Palladium,Deputy Team Leader Jobs in Uganda

Deadline of this Job:
23rd August, 2016

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Project Name: DFID-funded Northern Uganda: Transforming the Economy through
Climate Smart Agriculture (NU-TEC)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:
Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for
communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create
enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit
organisations. Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported
by four key pillars: International Development, Strategy Execution Consulting,
Impact Investment, Training and Events.

About DFID NU-TEC Program:

NU-TEC Market Development (MD) is a five year DFID-funded programme that aims
to increase the incomes and climate resilience of poor men and women in
northern Uganda by (a) stimulating sustainable, pro-poor growth in selected
agricultural markets and (b) improving the position of poor men and women
within these market systems, to make them more inclusive for poor people.
Palladium manages the programme on behalf of DFID.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• The
  Deputy Team Leader will be accountable for the successful design and
  implementation of M4P market development activities within the primary and
  interconnected markets that the project works in.
• Responsible
  for providing effective leadership and management of the market
  development group, which is expected to consist of 9 technical staff: 3
  Market Managers and 6 Intervention Managers.
• Accountable
  for ensuring strong linkages between the Market Managers and the
  Monitoring and Results Management (MRM) team of the programme to enable
  collection and analysis of data to support effective programme decision
  making.
• Accountable
  to represent the company and the project to the client and stakeholders as
  needed.
• Accountable
  for providing budgets, projections for results, implementation updates,
  and other information as needed to relevant field office and home office
  units to support effective implementation and reporting on project
  outcomes.

• The
  applicant should preferably hold a relevant masters’ degree in business,
  agriculture, economics or related field;
• A
  minimum of ten years’ experience in private sector
  agriculture/agribusiness development, with demonstrated experience in market
  development/making markets work for the poor (M4P);
• Five
  years’ experience in a mid- or senior management position in large donor
  funded international development projects, preferably DFID, in client
  facing roles with budget responsibility;
• Ability
  to identify viable commercial opportunities;
• Excellent
  report writing and oral presentation skills;
• Familiarity
  with results chains, intervention guides and other M4P tools;
• Previous
  exposure and experience working in post-conflict or fragile states.
• Previous
  experience of working in Uganda and/or Ugandan language skills is an
  advantage.
• Excellent
  leadership, representation and organizational skills;
• Strong
  management and people skills;
• Strong
  financial acumen and the ability to develop, interpret and analyze budgets
  and financial reports;
• Ability
  to operate in complex situations;
• Ability
  to foster successful partnership approaches and relationships among a
  variety of organizations/institutions;
• Excellent
  English language communication skills and ability to work collaboratively
  across technical disciplines;
• Ability
  to communicate effectively and negotiate persuasively with high level
  decision makers;
• Results
  oriented.