Program Learning and Development Coordinator - Uganda

Eastern Archdiocesan Development Network (EADEN) is a capacity building organization founded by the Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo, the Diocese of Jinja and community representatives in the geographical coverage of the Ecclesiastical province of Tororo. The organization aims at reducing poverty among marginalized subsistence farmers by increasing their capacity to overcome social economic development challenges that include health, food security and incomes. The organization currently works in partnership with Caritas Denmark, to empower communities in Eastern Uganda move from the state of subsistence individual farming, to organized groups/ associations that are able to engage in specialized production alongside influencing policy change for increased sustainable production and market access. EADEN is inviting applications from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following positions:

Job title: Program Learning and Development Coordinator (1 position)
Job status: Full time
Location: Mbale

Reports to: Executive Director
Purpose: Coordinate periodic review of performance in line with Strategic plan and M&E framework, document key areas for learning and scaling up, develop organization program resource mobilization strategy, Including designing relevant project proposals with key stakeholders and beneficiaries
Duties and Responsibilities
• Coordinate the periodic review of programme performance in line with Strategic plan and Program M&E framework
• Consolidate program learning and maintain a repository of program knowledge
• Facilitate periodic program review and evaluation exercises
• Provide articles for publication in annual organizational reports
• Solicit beneficiary feedback on program operations and performance
• Disseminate various program-related updates to relevant stakeholders
• Make input into the development of periodic donor reports
• Carry out donor intelligence
• Generate and compile evidence for the development of proposals
• Make input into the development of fundable proposals
• Coordinate and solicit input for fundraising and linkages with donors
• Plan and monitor the utilization of resources against funding/program plan and guidelines
• Account for the utilization of program resources
• Review program plans and recommend resource deployment
• Develop and operationalize ‘Farmer Institutions specific’ monitoring framework.
• Ensure compliance of all projects to monitoring and evaluation framework.
• Ensure quality and timely data collection, reporting and dissemination of ‘partner specific’ monitoring reports as stipulated in the reporting guidelines.
• Provide timely and strategic information and recommendations about issues arising from the monitoring activities for management consideration.
• Prepare quarterly monitoring reports, based on agreed standardized reporting formats and indicators.
• Review implementation performance on an on-going basis and suggest necessary changes
• Improve documentation of good practices and information sharing between Farmer institutions, diocesan development commissions and other stakeholders.
• Ensure that best practices (where applicable) are used to develop new projects.
• Support Executive director to initiate & negotiate donor contracts to take care of organizational interests
• Support in maintaining up-to date communication with donors
• Build staff capacity to Carry out donor intelligence, proposal development, contracts management and development aid policy influencing
Requirement:

Minimum Qualifications
• Degree in Social sciences, development studies, or agriculture
• 3 years working experience in monitoring, impact assessments, fundraising and grants management
• 2 years management experience
• 3 years experience in managing donor funded projects and contracts
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products - Word, Excel and Outlook
Skills and Attributes
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural society/community
• Good attitude towards community work
• Concern for standards alongside problem solving,
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Strategic thinking, Results orientation, Concern for
• impact
• Relationship building planning & organisation, Management/administrative, interpersonal skills
• Ability to relate policy and practice
Added Advantage
• Experience in fundraising, contracts management and donor reporting
• Training and experience in project planning and management
• Experience in research and advocacy in livelihood
• Training and experience in Rights Based Programming

Salary: - USD/month
How to apply:

Qualified and interested candidates should submit their applications letters with C.V and names of the three professional referees, a cover letter and copies of relevant academic documents not later than 21st November 2011. Applications should be sent to the address below; The Executive Director, EADEN,

P. O. Box 337, Iganga.

They should be hand delivered to EADEN Head office, Iganga Municipal council off Kaliro road plot 24 Lubas road, or sent by email to eadenuganda@gmail.com