Uganda

YOUR PROFILE : • You hold a Master Degree in Inclusive Education, Special Needs Education or Education sciences if relevant experience working with children with disabilities or an Allied Master Degree (OT, Psychology, Child development…) if relevant Education Experiences • You have 5 years’ experience in education in low income countries: project design and management, policy/strategy guidance… • You have previous experience in non-governmental organisation with particular focus on Education in Emergencies and experience working with persons with disabilities • You demonstrate ability to articulate technical input and communicate with impact • Strong capacity building, competencies transfer and coaching skills • English fluency both written and oral • Excellent team worker and particularly strong interpersonal and communication skills CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION: Arua is considered a relatively safe city, but with few options for entertainment, sports and health facilities. Arua is Level 1 security but basic safety precautions must be taken by individuals particularly at night. HI has a field office in the town and a guest house in the suburbs of Arua. A sub-base in one of the refugee settlements – Omugo – has recently opened where field staff is located. An expat can drive an HI vehicle provided they have valid driving licence and have resided in the country for a period of 2 months. Arua is 1 hour by flight from Entebbe or 8 hours by vehicle from Kampala. HI’s head office is currently located in Kampala city. CONDITIONS: • Starting date : January 2019 • Length of the contract: 12 months Employee: - Salary from 2031 € gross/month regarding the experience of the candidate - Perdiem : 450€ net/month - Hardship allowance : 250€ net/month - Insurances : medical hearth coverage, retirement planning, repatriation - Paid holiday : 25 days per year - R&R : Level 2 : 5 days every 3 months - Status : single position • Housing : Collective taken in charge by Handicap International

Place: UGANDA (Arua) Length: 12 months Starting date: January 2019 Closing date for applications: 5/12/2018 Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity. Handicap International is changing his name and becomes « Humanity & Inclusion ». HI, Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. HI has offices in more than 55 countries; for further information about the association: www.hi.org. JOB CONTEXT: Uganda currently faces one of the fastest-growing refugee crises in the world. As of October 31st 2018, and following up the complete verification exercise, there were a total of 1,154,352 refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda from 13 countries hosted in nine districts located mainly in the northern, southern, and southwestern regions of the country. In October 2017, HI launched its new programme directed at the refugee response in Arua District, West Nile region. HI is currently implementing psychosocial support services, community-based rehabilitation, protection of persons with specific needs, and disability inclusion. The Inclusive Education Project to be launched in January is targeting the West Nile refugee settlements areas in the districts of Arua, Yume and Moyo. Those 3 districts welcome 492,841 refugees (42.6% of the total refugees in Uganda). The project will support mainstream education actors, namely Save the Children, Finn Church Aid, Norwegian Refugee Council and Plan International to improve inclusion of children with disabilities within their Education Response in line with the Education Response Plan. The intervention covers the provision of specific services to children with disabilities (Comprehensive Rehabilitation, medical support) and the implementation of a set of activities to improve school stakeholders’ capacities to better include children with disabilities through training and provision of specific supports. YOUR MISSION: Under the management of the Field Coordinator, the main objective of the Inclusive Education Technical Advisor is to provide appropriate technical support to the project team and partners to improve inclusion of children with disabilities in Education services. To reach this objective, his/her main responsibilities are: - Support the set-up of the project: design and inception - Ensure the quality implementation of the project strategic approaches - Ensure proper technical support to partner organisation - Provide relevant support to Education Response Coordination platforms - Reporting, Monitoring and Representation He/she also has a strong role to play in the education coordination structures: 1) In supporting partners to build their capacities and develop strategies to better include children with disabilities ensuring multiplicative effects and stronger sustainable results; (a strong focus on building inclusive services within mainstream organisations) 2) In supporting national Education coordination structures to develop strategies, policies, tools and guidelines promoting and facilitating inclusion of children with disabilities in the Education System. The Inclusive Education Project is a one year project with opportunity to be pursued for two additional years. HI capacity to produce impact is central in this regard. The Inclusive Education Technical Advisor will ensure HI capacities to develop effectively, with the Project Manager, teams’ capacities, to assess opportunities, gaps and challenges and propose strong technically sound solutions and strategies responding to the needs.

Master with relevant professional experience

International expert in institutional development  (m/f) – Kampala, Uganda

Teacher training education project

 

 

 

Enabel is the Belgian development agency. Under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we carry out public service assignments in Belgium and abroad. In addition, Enabel enhances the impact of Belgium in international development by carrying out assignments for Belgian and international third-party donors.

 

 

Job description

 

Teacher education is one of the key strategic priorities of the Education Sector in Uganda. Belgium has provided support to Teacher Education since 2011 through the Teacher Training Education (TTE) project, whose second phase is currently being implemented.

 

Under the second phase of TTE project, particular attention is given to the 5 National Teachers’ Colleges (NTCs), responsible for training ‘S1-S4’ secondary school teachers.

The project specific objective aims at strengthening the capacity and competence of NTCs in producing competent teachers through its 3 project components:

1) Institutional development;

2) Rehabilitation and extension of existing infrastructure; and

3) Quality of teacher training by introducing learner-centered methodologies and by examining strategies to promote the use of ICT in order to improve the quality of learning.

 

As international expert for Institutional Development (ID), s/he will :

• Organise the planning, implementation and monitoring of ID activities at the level of the central government (Teacher Instructor Education & Training, Construction Management Unit and Procurement Disposal Unit) and National Teachers’ Colleges in order to improve their strategic, financial, human resource and academic management skills.
• Manage Human Resources.
• Work in close coordination with other project components, especially for the support to the Construction Management Unit and academic/human resources management (pedagogy component).

 

 

 

Your profile

 

• A  Master degree in Public Administration, Human Resources Management or other relevant field related to Institutional Development

 

• At least 5 years’ experience in institutional development and 2 years’ experience in the Education Sector
• At least 5 years’ experience in implementation of international cooperation project
• Proven relevant experience in supervising staff

 

• Good knowledge of school management, public finance management, procurement and public sector reform
• Good communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Clear and concise writing skills (reports, technical documents)
• Fluency in English

 

 

We offer you

 

A contract of 20 months based in Kampala (regular field visits to the National Teachers’ colleges)​

 

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Monthly salary package: (cat.2 – B417) between 5.288,32 euro and 7.524,32 euro (this includes the gross monthly salary and the expat benefits: hardship allowance and expat allowance). The salary is calculated, depending on the composition of the family and the number of years of relevant experience.

 

 

 

Are you interested?

 

Is your profile matching the one we are looking for?

 

Do not hesitate and send us your application letter and updated CV, at the latest by September 4^th 2018 via our website: https://www.enabel.be/content/jobs

 

Profile

-            Master’s Degree in business, finance or similar;

-            5 years of experience – of which minimum 2 at managerial level;

-            Solid experience with financial and accounting procedures of institutional donors (DGD, ECHO, etc…)

-            Proficiency in  MS Office, Winbooks and/or Navision;

-            Personal qualities: strong interpersonal skills, diplomacy, ability to work independently and in a multicultural team, flexibility and versatility, stress resistance;

-            Excellent Knowledge of English (French and/or Dutch is a plus).

 

We offer

-          Status of expatriate development worker, competitive salary (as compared to other Belgian NGOs) in accordance with the wage policy of Caritas Belgium;

-          duration: 12 months, renewable;

-          Date of commitment:  February 15^th,  2018

-          Station: Arua, Uganda

Please send your CV and cover letter avec mention “Financial Administrative Coordinator Uganda” before January 13^th, 2018 to D'Heer Griet at  cv@caritasint.be

 Caritas International, rue de la charité 43 -1210 Brussels, tel: 02-229 35 93, Fax: 02-229 35 95

For more information, please contact Marisol Martinez: m.martinez@caritasint.be

 

 

Who we are

Caritas International Belgium (www.caritasint.be) is a Belgian NGO with headquarters in Brussels and a member of the worldwide Caritas confederation (Caritas Internationalis – with headquarters in Vatican City, Rome). Caritas is a Catholic organization, but executes its mission without distinction of origins, nationality or gender; political, religious or philosophical beliefs.

Caritas International has been working in Uganda and South Soudan since 2011, supporting local Caritas partners in emergency, rehabilitation and development programs. The conflict in South Sudan has further intensified since July 2016 and caused an influx of an additional 600,000 refugees in Uganda. Through Caritas Arua, Caritas International implements emergency FSL-programs which benefit 32,000 refugee families in Bidi Bidi and Imvepi refugee settlements. Parallel to the Ugandan refugee project, Caritas International continues to support Caritas Yei and Yambio with food aid and agricultural support.

In order to support the local Caritas partners, Caritas International hires a Financial-Administrative Coordinator with a strong interest in field activities. Interest in field activities is important since the financial-administrative coordinator leads the Belgian team in Arua and is expected to become country representative for Uganda and South Sudan in the next 1-2 years. 

 

Job description

Under the supervision of the Country Representative, he/she will ensure the sound and transparent financial management of the projects and contribute to strengthening systems and procedures. More precisely, he/she will be in charge of:

 

A. Financial-administrative advice to the partners:

1. Provides training and permanent coaching to the partners about the financial-administrative regulations of the two co-funding donors (Belgian and Swiss Government);
2. Encourages partners to release project funds timely (albeit in line with the partner’s existing procedures) in order to ensure timely implementation of the project activities;
3. Monitors the partner’s bank movements (for the funds coming through Caritas Belgium), all exchange operations and all expenses in order to ensure their compliance with the regulations of the donors;
4. Ensures that financial procedures, systems, policies and controls are implemented in line with the partner’s procedures manual and the project agreements;
5. Monitors the respect of budget lines by the partners (including co-funding requirements between the different funding sources);
6. Participates in recruitments and tender procedures organized by the partners;
7. Advises the partners on all issues linked to the management of the assets bought under this project (motorbikes, cars, computers, ...);
8. Advises the partners on all issues linked to HR management.

 

B. Financial-administrative coordination of the project:

1. Receives and checks all financial documentation provided by the partners;
2. Ensures that all financial and administrative documentation of the partners is compliant with donor rules, complete and well organized;
3. Receives and checks all financial documentation of expenses done by the technical advisors to the project;
4. Keeps track of the different funding sources and how they relate to each other (expenditure rate per project, expenditure rate in line with co-funding agreements, ...);
5. Receives and consolidates the financial reports of the partners and the expense lists of the other advisors into one single consolidated report;
6. Coordinate the introduction of winbooks and train the junior financial-administrative advisor in the use of winbooks;
7. Coordinates the storage and digital archiving of the project’s financial-administrative files;
8. Responsible for wrapping up projects and organizing financial audits.

 

 

Diplôme Master avec de l'expérience pertinente internationale

In view of the further development of its activities BTC is currently looking for a (m/f):

 

International Technical Assistant - Health Financing Expert

 

UGANDA

 

UGA/16/036-1B

 

Location: Kampala (Uganda) with regular field visits

Duration of the contract: 21 months

Probable starting date: as soon as possible

Monthly salary package: (cat B417) between 5.288,32 euro and 7.524,32 euro (this includes the gross monthly salary and the expat benefits: hardship allowance and expat allowance). The salary is calculated, depending on the composition of the family and the number of years of relevant experience.

 

 

Project

 

This Strategic Purchasing of Health Services in Uganda (SPHU) programme is part of the Indicative Programme of Cooperation (ICP) 2012-2016 negotiated between Uganda and Belgium. The Belgian contribution is 6,000,000 €. The Specific Agreement will be for a duration of 42 months. The duration of the actual implementation phase is set at 30 months. This SPHU will, through a programme approach, integrate the current interventions of the bilateral Belgian Cooperation in the health sector (ICB II and PNFP) and consolidate them. This will be done in view of supporting the scaling up the Result Based Financing (RBF) experience in the Rwenzori and West-Nile regions towards a sustainable national RBF strategy, rolled out in other regions of the country, under Ministry of Health (MoH) leadership and in collaboration with other Development Partners supporting RBF. This experience will also feed the longer-term reflection on strategic health financing and more specifically the development of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).   

 

 

Function

 

Contribute to the expected results of the health Programme in Uganda by executing activities with stakeholders, ensure continuous quality improvement and ensure knowledge building and knowledge management of the Programme/intervention.

 

Main Responsibilities

 

• As Expert: Contribute to the implementation of the health Programme by providing inputs for planning, execution, coordination, follow-up and monitoring, evaluation and capitalisation of activities in order to ensure that the results of the Programme (outputs – outcomes) are achieved within the set execution deadline.
• As Advisor: Provide the authorities with all inputs required for the cooperation Programme in the field of health, in particular related to strategic health financing in order to promote a strategic cooperation Programme that is highly relevant, consistent and sustainable
• As Facilitator:
• Organise knowledge building and knowledge management in the field of public health/strategic financing in order to create an inclusive, informed climate of trust within the Programme
• Capacity development of partner entities (selected health facilities, districts, regions, Planning Department MoH – RBF Unit) in order to contribute to the improvement of their organisation, processes and systems and of their staff’s competencies.

 

 

Profile:

 

Qualifications and required experience

• Master’s Diploma in Medicine with a complementary master’s degree in Public Health and/or Health Economy or a
• Master’s Diploma in Economy with a complementary master’s degree in Public Health (and eventually Health Economy)
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in the sector or thematic domain
• At least 3 years of relevant international experience in development cooperation
• Experience in institutional support and work at a ministry’s level.
• Previous experience of coordination and leadership in a similar context
• Experience with RBF or strategic financing
• Experience with health insurance is an asset
• Proven experience with drawing up policy papers, strategies, evidence-based papers
• Proven experience with giving presentations at seminars and international conferences
• Experience in dealing with crosscutting issues (gender, SRHR, HIV, Human rights) is an asset
• Experience in action-research and capitalisation exercises is an asset
• Knowledge on complexity concepts and management in complex environments is an asset
• Experience in the country of assignment is an asset

 

Required technical competences

• Familiar with results-based management
• Technology-savvy
• Knowledgeable about change theories
• Knowledgeable about health system approaches
• Expert in knowledge management and knowledge building
• Expert in writing evidence-based papers (and eventually writing of scientific articles)
• Expert in capacity development.

 

 

 

Required personal competences

• Analytical skills
• Leadership and coaching skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good communication skills (negotiation, moderation, representation, presentation of results)
• Very good oral and writing skills in English

 

 

 

Interested?

 

Please apply no later than October 15^th 2017 through our website: https://www.btcctb.org/content/jobs

If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at +32 (0)2/505 18 65.