SRHR Project (UGANDA)
JOBfrom Marie Stopes International Closing date: 11 Feb 2018
About Us:Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a global organisation providing personalised contraception services to women and girls. Our local teams of professionals are passionate about the work they do in communities across 37 countries. The services we provide give a woman the power to choose when she has children so that she is free to pursue her plans and dreams for herself and her family.
The primary responsibility of this role is to further MSI’s Goal: The Prevention of Unwanted Births and its mission of ensuring the individual’s right to**: Children by Choice Not Chance.**
The Role:We’re looking for a qualified Project Manager for a five year, multi-million pound sexual and reproductive health programme funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID). The programme will increase access to family planning for women, men and young people in six regions of Uganda through a combination of:
(i) increasing awareness of the benefits of modern contraception;
(ii) increasing access to quality contraception in the private and public sector; and
(iii) improving the supply of quality family planning services at public health facilities.
The project will be strongly committed to leaving no one behind and as a result will have a strong focus on reaching young people, people who are poor and people who are marginalised.
You will lead the programme, ensuring that it delivers the expected results and provides value for money to the donor. You will be the main point of contact with DFID-Uganda and manage relationships within the consortium, and will have ultimate authority on all aspects of the programme and will ensure that it is implemented with the highest standards of quality and efficiency, working closely with the Country Director and technical teams.
This role is subject to the successful award of the contract and the project is due to commence in 2018. The role will be for a minimum of one year and may be extended for the full duration of the project (5 years).
About you
To succeed in this role, you must have:
Significant experience in delivering clinical family planning and sexual and reproductive health programming in Uganda or a similar context at a senior level of management (essential)
Demonstrable experience managing large and complex programmes funded by DFID and other institutional donors with budgets of upward of £10 million (essential)
Significant experience leading consortia and managing local and international implementing partners to deliver results across a range of work streams (essential)
Proven general management experience in operationally demanding and challenging environments, including recruitment, training and supervision of direct reports (essential)
Track record in building and maintaining strong relationships with government (Ministry of Health and local governments), the private sector, and UN agencies to deliver sexual and reproductive health programmes (essential)
Demonstrated capacity to manage financial resources effectively and transparently to achieve maximum impact and value for money
Proven knowledge and experience applying DFID compliance and familiarity with DFID terms and conditions, duty of care requirements, etc (essential)
Fluent in English (essential)
For more information about the role, please view the job framework on our website.
In addition, you will have the right to work in Uganda and be pro-choice on children by choice & not chance
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Closing date: Sunday 11th February 2018 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
Salary: Competitive (ideally we are looking for someone based in Uganda but may consider an international assignee for the right person)
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