Country Representative Uganda
Description
Closing date31 Mar 2023
Job Description
Position Title: Country Representative
Reports To: Regional Representative for Africa
Division: Church World Service
Department: Leadership
Other key areas of responsibility include stakeholder management, resource mobilization, finance, human resources, and development of new, and nurturing of existing, CWS partnerships, and identification of opportunities for CWS program growth and expansion.
The Country Representative directly supervises the Program Coordinator, IT officer, Program Integrity Specialist, the Safety and Security Officer, and Administration Manager.
Essential Duties:
Program Management
Oversees long-range strategic planning, programmatic direction and growth.
Develops a country program plan with the Regional Office in Nairobi Kenya and in coordination with relevant CWS HQ units, defines the programmatic and fundraising efforts and develops proposals and concept notes for the Uganda country program.
Provides strategic leadership and direct oversight to CWS Africa activities in Uganda.
Develops annual/monthly projections that inform CWS priorities and plays a key role in annual strategy review of the Ugandan country program.
Leads, guides and supervises the program managers and project officers on planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the projects to ensure the effective and efficient execution of project deliverables.
Manages human resources activities.
Oversees the use of the budget and monitors effective and appropriate use of resources across departments.
Develops, coordinates, and manages stakeholder engagement to ensure quality implementation and expansion of CWS programs.
Administration and Finance
In coordination with the Regional Office in Nairobi, Kenya, develops, proposes and monitors the annual budget for all CWS activities in Uganda
Provides leadership to ensure good stewardship of financial resources and CWS assets in and participates in annual financial audits.
Ensures that administrative policies support the accountability, transparency, and efficiency of CWS and comply with all donor requirements and CWS policies.
