Careers in Uganda - Project Manager at Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid (HIJRA)

Job Title: Project Manager

Employer: Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid (HIJRA)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 15th Jan 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the assigned project(s) to meet the project objectives within budget and allotted time frame.
• Provide strong leadership of the assigned project(s), working to ensure both short / long-term positive impacts and outcomes for the beneficiaries, local authorities (where applicable) and local staff.
• Actively facilitate regular staff meetings to ensure awareness of project objectives, and opportunity for feedback.
• Provide staff coaching and technical supervision to develop ownership / responsibility for activities.
• Develop and maintain appropriate, regular, transparent and supportive communication structures with the assigned HIJRA team, CPM and other relevant stakeholders with the objective of ensuring good cooperation and partnerships.
• Undertake and support in budgeting and planning as well as procurement activities, financial management, monitoring and technical and financial reporting in accordance with donors’ requirements and in line with the joint HIJRA strategy, in collaboration with partners and local stakeholders and in constant coordination with the Country Program Manager.
• Ensure the proper management of the start-up phase of the project and all subsequent stages, including logistical and procedural aspects;
• Technically support in various human resource functions such as resourcing, performance management, capacity building, leave management and welfare.
• Build and maintain relevant relationships and develop networks with the major governmental institutions, local authorities and other actors that play a key- role within the projects’ intervention areas.
• Ensure the development and maintenance of good relationships with partners, the local staff, donors, beneficiaries and local authorities;
• Observe the main internal management procedures, monitoring and evaluation in accordance with quality management system of HIJRA and UNHCR and other donors regulations and standards;
• Ensure compliance with all HIJRA policies and procedures.
• Actively participate in coordination meetings and other working groups or meetings as required, representing HIJRA and provide feedback to the staff and field on relevant issues.
• Ensuring periodic field reports are produced, edited and sent to partners as may be agreed upon.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The UNHCR Project Manager should hold a Bachelors’ degree and a post graduate in a relevant field.
• Three or more years of working experience in a relevant field.
• Possess the ability to speak more than one indigenous and foreign language would be desirable.
• Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with colleagues from varied cultures and professional backgrounds; high degree of sensitivity toward others
• Good management, leadership and supervisory skills
• Possess the ability to understand and review both administrative & financial related issues
• Personal commitment and drive for results, and adaptability in the workplace;
• Very well organized and able to work under pressure
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, in English
• Treat information with the confidentiality it deserves
• Ability to coordinate various projects

How to Apply:

All qualified Ugandan nationals are encouraged to send an application plus updated CV to: vacancies.ug@hijra.or.ke. Please clearly indicate the position tile in the subject line of the E-mail.

NB: Due to the urgent need to fill this position, short listing will be done as we receive applications. The earlier you apply the better!

Voucher Examiner Opportunity In Uganda at United States Embassy

Job Title:  Voucher Examiner; FSN-7, FP-7

Vacancy Announcement Number: 02-2015

Employer: United States Embassy, US Mission in Uganda

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 22nd Jan 2015

Job Description:

The US Embassy CDC Voucher Examiner will be responsible for voucher examination for all the administrative and financial vouchers ranging from vendor invoices to completed travel vouchers. The incumbent will also be responsible for entire official staff travel.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

NOTE:  All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.
• The ideal candidate for the US Embassy career opportunity should have completed secondary education and possess basic accounting knowledge of at least two years of college or technical training is required.
• A minimum of two years of progressive experience in voucher examining, book keeping or related fiscal clerical work is required.
• Manual, standardized regulations, Department of State and CDC regulations and procedures is required.
• Possess the ability to understand the basic requirements of applicable regulations and procedures in order to handle average to moderate voucher examining cases is required.
• Good computer literacy skills and a typing speed of not less than 40 words per minute are required.
• Language Requirement:  Level III English (good working knowledge) ability is required.
• Good working knowledge of basic requirements of applicable sections of the Foreign Affairs

How to Apply:

All those interested in working with the US mission in Kampala should send their applications and strictly adhere to the following:
Universal Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174) Download it Here.
A combination of both; i.e. Sections 1-24 of the UAE along with a listing of the applicants work experience attached as a separate sheet.
An updated resume or curriculum vitae.
Candidates who claim US Veterans preference must provide a copy of their Form DD-214 with their application.  Candidates who claim conditional US Veterans preference must submit documentation confirming eligibility for a conditional preference in hiring with their application.
Any other documentation (e.g. essays, transcripts/certificates, awards) that addresses the qualification requirements of the position as listed above.

Submit Application To:

Human Resources Office
By email at KampalaHR@state.gov.

NB: Only electronic submissions will be accepted and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please clearly indicate the position applied for in the subject area of the email submission.

Please use standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and please send all documents in one file attachment.

Telephone:  0414-306001/259-791/5

The US Mission in Kampala provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation.  The Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.

Protection Officer Jobs Vacancy in Uganda at Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid (HIJRA)

Job Title:   Protection Officer

Employer: Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid (HIJRA)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 15th Jan 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure active participation of persons of concern is assured through continuous assessment and evaluation using participatory, rights and community based approaches.
• Protection incidents are immediately identified and addressed.
• Ensure that analytical reports of protection trends and issues are produced on a monthly and ad hoc basis.
• Keep abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection environment.
• Actively promote International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards and codes of conduct.
• Build and grow their (Laws and policies) consistent and coherent interpretation and application through mainstreaming in all sectors and /or in clusters in applicable operations.
• In charge of the protection of populations of concern is met through the application of International and National Law, relevant UN/UNHCR protection standards and IASC principles.
• Ensure the protection strategy incorporates a thorough age, gender and diversity (AGD) analysis and reflects the Organization’s global, regional and country level priorities.
• Significantly contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related activities and partners in particular within the newly established protection response framework.
• Compile data from the field and partners in a systematic manner. Draft consolidated reports on update impact of the protection response framework and legal issues.
• Provide legal advice and guidance on protection issues to the operation and draft legal notes, as required.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming with implementing and operational partners.
• Contribute to and facilitate a programme of results-based advocacy through a consultative process with sectorial and/or cluster partners.
• Actively facilitate effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations of concern and their problems.
• Contribute to capacity-building initiatives for communities and individuals to assert their rights.
• Participate in initiatives to capacitate national authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national protection related legislation and procedures.
• Decide in consultation with the supervisor and the protection unit issues to be researched and topics for thematic reports.
• Enforce compliance with, and integrity of, all protection standard operating procedures.
• Line-manage the staff including day-to-day management, development and training, appraisals, etc.
• Facilitate regular staff meetings to ensure awareness of project objectives, and opportunity for feedback.
• Provide staff coaching and technical supervision to develop ownership / responsibility for activities.
• Ensure all possible durable solutions are explored for persons of concern.
• Take a lead role plan of action, to ensure the protection of refugees and asylum-seekers through interventions with local authorities and other entities on instances of arbitrary arrest and detention. Ensure the people of concern have access to legal and fair hearing in court through court follow ups, prison monitoring etc.
• Sensitize the Community and Local authorities on Refugee law and Human Rights relating to refugees and others of concern to UNHCR, in order to ensure that national legislation is in compliance with International Legal Standards.
• Advocate for legal aid services from the different legal aid service providers and Pro bono services from legal practitioners for the purpose of disposing of refugee cases at court.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate should hold a Law degree/ human rights or a comparable discipline
• Three or more years’ work experience in the same field of development and humanitarian work and NGOs’
• Possess the ability to produce high-quality legal documentation
• Ability to present and defend cases in a court of law
• Excellent presentation and communication skills and the ability to interact with a number of different partners and contacts, including governmental authorities, UNHCR, victims and their families etc.
• Possess communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong judgments skills are also a necessity
• Someone who can make ethical and moral decisions
• Sociable and open minded
• A person who can keep confidential information
• Must have a solid knowledge of the local law and be able to grasp new concepts with ease and accuracy
• Very organized and need to have good time management skills to meet deadlines on time.
• Ability to speak more than one indigenous and foreign language would be desirable

How to Apply:

All qualified Ugandan nationals are encouraged to send an application plus updated CV to: vacancies.ug@hijra.or.ke. Please clearly indicate the position tile in the subject line of the E-mail.

NB: Due to the urgent need to fill this position, short listing will be done as we receive applications. The earlier you apply the better!