Program Manager
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Save the Children International is hiring a Program Manager based in Kasese, Uganda. The role provides technical assistance, oversight and overall programmatic and operational lead for projects across Education, Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Disaster Risk Management and Youth Resilience. The position reports to the Regional Program Manager and involves coordination, planning, budget management, reporting and emergency support.
- Field-based role in Kasese reporting to the Regional Program Manager
- Leads programmatic and operational management across multiple thematic areas
- Includes budget oversight, donor reporting and partner coordination
- Opportunity to support emergency response during humanitarian crises
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Original source description
Program Manager
Country/Region:
Uganda
Kasese
Organization:
Save the Children International
Join Us To Lead Sustainable Change For Children:
Be part of a GLOBAL and DIVERSE technical community
Get EXPOSURE in many different contexts
Test and scale up INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
Influence policies that affect MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
OVERVIEW
Are you passionate about being an advocate for children? Do you want to use your expertise to bring about lasting change for children and be a part of an inspiring, dynamic global movement?
THE ROLE:
Reporting to the Regional Program Manager, the person provides technical assistance and oversight for aspects related to the Projects in the Field Location. The job holder provides overall programmatic and operational lead and management including; planning, implementation, capacity enhancement, monitoring/ evaluation and reporting both internally (within SCI) and externally (for/with partners). The person is accountable for overall coordination and oversight delivery of the projects across all the thematic areas of Education, Child Protection, Child Rights Governance and Disaster Risk Management, Youth Resilience in the field location. The job holder may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.
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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Coordination and Strategic Management:
Oversee the coordination and implementation of the projects across the operational area in line with the project designs and donor requirements.
Create and sustain positive working relationships with the partners and other stakeholders.
Plan and coordinate district level engagements with partners and key stakeholders.
Monitor and ensure timely and quality reports are submitted as per the reporting
Requirements
- per project.
- Working closely with Technical Thematic Teams to ensure quality program delivery, documentation and reporting of progress.
- Operational Planning
- Provide District level lead in planning, development of detailed implementation plans, phased budgets, implementation, monitoring, documentation and reporting.
- Overseeing the implementation and budget performance in line with the program plans and budgets
- Effectively support the projects staff and partners in developing annual plans, in line with project designs and Save the Children International planning guidelines.
- Support staff and partners to ensure that project plans are to the desired standards and on time.
- Prepare realistic and detailed implementation plans and phased budgets in collaboration with the relevant departments.
- Finance and Budget Management
- Manage the Program budget in coordination with relevant financial team both in regional office and country office.
- Overseeing the budget performance to ensure that all project implementation in the operational area is on course as per the detailed implementation plans and phased budgets.
- Support project implementation teams with budget monitoring and reporting.
- Ensure that the budget monitoring reports are responded to in time and with accurate information.
- Working closely with the regional teams, to ensure that partners are well guided, supported and their capacity built in sound financial management procedures.
- Program and Financial Reporting.
- Responsible and accountable for the preparation of timely and high-quality progress and end of project narrative and financial reports which are in accordance to the donor reporting schedule and formats.
- Review all program financial reports ensuring that donor guidelines have been followed and high standard met, prior to submission to management.
- Organize and facilitate quarterly follow-ups and progress review meetings to address key performance issues from the reports.
- Overall Budget Vs Actual analysis and variance explanations for all projects in the operational area.