Chief of Party

Requirements

• Master’s degree in fields related to land governance, public administration, international development, governance, public policy or a related field.
  
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible senior leadership experience managing large, complex development programme in land tenure, argriculture, governance, rural development or public service delivery.
  
• Demonstrated experience with, and knowledge of the land tenure sector, preferably in Uganda.
  
• Demonstrated experience working with donors, government institutions, district structures, development partners and multi-partner coordination platforms.
  
• Experience with results-based financing, performance-based approaches, log frame and data driven management and/or complex results frameworks is an advantage.
  

Strategic Leadership, Representation and EKN Ecosystem Engagement

• Lead high-level strategic engagement with relevant line ministries and district local governments to strengthen the enabling environment for land tenure security, agricultural service delivery and natural resource management.
  
• Promote collaboration, joint learning and coordinated planning with EKN-funded partner projects, ensuring that A-GRIP contributes to portfolio coherence and shared results.
  
• Provide overall strategic direction for A-GRIP, ensuring alignment with the grant agreement, approved workplans, national priorities and EKN strategic objectives.
  

Programme Oversight, Results Delivery and Strategic Steering

• Maintain overall accountability for delivery against A-GRIP outcomes, milestones, targets, budgets, risk management, and donor commitments.
  
• Provide strategic oversight across technical components, ensuring coherence between land tenure, agricultural governance, natural resource management and institutional strengthening interventions.
  
• Lead annual and periodic, multi-stakeholder strategic planning processes, including workplans, budgets and adaptive adjustments in response to performance evidence and contextual changes.
  

Programme Leadership, Delegation and Senior Team Management

• Lead and manage the senior programme management team, including the DCOP and functional leads across technical components, MEL/data, finance, and operations.
  
• Lead the implementation of the land tenure component; ensure a good understanding and analysis of the challenges and opportunities to enhance land tenure security; translate these in a strategy and approach that will enhance the delivery of inclusive land tenure security; lead an evidence-based policy dialogue.
  
• Delegate day-to-day programme management, coordination and operational delivery to the DCOP, ensuring clear roles, decision rights, performance expectations and accountability mechanisms across the management structure.
  

Performance Management, MEL, Learning and Adaptive Management

• Champion a culture of results, learning, adaptive management and continuous improvement across the programme.
  
• Ensure MEL and performance management systems are used to track progress, assess contribution to outcomes, inform strategic decisions and support timely course correction.
  
• Lead structured programme review and reflection processes with the DCOP, project management team and partners, ensuring data, evidence, field insights and stakeholder feedback inform management decisions.
  

Compliance, Accountability and Resource Stewardship

• Ensure full compliance with donor requirements, grant agreements, Cordaid policies and applicable laws and regulations.
  
• Maintain oversight of financial, operational and administrative controls, ensuring transparent, accountable and effective use of programme resources.
  
• Ensure programme risks, safeguarding, safety and security considerations are appropriately managed and escalated where required.