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Redeem International
Non-profit + 1 more
Casework Team Lead - Soroti
Description
As Redeem's Casework Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading the efforts of a talented multi-disciplinary
team to protect a vulnerable population of roughly 250,000 widows, orphans and dependents from land
grabbing by intervening in individual land theft cases and ultimately creating a deterrent impact that will drive
down victimization rates among widows and orphans across your project area. Specific responsibilities include:
Leadership
● Supporting the Uganda National Director and leadership in setting and refining Redeem’s strategy in Uganda;
● Fostering a workplace culture in your casework team that is consistent with Redeem’s mission and values;
● Ensuring that all team activities team are consistent with Redeem’s program strategy and hedgehog principle;
Team Management
● Supervising a multidisciplinary casework team consisting of two attorneys, two investigators, two social workers,
one community liaison, one casework administrator, one field specialist and one administrative specialist;
● Ensuring that your assigned casework team is well-coordinated and successful in achieving its objectives (i.e.,
maximizing the number of land grabbing victims restored, criminals prosecuted, and ultimately abuses prevented);
● Coordinating the efforts of casework team staff to ensure the efficient allocation of resources and workload;
● Recruiting, vetting, hiring, supervising, evaluating, disciplining, and terminating casework team staff members;
● Providing team members with guidance on technical issues arising in their casework (e.g., intake decisions);
● Overseeing the accurate and timely collection and reporting of team and individual performance data;
● Collaborating with Redeem’s Director of Program Dev’t and subject matter experts to improve program quality;
● Collaborating with Redeem’s M&E Team in accurately and timely measuring your casework team’s impact;
● Ensuring casework team compliance with internal policies and relevant statutes, laws and regulations;
Advocacy
● Representing the team and the organization with political, cultural, and religious leaders in your project area;
● Ensuring that your casework team receives the operational and programmatic support it needs to succeed;
● Advising and building capacity in local law enforcement actors (e.g., UPF, ODPP and Judiciary);
● Advocating on behalf of Redeem, its model, its team, its partners and its clients with relevant authorities;
Miscellaneous
● Communicating with donors, supporters, media and other outside parties about Redeem’s work;
● Contributing to the review and design of Redeem’s organizational systems, guidelines and policies;
● Participating in Redeem’s professional development and spiritual formation activities;
● Supporting other teams within Redeem in the achievement of their objectives; and
● Completing other duties as assigned.
Experience
Required: Bachelor’s degree or professional equivalent in program management, law or other relevant field,
Required: Five or more years of professional experience in program management and/or the justice sector;
Preferred: Five or more years of experience in team supervision and/or program management;
Preferred: Experience in multiple justice-sector disciplines (e.g., law, investigations, social work, corrections)
Preferred: Hands-on experience with Redeem’s casework intervention model and/or similar models;
Preferred: Experience working in start-up, international, matrixed and/or faith-based organizations;
Skills
Required: Fluency in English, Ateso and Kumam with excellent written and oral communication in all;
Required: Next-level leadership, emotional intelligence, and relationship-building capacity;
Required: Confidence-enhancing written work product, oral communication and public speaking;
Required: Computer literacy with strong capacity in word processing, email and data analysis;
Preferred: Working knowledge of Uganda’s legal system, penal code and land and/or succession law;
Preferred: Knowledge of multiple justice-system related disciplines (investigations, law, social work)
Preferred: Understanding of Google business suite and digital project management tools;
Attributes
Required: Mature Christian faith;
Required: High degree of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness;
Required: Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills and ability to work on a multidisciplinary team;
Required: Excellent independent professional judgment and ethical decision-making;
Required: Innovative and creative problem solving in the face of complex nuanced issues;
Required: Persistence and tenacity in the face of difficult problems or challenges;
Required: Commitment to meet deadlines and achieve results in a fast-paced environment; and
Required: Love-motivated service orientation toward colleagues, partners and even adversaries.
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