Uganda: Technical Services Director, Ugandan Nationals

Position: Technical Services Director Report to: Senior Programs Director Location: Kampala Uganda PURPOSE OF THE POSITION To provide technical direction and orientation WVU’s programmatic interventions and coordinate the timely and appropriate provision of essential technical assistance in accordance with established standards and norms for program quality. DESCRIPTION OF MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Leadership and support • Provide effective leadership to the technical services team to support quality delivery through development of guidelines and tools, coaching, mentoring and developing capacity of the team to deliver on their goals. • Direct the successful development and implementation of technically feasible approaches and programs in WVU ministry • Ensure Program Effectiveness and Insights. In collaborating with other departments and external experts on the development of research initiatives, designed to assess the impact of WVU’s various Technical Programs and other interventions • Represent WVU technical team in partnership networks and other engagements Capacity Building • Build and strengthen technical capacity of WVU field teams to implement strategy aligned technical programmes • Support the consolidation of a learning culture within WVU- based upon WVU learnings, best practices and industry standards to enable program staff to continually adapt and remain relevant in to changing development field. Programme quality and effectiveness • Direct the successful development and roll out of implementation strategies and operational guidelines in response to WVU sector; program priorities; and child well-being aspirations • Ensure quality, focus, strategy alignment and feasibility in the development, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all WVU’s program interventions in alignment with the organisations guidelines, policies, procedures and other accepted norms and standards; • Ensure WVU programme interventions align with and contribute to achievement of the NO strategy. • Ensure that all projects and programs have functioning Monitoring and reporting systems and processes in place and the NO M&E system is functioning and yields information required to meet all stakeholder needs • Support operational research and documentation of WV programme experiences, successes, lessons learned with a view of continual building on these to improve programme quality Engagements and networks • Ensure the NO engages effectively with relevant Government Departments, Regional technical/sector representatives and Support Offices on technical guidance in programming • Leverage WVU expertise and experiences in development work to build networks and position WVU as a thought leader in the development arena Resource acquisition • Ensure that other grant funded interventions are effectively supported , in terms of receiving timely and appropriate technical assistance and program orientation needed to meet or exceed donor performance and compliance expectations; • Ensure that Operations team and other staff receive the technical support they require to successfully meet established yearly resource acquisition targets • Ensure there is good working relationships and technical support coordination with Resource Development team in developing concepts & proposals; Other duties as assigned • Participate in regional and partnership initiatives as required • Attend and participate in the Senior Leadership Team meetings. • Attend, participate and/or lead in morning devotions and weekly chapel services • Perform other duties as assigned. Education and experience required • The holder of this position must have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in social sciences, statistics, development or related field from a recognized University. An advanced degree is preferred; • They must have a minimum of 8 years’ experience with regards to the designing, planning, implementation, supervising and reporting on integrated development, relief and/or advocacy projects at middle management or senior level; • They must have both an extensive conceptual understanding of and demonstrated practical command for implementing program design, management and evaluation principals: • The holder of this position must be a results orientated leader who can handle a heavy work load as well as manage and satisfy multiple and at times conflicting organizational, donor and other stakeholder demands. • He /she must also excel and be able to support others at public relations and be a strong team player. Working Environment / Conditions: • Work environment: This position requires regular travel between the National Office and field-based offices and programming areas. • Travel: International travel may also be required. • Occasional non-standard work hours due to the nature of the work, high distances/travel and potential security occurrences – may be asked outside of normal office hours. • On call: after working hours in cases of emergency or high- level visitor delegation

Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to apply

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Due to the large volume of applications we anticipate to receive; only short listed candidates shall be contacted for interviews through e-mail within a month after the deadline.