Uganda

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.

 

Master with international experience in Education projects

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

 

International Skills Development Expert 

UGANDA

 

Ref.: UGA/16/032-1

 

Location: Kampala (Uganda) with regular field visits

Duration of the contract: 17 months

Probable starting date: as soon as possible

Monthly salary package: (cat B417) between 5.186,32 euro and 7.380,88 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

 

The support to skilling Uganda (SSU) project is jointly implemented by Belgian Development Agency (BTC) and Ministry of Education and Sport (MoES) with kind support of the Belgium Government, EUTF and Irish Aid.  SSU focuses on supporting 10 years’ BTVET strategic plan (2012-2021) geared towards a systemic transformation of comprehensive skills development for employment, enhanced productivity and growth in Uganda.  The plan focuses on making skill development more relevant and demand driven by linking Business Technical Vocational and Training (BTVET) with the world of work.

 

EUTF-funded initiative, ‘Support Programme for Refugee Settlements and Host Communities in Northern Uganda (SPRS-NU) is being implemented in the Northern Uganda including Kiryandongo to enhance ‘livelihood and labour market relevant’ skills for youth, women and girls of the refugees and host communities in Northern Uganda, including Kiryandongo, through short and medium term Vocational Training and Entrepreneurship Support

As part of the Support to Skilling Uganda (SSU), SPRS-NU has two specific result areas:

Result 1: Increased access to quality skills development (training, entrepreneurial skills and start-up kits) for refugees and host communities (with a specific focus on youth, women and girls) in Northern Uganda, including Kiryandongo.

Result 2: Skills development in Northern Uganda is coordinated and aligned with the Skilling Uganda strategy.

 

 

Function

 

International Skills Development Expert will be recruited by BTC and presented to the MoESTS (Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports). S/he will be one of the members of the PMT (project management team) and will work on a full-time basis in coordination with the Support To Skilling Uganda (SSU) project coordinators and the Education Programme Manager.

 

 

Tasks

 

As technical expert, he/she:

 

• Must ensure, in close consultation and collaboration with the respective officers of OPM, EU and BTC the coordination between the different stakeholders, including other donor initiatives;
• Makes sure the strategy of the project is consistent and ensures a technically sound implementation of the project;
• Coaches the Project team.
• Supervises and evaluates the work of project team members;
• Oversees the planning and preparation phase of all components of the intervention;
• Provides direct technical support to all activities and brings a key contribution concerning BTVET policy and instruments, relevant to refugee context;
• Leads dialogue around BTVET with various stakeholders including implementers of livelihood, Income Generating Activities and education programmes in areas of implementation;
• Provides capacity building to providers of skills training relevant to refugee setting;
• Supports initiatives around green skills for the green economy;
• Co-Presents to the Project Steering Committee the state of progress of project activities;
• Organises, coordinates and supervises the implementation of project activities in accordance with the approved project work plans;
• Supervises financial management, accounting and timely compilation of quarterly progress reports and budgeted work plans for the following period for consideration by the project advisory committee (PAC);
• Contributes to the compilation of the project final report at the end of the project;
• Analyses and consolidates monitoring reports and prepares recommendations for the PAC;
• Prepares the contents and agenda of the PAC meetings;
• Is responsible for regular communication with BTC on the management and supervision of Project implementation;
• Ensures the capturing and integration of lessons learnt and experience drawn in the implementation of project activities;
• Ensures coordination and exchange of experiences between the project and other related interventions and activities;
• He/she is an authorized account-holder for the accounts.

 

 

Profile

 

Qualifications and required experience

• A university degree (minimum Master level) in Education / Social Sciences / Pedagogy / Development cooperation / Humanitarian work / Human resource management, together with at least 8 years’ experience in project management;
• Proven relevant experience in leading a team of professionals, in supervising staff and in coaching co-workers;
• Managed similar international cooperation projects by bilateral or multilateral donors;
• Proven and extensive experience in BTVET and skills training for vulnerable groups;
• Proven experience in federating different stakeholders of Education, BTVET sector and livelihood actors;
• Proven experience in green skills for the green economy will be an asset;
• Proven experience in implementing cross-cutting themes such as gender, HIV/AIDS will be an asset;
• Clear and concise writing skills and experience in preparing reports and other administrative and technical documents;
• Good communication, presentation and facilitation skills;
• Fluent in English;
• Able to work under stressful conditions with no objection to working overtime and undertaking field missions;
• Knowledge of the humanitarian context will be an asset.

 

 

Interested?

Please apply no later than June 28^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.