Cape Town, SA, dedicated to providing
education and support to pregnant women and mothers living with HIV, and
preventing mother-to-child transmission. Since its inception, m2m has reached
more than one million mothers in seven countries. Founded in Cape Town in 2001,
m2m is a partner in the United Nations’ Global Plan towards the Elimination of
New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive.
Job Summary: The Senior
Program Manager will oversee m2m’s direct implementation programming in Uganda,
including program planning, relevant staff management, training, and program
quality improvement.
Program Manager will oversee m2m’s direct implementation programming in Uganda,
including program planning, relevant staff management, training, and program
quality improvement.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Programme Planning, Implementation and
co-Ordination:
co-Ordination:
- Significantly contribute to strategic planning of
m2m operations in Uganda; - Steer the development and implementation of m2m’s
annual programme plan including goal-setting and work-planning for
programme improvement; - Assist the Country Coordinator and Country
Finance Manager with budget preparation in line with work plan; liaise
with Finance for payments, and monitor programme expenditures - Oversee all programme field operations and actively
oversee programme expansion and rationalization; - Manage the planning and delivery of all training
activities for m2m field staff (Site Coordinators, Mentor Mothers and
Community Mentor Mothers), as well as other linkage facilitators and
community structures m2m works with; - Act as the vision holder for m2m Uganda’s
programme management procedures and protocols, facilitating ongoing
refinements and utilization by m2m program staff – including QA/QI tools; - Act as project coordinator for select donor awards,
including budget management, programmatic reporting, and relationship
management with donors. - Programme review and improvement
- Actively facilitate regular team reviews that
focus on programme issues/concerns regarding implementation and operation,
proposed solutions and next steps; - Work in liaison with the M&E team to initiate
site service quality assessments and other programme quality improvement
processes to maintain high quality services in line with key performance
metrics; - Actively coordinate data use for program decision
making; analyze program data and modify program-activities accordingly.
2. Programme Resourcing and Performance Management:
- Manage Regional Managers, Training/Community
Liaison Coordinator and M&E Coordinator; provide support, supervision
and performance management to promote high quality service delivery; - Develop terms of reference/facilitate contracting
of consultants in accordance with the needs of the programme.
3. Programme Stakeholder Management:
- Ensure close working relationships with MoH
technical officers and partner organizations to ensure harmonized efforts
at regional and site level for all sites service delivery - Represent m2m at regional and national level in
collaboration with the Country Coordinator
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must possess a Master’s degree or
equivalent in public health or nursing sciences - A minimum of seven years’ experience in the field
of public health and/or NGO sector including at least three years of
consistent program management at senior level - RMNCH/PMTCT/HIV AIDS program management or
coordination experience at the regional or national level - Excellent organisational, communication and
management skills - Additional training and facilitation of adult
learning - Routine program monitoring and data utilization
for decision making - Excellent writing skills
- Demonstrated skills in planning, budgeting and
budget monitoring; able to ensure good stewardship of human, financial and
material resources - Sound financial and administration experience
- Highly pro-active and self-disciplined
- Dynamism, independence, creativity
- Fluency in English is essential
- Computer Literacy skills i.e. Microsoft packages
- Possession of own car and valid driver’s license
desirable
How to Apply:
All those excited about serving in this prestigious
NGO should send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) with a cover letter to
mothers2mothers via e-mail to: ugandarecruit@m2m.org
NGO should send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) with a cover letter to
mothers2mothers via e-mail to: ugandarecruit@m2m.org
NB: mothers2mothers follows a careful review process
for all applications. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Should you not receive a response to your application by 31st August
2014, please consider your application unsuccessful.
for all applications. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Should you not receive a response to your application by 31st August
2014, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Deadline: 18th July, 2014