About FH/U:
Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH’s primary goal is to respond to development needs and complex humanitarian emergencies. In Uganda, FH is operational in the communities of Pader, Kitgum, Lamwo, Agago, Kole, Kween, Mbale, and Mukono Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located it Kampala.
Job Summary: The Program Director will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and management of all FH Uganda programs/projects’ activities as well as increasing funding portfolio through proposal development, networking, and fundraising. Critical tasks for FH Uganda Programs’ Director will be to strengthen FH Uganda’s programs design, and implementation to increase alignment and measurement of the achievement of our Vision, Mission and Values, and Envision 2020 Strategic Plan. An overall deliverable of this role will be ensuring the quality of all programs across the country. To accomplish these responsibilities, the Program Director works closely with the Country Director, all supporting managers, specialists and officers involved in programs/projects’ implementation for programs’ quality, design and measurement.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide strategic leadership and management of all FH Uganda programs – 50%
Increase funding portfolio (proposal development, networking, representation, and fundraising) -30%
Human Resource Management and VMV – 20%
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate should hold a Master’s degree in Community Development/Project Planning and Management is essential. The incumbent must also hold a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following; Social Sciences, Education, Development Studies, Organizational studies, Community Psychology
At least seven years’ experience working at a senior management level (Program Manager; Project Advisor etc) with a well-respected international NGO in Uganda and East African Region.
Christian commitment to serving the poor and full agreement with FH Vision and Mission.
Excellent English written, verbal and presentation communication skills including USAID and European donor related technical writing, proposal writing, program reports and resource (grants) requests.
Excellent program management experience; experience managing a multi-cultural program.
Significant experience in budget development and management for institutional donor resources
Working knowledge of monitoring and evaluation procedures and processes and ability to read, analyze and interpret program and assessment data and reports,
Ability to recruit, hire, manage and develop staff; strong mentoring capacity essential
Computer literacy skills i.e. Proficient in MS Office, especially Word, Powerpoint and Excel
Ability to multi-task and juggle a wide variety of activities and responsibilities.
Be a Ugandan citizen with experience working in INGOs within multi-sectoral fields
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting only electronic copies of not more than 2MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to:
The Human Resources Manager, Food for the Hungry Uganda
Email to: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.org
Deadline: 29th May 2015 by 4:30pm