IMPACT Country Coordinator

Closing date31 May 2023
BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH
REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts. REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.

IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO whose headquarter is based in Paris and is present in thirty countries. The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.

We are currently looking for a Country Coordinator to oversee our team in Uganda.

Position: Country Coordinator

Contract duration:12 months

Location: Kampala

Starting Date: 01.06.2023

COUNTRY PROFILE
Uganda is currently hosting more than 1.5 million refugees and asylum seekers, the largest number in the region. Most have fled civil unrest and conflicts in neighbouring countries of South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Somalia, and Burundi. Refugee flows into Uganda are likely to continue due to ongoing conflicts, violent wars, unrest and human rights violations in neighbouring countries.
The vast majority of refugees are hosted in settlements in 12 refugee-hosting districts in northern and mid/south-western Uganda, while 5% of them reside in urban Kampala.

In Uganda, the response coordination is held by UNHCR and by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). The Uganda government, in coordination with the humanitarian partners, has granted a welcoming policy for all asylum seekers. The asylum seekers, once registered as refugees, receive a piece of land in one of the refugee settlements and a monthly general food assistance from WFP.

In the past years Uganda has been affected by a general decreasing of humanitarian funds that have triggered a prioritization of the humanitarian assistance.

FUNCTIONS
Under the management of IMPACT’s Executive Director in Geneva, the Country Coordinator is responsible for representing IMPACT and managing and developing IMPACT’s programs in Uganda. He/she leads the IMPACT team to achieve program excellence and ensure the highest level of impact and accountability, while ensuring compliance to IMPACT guidelines, policies and standards across the mission. The CC is in regular contact with HQ, ensuring that organizational risks are promptly and clearly communicated to the ED, the Regional Coordinator, the Head of Country Programs and Operations, and other relevant HQ Senior Management. She/he will promote organizational vision and core values across the mission and will actively link with HQ to contribute to the implementation of IMPACT’s global strategies.

In his/her mission, the Country Coordinator will be hosted by ACTED and will fall under the direct responsibility and management of ACTED’s Country Director and his/her delegates for all Administrative, Security, Logistics and Finance issues. S/he will therefore fully abide by ACTED’s Security, HR, Administration and Logistics rules and regulations, and, in coordination with ACTED, will ensure that all IMPACT staff abide by them.

RESPONSIBILITIES
The Country Coordinator responsibilities include the following:

Strategy development & implementation

Context analysis: ensure IMPACT has an up-to-date understanding of:
The country’s socio-economic situation, the impact of a crisis and the aid/humanitarian situation.
The aid/humanitarian planning, coordination, and response mechanisms, as well as key aid/humanitarian stakeholders.
The organizational, reputational and security risks related to IMPACT’s work in the country.
Develop and oversee the implementation of a Country Strategy for the mission, and take a lead role in identifying strategic opportunities for strengthening IMPACT’s work in the country; in particular:
Consolidate and strengthen ongoing programming and operations.
Ensure IMPACT activities are relevant and have a measurable impact on the aid/humanitarian response.
Identify new areas in which IMPACT can add value to the aid/humanitarian response.
Follow up on opportunities for IMPACT’s program development and strengthening of interventions.
Identify funding opportunities to consolidate, strengthen and/or expand country programs.
Formalize a country strategy in alignment with global/regional strategies, priorities and programs.
Ensure each Unit within the mission develops and pursues a Unit Strategies that are aligned with the Country Strategy objectives
Fundraising

In close coordination with IMPACT HQ, approach donors to identify funding to support IMPACT’s programs (including, as relevant, REACH, PANDA and, with ACTED, AGORA) in country.
Oversee project proposal conceptualization (problem statement, log frame) within the framework of the country, regional and global strategy, review with ACTED and/or other relevant country partners as relevant and submit proposal to HQ Grant Management Unit for validation.
Oversee budget design, in close consultation with ACTED (as relevant), and submit to IMPACT HQ finance for validation.
Ensure application of IMPACT guidelines on proposal, budget, and contract design.
Advise Grant Department on specific donor approach/regulations.
Negotiate proposal and/or contracts with donors, in close coordination with IMPACT HQ and in consultation with ACTED Country Director (when joint proposal/contract).
Programme Planning and Implementation

Ensure that all IMPACT programs contribute to supporting better aid planning and are aligned with IMPACT global and country strategies.
Ensure that all programs are planned in line with relevant project objectives and with IMPACT’s research cycle and other relevant guidelines.
Supervise all stages of program implementation, receiving regular updates from team members providing inputs when required, and conducting field visits to program sites for monitoring, quality control and program staff mentoring and coaching.