Organisation Independent Development Fund (IDF)
City Kampala
Country Uganda
Category Management
Job Description
The Independent Development Fund (IDF) Is a Ugandan non- political, non- governmental, not for profit grant mechanism, providing support to civil society organizations to promote human rights, access to justice and social accountability in Uganda. We seek to recruit qualified individuals to fill the positions of Programme Results Officer and Documentation and Learning Officer.
Title: Programme Support Officer (Human Rights and Good Governance)
Reports to: Programme Support Manager
Purpose of the Job:
Responsible for identifying organizational capacity gaps of the grantees
and providing ensuring they receive support to strengthen organizational
capacity especially in the technical areas of Human Rights and Good
Governance.
The Job:
• Assess the technical capacity gaps of grantees and ensure initiatives are put in place to develop them to an adequate capacity
• Support realignment of grantee project results with IDF strategic goals and objectives
• Ensure strategic programmes or plans of grantees are in place and clearly reflect the work that is being supported by IDF and its sustainability
• Ensure grantees have human resource policy and procedures that provide for improvements of staff technical support in areas that are supported by IDF.
• Ensure grantees have good fundraising strategies or actions to support the sustainability of the work supported by IDF
• Coordinate general and purposeful communication to grantees with a view of capacity building.
• Ensure Grantee programme capacity gaps are addressed to a level that allows them to function normally.
• Carry out evaluation of grantee management capacity through frequent monitoring and reporting on project implementation progress and compliance with procedures.
The Person:
• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in disciplines of Human Rights and/or Good Governance
• Minimum of at least 3 years experience in technical support or project management
• Good knowledge of a human rights and Good Governance issues in
A good understanding of community based approaches/ understanding of development issues in Uganda and of civil society dynamics will be an added advantage
How to Apply
To apply please send your CV and cover letter with 3 work related referees to the address or e-mail below. Please mark your application with the position name, e.g.: "IDF-PSO or IDF-PRO" depending on what position you are applying for. E-mails that exceed 2 MB will not be considered. Closing date is Friday September 20th 2013 While we thank all applicants for your interest, only the selected will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification. People Performance Group, Plot 8 Kltante Close, Kltante E-mail: application@ppg.co.ug
