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Delegation of the European Union to UgandaProfession (Governmental)
Industry (Project, program management)
Seniority (Project, program management, Governmental)
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Governmental
Description
Requirements
A relevant second level university degree or equivalent professional experience.
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience at national or international level in managing programme/project operations, including at least 2 years of experience with an NGO, a donor or a national/international organisation.
Very good knowledge of the EU humanitarian aid system.
Very good knowledge of International NGOs, UN Aid Agencies and Red Cross Movement.
Very good understanding of Humanitarian Aid principles, policies and standards.
Work experience with DG ECHO is an asset.
Excellent drafting skills.
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).
Responsibilities
- Contributes to designing DG ECHO overall strategy, policies and thematic working groups.
Appraises and evaluates partners’ financing requests and monitors projects in the light of the intervention strategy adopted and advises, as appropriate.
Prepares fiche-ops (e-documents completed by DG ECHO staff for assessing and monitoring projects), as appropriate and submits to the responsible HoO/TA.
Reviews policy compliance in cooperation with policy experts in the RO/HQ (Headquarters).
- Liaises with partners to finalise and review proposals, once the appraisal is agreed with DG ECHO headquarters.
- Evaluates interim and final reports submitted by partners and advises DG ECHO as appropriate.
- Assists with, participates in, and reports on meetings, as appropriate
- Pro-actively follows local or regional events that may impact the humanitarian situation in the country/region. Drafts reports on the humanitarian situation, including any political, economic and security events relevant to the analysis of the humanitarian situation in the country/region.
- Supports the HoO/TA in the event of an emergency response.
- Provides backstopping capacity and surge support in case of need.
- Advises on the operational capacity of implementing partners.
- Ensures the monitoring of DG ECHO visibility and pro-active communication with partners in operational contracts in line with the guidelines.
Manages/supervises the contracts/ grants database.
Undertakes any additional tasks as assigned by the Head of Office/RO and/or Headquarters.
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