Uganda

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 Programme Co-Manager - Health

UGANDA

 

Ref: UGA/16/036-2B

 

 

Location: Kampala (Uganda) with regular field visits

Duration of the contract: 30 months

Probable starting date: as soon as possible

Monthly salary package: (cat A528) between 6.354,04 euro and 8.963,02 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

 

The Programme Co-Manager is in charge for BTC to steer and manage the Health programme in Uganda. He/she coordinates the interventions and engages in a strategic, technical dialogue at national level, based on his/her expertise & experience of the health sector. He/she assures the technical and financial follow-up, necessary to reach the objectives and results of the health programme. He/she reports to the Programme Steering Committee.

 

The Programme co-manager will also, for 50% of his/her time, assume the responsibility and functions of Intervention manager.

 

 

Main responsibilities

 

• As strategy officer: Create optimal conditions for implementing the Programme within the set frameworks and in accordance with the strategy choices and decisions of the steering committee in order to achieve the strategic objectives.
• As programme manager: Coordinate all interventions of the health Programme in association with the partner; as per agreements in order to ensure optimal implementation at the operational level and in accordance with the set objectives and resources.
• As manager: Strategic steering of the interventions in order to achieve the Programme goals in accordance with set objectives and with optimal use of available resources.
• As coordinator: Monitor and follow up the processes of the health Programme and the interventions within the programme; in order to ensure overall consistency and synergies under the Programme.
• As people manager: Lead the team of which one is the hierarchical supervisor in order to have qualified and motivated staff.
• As facilitator: 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 competences.

 

 

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 8 years of relevant experience with steering Programmes/interventions in international development cooperation; with minimum 4 years of these in a supervising function;
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in the sector or thematic domain;
• Experience in institutional support and work at a ministry’s level;
• Previous experience of coordination and leadership in a similar context;
• Experience with RBF and/or 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;
• Experience with formulating Programmes/interventions is an asset.

 

 

 

 

Required technical competences

• Broad and in-depth insight in all aspects of development cooperation;
• Thorough knowledge of project/programme management methodologies;
• 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;
• Very good oral and writing skills in English.

 

Required personal competences

• Analytical skills;
• Leadership and coaching skills;
• Good interpersonal skills;
• Good communication skills (negotiation, moderation, representation, presentation of results).

 

 

Interested?

 

Please apply no later than October 17th 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 in laws, procurement, administrative & financial management or economics

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

International Grants Expert 

UGANDA

 

Ref.: UGA/16/032-2B

 

 

Location: Kampala (Uganda) with regular field visits

Duration of the contract: 18 months on a full-time basis

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

 

The International Grants 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 in coordination with the Support To Skilling Uganda (SSU) project coordinators and the Education Programme Manager.

 

 

Tasks

 

The duties of the International Grant Expert include ensuring:

 

• Compliance with the Grant Agreements concluded with the partners and effective management of Belgian public funds allocated under Program SSU;
• Improvement of the partners’ capacity in general management and enabling those who need it to become autonomous and absorb the support that Program SSU puts at their disposal;
• The analysis and application of the contribution in resources under the Grant Agreements and of the funding requests approved by Program SSU.

 

 

Result area 1: Assessor

In order to ensure compliance with the Grant Agreements concluded with the partners and the effective management of Belgian public funds allocated under Program SSU-EU.

 

• Ensure that the partners’ reporting deadlines are observed in accordance with the requirements of the Grant Agreements;
• Conduct field visits to ensure compliance with the grant procedure as described in the grant agreements;
• Carry out comprehensive controls of supporting technical and financial documents and draft a recommendation report for the partners;
• Prepare and support the partners’ external audits.

 

Result area 2: Trainer

In order to improve the partners’ capacity for general management and enable those who need it to become autonomous and absorb the support that Program SSU-EU puts at their disposal.

 

• Prepare, ensure or supervise the implementation of the contributions of Program SSU to develop the partners’ capacities in terms of general management;
• Assess the partners’ training needs;
• Develop a strategy and training plan for the partners;
• Carry out field missions to support the partners’ management teams in sound management;
• Prepare instructions to support the partners in its technical and administrative management;
• Organize training workshops, with or without the internal or external support of BTC and/or the Ministry.

 

Result area 3: Administrative and Financial Manager

In order to analyse and apply the contribution under the Grant Agreements and the funding requests approved by Program SSU-EU:

 

• Control and validate the technical and financial reports of the implementing unit;
• Validate consolidated reports;
• Monitor grant execution;
• Control and validate requests from implementing units and prepare requests for instalments;
• Manage audits and draft actions plans to mitigate risks;
• Provide no-objection approval for commitments;
• Propose and set up the necessary tools concerning the financing, management and control of funds made available to partners;
• Participate in the execution of the Grant Agreements between the partners and Program SSU-EU, in accordance with the procedures in force;
• Participate in programming in connection with the scheduling of disbursements for activities under his/her responsibility.

 

 

Profile

 

Qualifications and required experience

• Master-level diploma in laws, procurement, administrative & financial management, economics or a similar field.
• Minimum 5 years’ work experience in administrative management and/or in procurement and/or control.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience with an international organization, NGO, consultancy, donor working within the development sector.
• Knowledge of the principles of Belgian and Ugandan procurement is a must (or at least to have to capacity to get quick into the local procurement legislation).

 

Other skills required for the function

• Be proficient in computer skills, in particular Excel and Word.
• Have an excellent command of the English language.
• Have capacity building skills for the analysis of the systems in place at our partners' and for monitoring of funds awarded.
• Be capable of working in a team.
• Be organized and independent.
• Have very good communication and diplomacy skills.
• Have very good writing skills (recommendation reports, mission reports, etc.).
• Have very good analytical and problem-solving skills.

 

 

 

Interested?

Please apply no later than September 20^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.

 

·         Masters Degree in humanitarian / development studies, international relations, economics, sociology, agronomy or other relevant fields.

·         Minimum 3 years of experience in monitoring/managing emergency and/or rural development projects.

·         Experience with working in Africa and in working with institutional donors (DGD, ECHO, EU, ...).

·         Excellent knowledge of MS Excel

·         Personal qualities: diplomacy; ability to work independently and in a multicultural team; flexibility and versatility; and stress resistance.

·         Excellent Knowledge of English, French and/or Dutch

 

Context

 

Caritas International Belgium (www.caritas-int.be) is a Belgian NGO for international cooperation with headquarters in Brussels.

Caritas International is part of a worldwide network of which the confederation coordinating body (Caritas Internationalis) is located in Rome (Vatican City). We execute our mission without distinction of origins, nationality or gender; or political, religious or philosophical beliefs.

Caritas International has been working in Uganda and South Soudan since 2011 supporting local partners in emergency, rehabilitation and development programs.

 

The conflict in South Sudan has further intensified since July 2016, with the exodus of an additional 600,000 refugees into neighbouring countries, generating Africa’s largest scale refugee crisis. CI.be has been working in the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in the sector of livelihoods and will now extend its activities to Imvepi Camp. CI.be also supports small scale FSL-projects in South Sudan. All major projects are implemented together with Caritas Arua, so the PME Advisor will be based in Arua.

 

CI.be hires a PME Advisor who will mainly strengthen the capacities of the local partners in PME and general project management;

 

 

1.       Job description

 

·         The PME Advisor will be working under the direction of the country representative and will support him in writing the proposals and reports to the different donors.

·         She/he will set up an effective PME system (and also putting in place tools and mechanisms of capitalisation) together with the partner,  advise the local partner in all areas of program management and support the partner in improving systems, procedures and practices

·         She/he will ensure that all Belgium-funded projects are implemented in line with budgets, work plans, time frames and project objectives.

·         She/he will support Caritas Arua in coordinating with OPM, UNHCR and the other NGOs working in the camps

 

·         She/he will also cooperate with other partners from the Caritas network, local actors, international actors and authorities.

Qualifications and required experience

• University degree (minimum Master level) in Education;
• At least 10 years of experience in teacher education and pedagogy;
• Proven relevant experience in leading a team of professionals, in supervising staff and in coaching co-workers;
• Managed similar international cooperation projects;
• Proven and extensive experience in teacher training and coaching of professionals;
• Experience in preparing reports and other administrative and technical documents ;
• Experience in ICT competency frameworks and Technology for Education would be an asset;
• Proven experience in implementing cross-cutting themes such as gender, HIV/AIDS and environment would be an asset.

 

Others

• Good communication, presentation and facilitation skills;
• Clear and concise writing skills;
• Fluency in English.

Location: Kampala (Uganda) with regular field visits

Duration of the contract: 48 months

Probable starting date: as soon as possible

Monthly salary package: between 5.633,37 euro and 7.980,52 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 project aims at strengthening professional competencies of teacher trainers and future teachers graduating from the National Teachers’ Colleges of Kabale and Mubende through organisational development; rehabilitation and extension of existing infrastructure; and capacity development for teacher training by introducing learner-centred methodologies and by examining strategies to promote the use of ICT in order to improve the quality of learning.Teacher education is one of the key strategic priorities of the Education Sector in Uganda. Particular attention is given to the 5 National Teacher Colleges (NTCs), responsible for training ‘S1-S4’ secondary school teachers. Belgium has provided support to Teacher Education since 2011 through the Teacher Training and Education (TTE) project and more recently through the Kaliro and Muni projects.

This intervention will consolidate and complement the achievements of the NTC Kabale and Mubende to date. The specific objective aims at strengthening the capacity and competence of NTC Kabale and Mubende in producing competent teachers through effective use of acquired management and pedagogical competencies and proper use of infrastructure and facilities. This will include the elaboration and completion of the NTCs’ Strategic Plans (result 1), further development and (partial) implementation of the infrastructure master plan (result 2), and support to the professional development of teacher trainers, teachers and education managers (result 3).  The intervention is aligned to relevant strategic plans of the Government of Uganda at the national/sector and NTC levels.

 

 

Function:

The Intervention Manager (IM) and International Pedagogy & Teacher Education Expert (TT) 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 PMC (programme management committee) and PMT (project management team), and will work on a full-time basis in coordination with the programme and Intervention Change Managers and the Programme Manager.

 

The IM will report to the Programme Steering Committee (PSC) and will ensure that the members are well informed of programme progress and adequately supplied with sufficient information to carry out their decision-making responsibilities. The project will support the Programme and Intervention Change Manager in feed back to the MoESTS any changes in policy or direction that the PSC may wish to carry out within the Programme and project framework. Together with the Intervention Change Manager, s/he is the final person responsible for the progress and quality of the intervention.

 

Tasks

As intervention manager:

• Ensure that the strategy of the project is consistent with the Education Programme and implemented in a technically sound manner ;
• Coach and supervise the work of Project Team members ;
• Oversees the planning and preparation phase of all components of the Project ;
• Develops - and revise if necessary - ToR for all local staff, and ensures proper recruitment of the local staff ;
• 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 of the project for the following period for consideration by the PSC ;
•  Contributes to the project final report at the end of the intervention ;
• 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 ;
•  He/she is an authorised account-holder for the accounts.

 

As technical expert for pedagogy and teacher training (TT)

 

• Oversee the planning and preparation phase of the pedagogical component of the project in the different institutions ;
•  Provide direct technical support to all activities and brings a key contribution to the promotion of learner-centred education and active learning methodologies;
• Coach and follow-up the project field officers on pedagogical matters ;
• Makes sure the strategy of the project is consistent and ensures a technically sound implementation of the project activities under result 3 ;
• Ensure that national and international sector specialists supporting the improvement of teaching and learning are recruited on time, properly briefed and prepared for their assignment ;
•  Organise, coordinate and supervise the implementation of pedagogical activities in accordance with the approved project work plans in all NTCs in Kaliro, Muni, Kabale and Mubene ;
• Provide technical expertise and guidance on the implementation of project activities at the level of the central government, in particular the TIET department, to strengthen their technical capacities and to support the institutional development according to agreed work plan.
• Work in close coordination with the project infrastructure experts on pedagogical aspects of activities focusing on construction and asset management/maintenance.
• Work in close coordination with the ID who will take direct responsibility for result 1.
• Ensures coordination and exchange of experiences between the project and other related interventions and activities;