Thursday 19 September 2013

Careers in Uganda at Plan International - Project Coordinator

Job Title: Project Coordinator – Community Led Total Sanitation Marketing & School Wash


Specific Responsibilities:

Provide technical support, oversight and team leadership in the successful planning & implementation of the respective CLTS-SLTS-San Mark and Water projects and ensure that district level structures are fully involved in the implementation of the project in line with Plan Uganda’s approach to development
Lead the development of operational budgets and work plans in consultation with different stakeholders especially the community to enhance their involvement at implementation level.
Identify and apply best practices in child centred approaches during project implementation & ensure that the Project is well integrated with Plan’s other program interventions.
Conduct regular monitoring and evaluation to ensure that project goals and objectives are met and implementation is on-track.
Prepare and submit quality project progress reports in the right format and provide feedback to Plan Uganda and Partners.
Ensure that data is collected, professionally documented and where appropriate analysed to ensure proper record keeping and reporting.
Ensure lessons learnt are discussed, documented and disseminated to all stakeholders and as may be requested by management.
Collaborates closely with donors in all aspects of the project.
Builds strong sense of team work with all staff at field level and Project based facilitators.
Ability to cultivate key contacts with children, their families and communities, donors, relevant partners, sponsors and local government officials.
Stay abreast of all WATSAN related updates, new & exciting experiences, innovations and appropriately disseminate such information within Plan to enable learning and continuous improvement.
Identify staff development needs and liaise with relevant department for appropriate follow-up.
Conduct on-going coaching and on-the-job training of key technical resource staff under the project to increase effective delivery of the project.

How to apply:

Suitably qualified candidates should forward soft copies of letters of application, together with a CV to the email address below Indicating the Job title as the subject. Contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references plus salary history should be included and sent to:-

The Country Human Resources Manager,
Plan Uganda

Email: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org.

Please note that no hard copies will be accepted.

Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Please consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from us by 15th November, 2013.

Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.