Project Manager Job - ADRA Uganda

Job Title: Project Manager

Organisation: ADRA Uganda

Project: PASSAGE

Duty Station: Kitgum, Uganda

About US:

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a humanitarian non-governmental organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that demonstrates God’s love and compassion. The organization works with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible action.

Job Summary: The Project Manager provides technical assistance and expertise with reference to the ADRA Finland project as well as field coordination, ensuring high quality and consistency of work. The Project Manager promotes a collaborative, client focused, quality and results-oriented approach in the Project Team. The Project Manager shall assist in undertaking all the tasks required to ensure timely, cost effective and quality delivery of the projects.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop integrated/joint plan (monthly, quarterly & contingency) and facilitate the implementation of activities under the agriculture component.
Coordinate and implement field activities in a participatory manner following the work plan developed by the project.
To explain and negotiate with project beneficiaries their contribution to the project and then mobilize, coordinate, monitor and evaluate their contributions.
Get involved and support at various levels of purchasing and delivering materials according to the procurement, accounting, and handling over procedures of ADRA Uganda.
Supervise usage and maintenance of the equipment and tools for the project.
Supervise and supports the distribution of the farming material, tools and other items to the project beneficiaries
Support trainers in conducting trainings in the communities
Conduct regular monitoring of project activities and inputting the data into a relevant database.
Provide mentoring to the project trainers and beneficiaries about the establishment and production in the community gardens
Facilitate, supervise recording, documentation of lessons learnt and best practices by regular review and monitoring
Organize and facilitate regular community meetings and to write minutes and develop and implement a follow up action plan based on the discussions of the meetings.
Assist in developing and implementing baseline and end of project surveys with on-going assessment of needs and capacities of the communities in order to adapt the project to best fit the needs of the community in a dynamic environment.
Work with the community as a mediator in order to develop creative solutions to solve problems and to adapt according to changes that may come
Submits monthly regular reports of project activities
Attend regular project review meetings,
Represent ADRA in local meetings organized by stakeholders
Any other project related work as assigned by Project Manager or Country Director or Programs Director from time to time.

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or other relevant degree
Ability to speak the local language- Acholi
At least four years of progressive experience

ADRA Core Values

Connected
Courageous
Compassionate

Other Desired Competencies

Knowledge Management and Learning

Shares knowledge and experience.
Provides helpful feedback and advice to others in the office: High sense of responsibility, excellent knowledge of protocol and excellent knowledge of security issues.

Development and Operational Effectiveness