Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Programme Officer at National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU)
Job title: Programme Officer
Employment type: Full time
Country: Uganda
City: Kampala
Job category: Project/Program Management
The National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) is an umbrella organization for all disability categories in Uganda. NUDIPU is implementing a project code named “WE CAN MANAGE” PWDs’ Savings and Credit Project targeting Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and their Caretakers. NUDIPU is seeking to recruit one (1) dynamic and visionary person to the position of Programme Assistant to spearhead the project in Manafwa district.
The Programme Assistant shall be based at Manafwa and will be responsible for the direct implementation of the project. He/she will be reporting to the Programme Officer who will supervise him/her in collaboration with the respective District Union Chairperson.
Specific requirements/competences:
Drivers jobs in Uganda at Chemonics International
Job Title: Drivers (4 Vacancies)
Organisation: Chemonics International
Duty Station: Mbale, Gulu and Bushenyi, Uganda
Reports to: the Regional Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant.
About Chemonics:
Chemonics International, a Washington DC based international consulting firm, seeks qualified candidates to fill four full-time driver positions on the USAID/ Uganda Feed the Future Commodity Production and Marketing Activity. The USAID/Uganda Commodity Production and Marketing Activity is a five year Activity that seeks to provide technical support towards sustainable production and marketing of high quality beans, maize and coffee in the 34 Feed the Future focus districts in Uganda. The Activity will contribute towards achieving USAID Feed the Future’s twin objectives of reducing poverty and under-nutrition by increasing the quantity and quality of coffee, maize, and beans produced and marketed by smallholder farmers.
Job Summary: The main responsibilities are driving and maintaining the project vehicles and assisting the regional Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant with carrying out day to day office administrative work in the regional office.
Organisation: Chemonics International
Duty Station: Mbale, Gulu and Bushenyi, Uganda
Reports to: the Regional Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant.
About Chemonics:
Chemonics International, a Washington DC based international consulting firm, seeks qualified candidates to fill four full-time driver positions on the USAID/ Uganda Feed the Future Commodity Production and Marketing Activity. The USAID/Uganda Commodity Production and Marketing Activity is a five year Activity that seeks to provide technical support towards sustainable production and marketing of high quality beans, maize and coffee in the 34 Feed the Future focus districts in Uganda. The Activity will contribute towards achieving USAID Feed the Future’s twin objectives of reducing poverty and under-nutrition by increasing the quantity and quality of coffee, maize, and beans produced and marketed by smallholder farmers.
Job Summary: The main responsibilities are driving and maintaining the project vehicles and assisting the regional Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant with carrying out day to day office administrative work in the regional office.
Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Resource Management Adviser - Danish Embassy (DANIDA) Uganda
Job Title: Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Resource Management Adviser
Organisation: Danish Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50990-2013/UGA.02-W
About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 to April 2014. The Water Resource Management Adviser for the Directorate of Water Resource Management will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
Job Summary: The Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Resource Management Adviser to the Directorate of Water Resources Management (DWRM) will support DWRM in realising its mission of sustainable and integrated catchment-based management of water resources of Uganda. The job holder will also effectively and efficiently plan, organise, direct, and control all the human and financial resources made available to the Directorate (from Government of Uganda and various donors, including the JWESSPS); S/he will also have the overall purpose of the Directorate through its various managed activities and outputs, while contributing to
Organisation: Danish Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50990-2013/UGA.02-W
About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 to April 2014. The Water Resource Management Adviser for the Directorate of Water Resource Management will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
Job Summary: The Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Resource Management Adviser to the Directorate of Water Resources Management (DWRM) will support DWRM in realising its mission of sustainable and integrated catchment-based management of water resources of Uganda. The job holder will also effectively and efficiently plan, organise, direct, and control all the human and financial resources made available to the Directorate (from Government of Uganda and various donors, including the JWESSPS); S/he will also have the overall purpose of the Directorate through its various managed activities and outputs, while contributing to
Financial Advisors - Britam Uganda
Job Title: Financial Advisors (Several Vacancies)
Organisation: Britam
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Britam:
Britam is a leading diversified financial services group, listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The group has interests across the Eastern Africa region. The company offers a wide range of financial products and services in Insurance, Asset management, Banking and Property. The product range includes: life, health and general insurance, pensions, unit trusts, investment planning, wealth management, off-shore investments, retirement planning, discretionary portfolio management, property development and private equity.
Job Summary: The Financial advisors will be to source for general insurance business and effectively manage customers’ accounts.
Roles
Organisation: Britam
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Britam:
Britam is a leading diversified financial services group, listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The group has interests across the Eastern Africa region. The company offers a wide range of financial products and services in Insurance, Asset management, Banking and Property. The product range includes: life, health and general insurance, pensions, unit trusts, investment planning, wealth management, off-shore investments, retirement planning, discretionary portfolio management, property development and private equity.
Job Summary: The Financial advisors will be to source for general insurance business and effectively manage customers’ accounts.
Roles
Scientist, Rural Socio-Economist - Bioversity International Uganda
Job Title: Scientist, Rural Socio-Economist
Organisation: Bioversity International
Project: Commodity Systems and Genetic Resources
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Leader of the Commodity Systems and Genetic Resources
About US:
Bioversity International is a research-for-development organization working with partners worldwide to use and conserve agricultural and tree biodiversity for improved livelihoods, nutrition, sustainability and productive and resilient ecosystems. Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership for a food secure future. Bioversity International has more than 300 staff and scientists worldwide working with almost 700 partners.
For further information on Bioversity International, consult the Web page at http://www.bioversityinternational.org
Justification of Position:
With international attention focusing on the need to increase investment in agriculture to improve rural livelihoods, food and nutritional security, natural resources management and ecosystem services, Bioversity is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic person to lead economic research in the area of commodity genetic resources, productivity, and value chains and to carry out impact assessment of our research in pursuit of our strategic goals. Based in our regional office for east and southern Africa (ESA) in Kampala, Uganda the incumbent will coordinate and lead research to:
Evaluate the contribution of agricultural biodiversity and agro-ecological intensification to the security of smallholder livelihoods in response to pest and disease pressure and climate variability and change.
Determine principal economic and social drivers for agro-ecological intensification and the use of agricultural biodiversity, including key determinants of the policy and market environments.
Assess the impact of Bioversity's work regarding the increased use of agricultural biodiversity in commodity-based smallholder production systems on livelihoods, food and nutritional security, and gender equity.
The selected candidate will work with diverse partners and stakeholders at the global, national and local levels in pursuit of Bioversity's strategy and research agenda that seeks to leverage the use of agricultural biodiversity for sustainable intensification of production systems and more resilient livelihoods.
Key Duties
Develop household typologies according to the absolute and relative weight of banana, cocoa and coconut and associated agricultural biodiversity in the livelihood strategies of diverse smallholder households.
Assess gender-disaggregated effects of using agricultural biodiversity on household asset building, food and nutritional security, income generation and resilience to climate change.
Carry out studies on the economic and social drivers for agro-ecological intensification and the use of diverse genetic resources in smallholder production systems based on banana, cocoa and coconut.
Collaborate with biophysical and social scientists to identify options for agroecological intensification and value chain integration through partnerships at the research-development interface, in line with smallholder livelihood realities and needs.
Carry out socio-economic analyses for assessing the outcomes and impact of Bioversity's research on commodity genetic resources, productivity and value chains, including the role of the international and regional networks Bioversity coordinates.
Provide backstopping for data collection during project implementation to secure data availability for monitoring and evaluation as well as ex-post impact assessment.
Collaborate with other scientists, both within Bioversity and other CGIAR Centres and research organizations, including pertinent CGIAR Research Programmes (CRPs) and other research-for-development platforms and networks.
Contribute to capacity building for livelihoods analysis and ex-ante/ex-post impact assessment through collaborative research with national partners.
Contribute to outcome progress monitoring in the Commodity Systems and Genetic Resources Programme and collaborate with the Impact Assessment Unit at Bioversity and within relevant CRPs in developing and updating concepts and methods for comprehensive impact assessment of agricultural research for development.
Produce scientific publications and other impact-oriented products from high quality research and present research findings in international and national conferences, symposia and other high-level meetings.
Ensure the timely development of concepts, proposals, communications and reports for a range of donors, in close collaboration with the ESA office, Programme Leadership and the Resource Mobilization Team; take part in meetings and other events with donors and potential donors.
Qualifications,
The applicant should hold a PhD in agricultural or development economics, geography or related fields, with expertise in the area of livelihoods analysis and impact assessment.
Organisation: Bioversity International
Project: Commodity Systems and Genetic Resources
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Leader of the Commodity Systems and Genetic Resources
About US:
Bioversity International is a research-for-development organization working with partners worldwide to use and conserve agricultural and tree biodiversity for improved livelihoods, nutrition, sustainability and productive and resilient ecosystems. Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership for a food secure future. Bioversity International has more than 300 staff and scientists worldwide working with almost 700 partners.
For further information on Bioversity International, consult the Web page at http://www.bioversityinternational.org
Justification of Position:
With international attention focusing on the need to increase investment in agriculture to improve rural livelihoods, food and nutritional security, natural resources management and ecosystem services, Bioversity is seeking a highly motivated and dynamic person to lead economic research in the area of commodity genetic resources, productivity, and value chains and to carry out impact assessment of our research in pursuit of our strategic goals. Based in our regional office for east and southern Africa (ESA) in Kampala, Uganda the incumbent will coordinate and lead research to:
Evaluate the contribution of agricultural biodiversity and agro-ecological intensification to the security of smallholder livelihoods in response to pest and disease pressure and climate variability and change.
Determine principal economic and social drivers for agro-ecological intensification and the use of agricultural biodiversity, including key determinants of the policy and market environments.
Assess the impact of Bioversity's work regarding the increased use of agricultural biodiversity in commodity-based smallholder production systems on livelihoods, food and nutritional security, and gender equity.
The selected candidate will work with diverse partners and stakeholders at the global, national and local levels in pursuit of Bioversity's strategy and research agenda that seeks to leverage the use of agricultural biodiversity for sustainable intensification of production systems and more resilient livelihoods.
Key Duties
Develop household typologies according to the absolute and relative weight of banana, cocoa and coconut and associated agricultural biodiversity in the livelihood strategies of diverse smallholder households.
Assess gender-disaggregated effects of using agricultural biodiversity on household asset building, food and nutritional security, income generation and resilience to climate change.
Carry out studies on the economic and social drivers for agro-ecological intensification and the use of diverse genetic resources in smallholder production systems based on banana, cocoa and coconut.
Collaborate with biophysical and social scientists to identify options for agroecological intensification and value chain integration through partnerships at the research-development interface, in line with smallholder livelihood realities and needs.
Carry out socio-economic analyses for assessing the outcomes and impact of Bioversity's research on commodity genetic resources, productivity and value chains, including the role of the international and regional networks Bioversity coordinates.
Provide backstopping for data collection during project implementation to secure data availability for monitoring and evaluation as well as ex-post impact assessment.
Collaborate with other scientists, both within Bioversity and other CGIAR Centres and research organizations, including pertinent CGIAR Research Programmes (CRPs) and other research-for-development platforms and networks.
Contribute to capacity building for livelihoods analysis and ex-ante/ex-post impact assessment through collaborative research with national partners.
Contribute to outcome progress monitoring in the Commodity Systems and Genetic Resources Programme and collaborate with the Impact Assessment Unit at Bioversity and within relevant CRPs in developing and updating concepts and methods for comprehensive impact assessment of agricultural research for development.
Produce scientific publications and other impact-oriented products from high quality research and present research findings in international and national conferences, symposia and other high-level meetings.
Ensure the timely development of concepts, proposals, communications and reports for a range of donors, in close collaboration with the ESA office, Programme Leadership and the Resource Mobilization Team; take part in meetings and other events with donors and potential donors.
Qualifications,
The applicant should hold a PhD in agricultural or development economics, geography or related fields, with expertise in the area of livelihoods analysis and impact assessment.
Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Sector Adviser - Danish Embassy (DANIDA) Uganda
Job Title: Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Sector Adviser
Organisation: Danish Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50991-2013/UGA.03-W
About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 to April 2014. The Water Sector
Adviser will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
Job Summary: The adviser will support the sector in achieving its objectives by supporting the MWE management in effectively and efficiently using the resources made available for the sector, while contributing to improvement of alignment, harmonisation, accountability, and transparency as well as supporting the coordination and liaison function with a focus on capacity development. The Senior Water Sector Adviser will have two areas of focus in supporting the MWE at large, with the aim of strengthening the sector’s overall performance. The first focus area will be the three sub-sectors within the Directorate of Water Development (DWD), namely; Rural Water and Sanitation, Urban Water and Sanitation, and Water for Production, in fulfilling their mandate. The second focus will be support to the MWE liaison and capacity development functions, which include the Directorates of Environment Affairs (DEA) and Water Resources Management (DWRM).
Major Roles
The scope of work of the Water Sector Adviser will include advisory services to DWD and
MWE at large, with the aim of strengthening the sector’s overall performance. Emphasis will
be on the three sub-sectors of Rural Water and Sanitation, Urban Water and Sanitation, and Water for Production. It will include but not be limited to:
1. Improved sector performance
The Water Sector Adviser shall contribute to strengthening the sector’s role in poverty
reduction by supporting DWD/MWE in its efforts to:
Improve sector planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, with a special focus on employing a Rights Based Approach in i) the identification and reduction of socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities; and ii) the relevance and reliability of data and the information systems in which they are used;
Continuously improve the institutional, organisational, staffing and managerial structures of sector institutions, with the aim of enhancing their contributions to sector performance;
Maintain and/or establish sector funding mechanisms that are well functioning, transparent and accountable, and aligned to government rules and procedures;
Refine and implement the sector’s decentralisation policies, including the separation of functions such as implementation; regulation; policy-making; O&M and monitoring;
Actively involve users/consumers in the planning, financing, management and monitoring of water and sanitation facilities;
Enhance sector transparency and accountability at all levels, leading to a tangibly increased share of resources that actually benefit the end-user/consumer;
Strengthen the overall sector coordination and liaison function;
Support MWE in preparing inputs to the Joint Budget Support Framework/Joint Assistance Framework (JAF) planning and monitoring process for provision of budget support to the GoU;
Implementation of the sector capacity development strategy.
2. Harmonisation and Alignment
The Water Sector Adviser shall assist DWD /MWE in:
Strengthening and consolidating SWAP arrangements, based on the Sector Investment Plan (SIP) as the point of departure for continuously increased alignment and harmonisation of contributions from JWESSP as well as non-JWESSP partners;
Identifying strategic dialogue issues for the Joint Sector Reviews and Joint Technical Reviews, as well as policy and strategic issues for discussion in the WESWG;
Developing procedures for integrating JWESSP resources in the planning, budgeting, implementation and reporting systems of MWE and its directorates, while ensuring that confidence from development partners and other stakeholders remains intact;
Developing internal DWD/MWE support mechanisms for i) coordinating the utilisation of JWESSP resources and ii) preparing comprehensive work plans, budgets and reports – based on departmental inputs – for presentation to the WESWG and required sub working groups as well as development partners;
Support the system of the WESWG and its sub-working groups, for interaction between government and JWESSP development partners, which allows strategic dialogue and informed decisions on work plans, budgets and reports, while discouraging outside involvement in tasks that are part of DWD/MWE’s management responsibilities;
Improving uniform reporting systems that satisfy both government and development partners;
Liaise closely with the Water Sector Adviser for the Directorate of Water Resources Management (SA-DWRM).
3. Strengthening the involvement of the private sector and civil society and the regulatory function of DWD over water utilities
The Water Sector Adviser will provide support and advice to DWD/MWE on the following issues relating to the private sector and civil society:
In liaison with the Operation and Maintenance Adviser, carry out promotion and training of private operators in small towns, rural growth centres and rural gravity flow schemes, hereunder the private sector organisations for operation and maintenance of private sector managed systems;
Support to NGOs/civil society organisations through the Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) Secretariat to leverage own funding, by empowering them to address development partners and access funds for sector activities directly from them;
Support to NGO/civil society through UWASNET Secretariat in their watchdog role, as well as in strengthening the role of the user in monitoring and influencing how sector resources are used at the local level;
Supervision and regulation of water authorities/utilities.
Qualifications,
The applicant should possess a master’s degree or corresponding qualifications in subjects relevant to the water and sanitation sector, management and/or public sector restructuring and reform;
Profound experience in comprehensive water and sanitation sector reform, including institutional reform and enhanced involvement of the private sector and civil society, or equivalent experience of institutional reforms in other sectors, where institutional reform of the public sector is combined with private sector and civil society involvement;
Skills and Experience:
Strong experience in capacity development within public institutions;
Extensive work experience from central governments and/or donors;
Strong experience from developing countries and, preferably, Eastern Africa;
Fluency in written and spoken English;
Experience in catchment-based planning and implementation;
Experience in employing a Rights Based Approach to planning and implementation.
Good analytical skills, outgoing and robust with a pragmatic approach and appreciation of the dynamics in a politically managed organisation;
Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team with relations to different ministries and stakeholders.
Terms of employment: The contract period is three years, with the third year pending budgetary approval. Attractive remuneration package reflecting family status. Contribution to a pension scheme, health insurance and reimbursement of school fees. Free housing. Grant for relocation.
Apply To
Information about the mandatory application procedure can be found at: www.danidajob.dk. Reference number DK-50991-2013/UGA.03-W should be stated in the application.
Preliminary interviews and personal evaluation: week 47 (18-19 November 2013). Mercuri Urval will conduct a personal evaluation of selected candidates.
Language test: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that all candidates called in for interview - except for those to whom the relevant language is mother tongue - shall be language tested in Denmark in the working languages of the duty station (i.e. English).
Presentation to the appointments committee: 20 November 2013.
Decision: A decision is expected shortly after 20 November 2013.
Deadline: 24th October 2013 at 12 noon (C.
Organisation: Danish Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50991-2013/UGA.03-W
About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 to April 2014. The Water Sector
Adviser will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
Job Summary: The adviser will support the sector in achieving its objectives by supporting the MWE management in effectively and efficiently using the resources made available for the sector, while contributing to improvement of alignment, harmonisation, accountability, and transparency as well as supporting the coordination and liaison function with a focus on capacity development. The Senior Water Sector Adviser will have two areas of focus in supporting the MWE at large, with the aim of strengthening the sector’s overall performance. The first focus area will be the three sub-sectors within the Directorate of Water Development (DWD), namely; Rural Water and Sanitation, Urban Water and Sanitation, and Water for Production, in fulfilling their mandate. The second focus will be support to the MWE liaison and capacity development functions, which include the Directorates of Environment Affairs (DEA) and Water Resources Management (DWRM).
Major Roles
The scope of work of the Water Sector Adviser will include advisory services to DWD and
MWE at large, with the aim of strengthening the sector’s overall performance. Emphasis will
be on the three sub-sectors of Rural Water and Sanitation, Urban Water and Sanitation, and Water for Production. It will include but not be limited to:
1. Improved sector performance
The Water Sector Adviser shall contribute to strengthening the sector’s role in poverty
reduction by supporting DWD/MWE in its efforts to:
Improve sector planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, with a special focus on employing a Rights Based Approach in i) the identification and reduction of socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities; and ii) the relevance and reliability of data and the information systems in which they are used;
Continuously improve the institutional, organisational, staffing and managerial structures of sector institutions, with the aim of enhancing their contributions to sector performance;
Maintain and/or establish sector funding mechanisms that are well functioning, transparent and accountable, and aligned to government rules and procedures;
Refine and implement the sector’s decentralisation policies, including the separation of functions such as implementation; regulation; policy-making; O&M and monitoring;
Actively involve users/consumers in the planning, financing, management and monitoring of water and sanitation facilities;
Enhance sector transparency and accountability at all levels, leading to a tangibly increased share of resources that actually benefit the end-user/consumer;
Strengthen the overall sector coordination and liaison function;
Support MWE in preparing inputs to the Joint Budget Support Framework/Joint Assistance Framework (JAF) planning and monitoring process for provision of budget support to the GoU;
Implementation of the sector capacity development strategy.
2. Harmonisation and Alignment
The Water Sector Adviser shall assist DWD /MWE in:
Strengthening and consolidating SWAP arrangements, based on the Sector Investment Plan (SIP) as the point of departure for continuously increased alignment and harmonisation of contributions from JWESSP as well as non-JWESSP partners;
Identifying strategic dialogue issues for the Joint Sector Reviews and Joint Technical Reviews, as well as policy and strategic issues for discussion in the WESWG;
Developing procedures for integrating JWESSP resources in the planning, budgeting, implementation and reporting systems of MWE and its directorates, while ensuring that confidence from development partners and other stakeholders remains intact;
Developing internal DWD/MWE support mechanisms for i) coordinating the utilisation of JWESSP resources and ii) preparing comprehensive work plans, budgets and reports – based on departmental inputs – for presentation to the WESWG and required sub working groups as well as development partners;
Support the system of the WESWG and its sub-working groups, for interaction between government and JWESSP development partners, which allows strategic dialogue and informed decisions on work plans, budgets and reports, while discouraging outside involvement in tasks that are part of DWD/MWE’s management responsibilities;
Improving uniform reporting systems that satisfy both government and development partners;
Liaise closely with the Water Sector Adviser for the Directorate of Water Resources Management (SA-DWRM).
3. Strengthening the involvement of the private sector and civil society and the regulatory function of DWD over water utilities
The Water Sector Adviser will provide support and advice to DWD/MWE on the following issues relating to the private sector and civil society:
In liaison with the Operation and Maintenance Adviser, carry out promotion and training of private operators in small towns, rural growth centres and rural gravity flow schemes, hereunder the private sector organisations for operation and maintenance of private sector managed systems;
Support to NGOs/civil society organisations through the Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) Secretariat to leverage own funding, by empowering them to address development partners and access funds for sector activities directly from them;
Support to NGO/civil society through UWASNET Secretariat in their watchdog role, as well as in strengthening the role of the user in monitoring and influencing how sector resources are used at the local level;
Supervision and regulation of water authorities/utilities.
Qualifications,
The applicant should possess a master’s degree or corresponding qualifications in subjects relevant to the water and sanitation sector, management and/or public sector restructuring and reform;
Profound experience in comprehensive water and sanitation sector reform, including institutional reform and enhanced involvement of the private sector and civil society, or equivalent experience of institutional reforms in other sectors, where institutional reform of the public sector is combined with private sector and civil society involvement;
Skills and Experience:
Strong experience in capacity development within public institutions;
Extensive work experience from central governments and/or donors;
Strong experience from developing countries and, preferably, Eastern Africa;
Fluency in written and spoken English;
Experience in catchment-based planning and implementation;
Experience in employing a Rights Based Approach to planning and implementation.
Good analytical skills, outgoing and robust with a pragmatic approach and appreciation of the dynamics in a politically managed organisation;
Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team with relations to different ministries and stakeholders.
Terms of employment: The contract period is three years, with the third year pending budgetary approval. Attractive remuneration package reflecting family status. Contribution to a pension scheme, health insurance and reimbursement of school fees. Free housing. Grant for relocation.
Apply To
Information about the mandatory application procedure can be found at: www.danidajob.dk. Reference number DK-50991-2013/UGA.03-W should be stated in the application.
Preliminary interviews and personal evaluation: week 47 (18-19 November 2013). Mercuri Urval will conduct a personal evaluation of selected candidates.
Language test: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that all candidates called in for interview - except for those to whom the relevant language is mother tongue - shall be language tested in Denmark in the working languages of the duty station (i.e. English).
Presentation to the appointments committee: 20 November 2013.
Decision: A decision is expected shortly after 20 November 2013.
Deadline: 24th October 2013 at 12 noon (C.
Senior Adviser (N2) – Public Finance Adviser - Danish Embassy (DANIDA) Uganda
Job Title: Senior Adviser (N2) – Public Finance Adviser
Organisation: Danish Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50989-2013/UGA.01-W
About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 – April 2014. To assist in the implementation of the JWESSP three Danida advisers will be recruited to provide advisory services to the Ministry of Water and Environment. The Public Finance Adviser will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
Major Roles
The Public Finance Adviser’s scope of work will focus primarily on improving capacity in areas controllable within MWE. Expanding on the areas listed above this will include the following:
Support the Planning Department of MWE in the analysis of performance against policy objectives;
Assist the Planning Department of MWE in the creation of a report on policy performance for presentation to Top Management and the Sector and Sub Sector Working Groups.
Sector governance and the delivery of public services
Work with the Director / Directorate of Water Development (DWD) and Commissioners
(Rural Water Division (RWD), Water for Production (WfP), and Urban Water and Sanitation
Division (UWSD)) in the MWE service delivery departments to improve: Linkages with the Ministry of Agriculture particularly to ensure that final outputs and outcomes resulting from infrastructure associated with farm irrigation schemes are realised;
Linkages with the Ministry of Education & Sport and Ministry of Health to clarify mandates and responsibilities for the supply of clean water and sanitation facilities in educational and health institutions respectively;
Linkages with the private sector to ensure that environmental issues are fully considered during the planning and feasibility stage of any venture that requires an Environmental and Impact Assessment (taken as including Climate Change);
Initiation and follow-up of results of value for money and tracking studies.
Improving financial management and accountability
Support the Principal Accountant and the Joint Partnership Fund (JPF) Accounts Unit as necessary including:
Review and where necessary update JPF procedures to keep them in accordance with Government of Uganda procedures to facilitate continued alignment;
Assist the JPF Accounts Unit in preparation of financial and audit reports on JPF donor funds;
Support as necessary in preparing the annual JPF work plans and budgets including the allocation of JPF funds to the components within the Ministry;
Support to the JWESSP Component Managers in the preparation of quarterly progress reports for presentation and discussion in the sector working group meetings;
Support the GoU Finance Department in the improvement of document flow to manage payments to suppliers more efficiently;
Support the Internal Audit Department in the development of an annual audit programme in compliance with the Government Internal Audit Manual;
Support the strengthening of monitoring and reporting on decentralized (conditional grants) implementation for water and sanitation in particular transmitted to district local governments.
Key Performance Areas:
The work of the Public Finance Adviser is expected to improve existing processes, documents and relationships. As such the precise method of measurement of impact will be agreed as part of the inception report process. The following areas will be expected to demonstrate the impact of the adviser:
Regular risk assessment reports;
Improved quality of quarterly reporting;
Improved quality and raised profile of internal audit reporting;
Absence of perceived corruption under the control of the sector;
Regular policy analysis reporting.
Qualifications,
The applicant should hold a Masters degree (or equivalent level of academic or professional experience) in political science, international relations, public administration, accounting or finance, law or development studies;
Skills and Experience:
Extensive experience working in the area of public finance, good governance or financial management;
Experience working with basket funding;
Extensive experience working in developing countries, preferably East Africa/Uganda;
Experience of supporting inter-ministerial collaboration particularly in developing economies will be an added advantage;
Knowledge of and experience working with bilateral and multilateral donors will be an added advantage;
Fluent in written and spoken English.
Pro-active and confident;
Analytical, outgoing and robust;
Pragmatic with an appreciation for the dynamics in a politically managed organisation;
Strong inter-personal skills;
Persuasive communicator;
Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team with relations to different ministries and stakeholder.
Apply To
Information about the mandatory application procedure can be found at: www.danidajob.dk. Reference number DK-50989-2013/UGA.01-W should be stated in the application.
Preliminary interviews and personal evaluation: week 47 (18-19 November 2013). Mercuri Urval will conduct a personal evaluation of selected candidates.
Language test: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that all candidates called in for interview - except for those to whom the relevant language is mother tongue - shall be language tested in Denmark in the working languages of the duty station (i.e. English).
Presentation to the appointments committee: 20 November 2013.
Decision: A decision is expected shortly after 20 November 2013.
Deadline: 24th October 2013.
Organisation: Danish Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50989-2013/UGA.01-W
About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 – April 2014. To assist in the implementation of the JWESSP three Danida advisers will be recruited to provide advisory services to the Ministry of Water and Environment. The Public Finance Adviser will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
Major Roles
The Public Finance Adviser’s scope of work will focus primarily on improving capacity in areas controllable within MWE. Expanding on the areas listed above this will include the following:
Support the Planning Department of MWE in the analysis of performance against policy objectives;
Assist the Planning Department of MWE in the creation of a report on policy performance for presentation to Top Management and the Sector and Sub Sector Working Groups.
Sector governance and the delivery of public services
Work with the Director / Directorate of Water Development (DWD) and Commissioners
(Rural Water Division (RWD), Water for Production (WfP), and Urban Water and Sanitation
Division (UWSD)) in the MWE service delivery departments to improve: Linkages with the Ministry of Agriculture particularly to ensure that final outputs and outcomes resulting from infrastructure associated with farm irrigation schemes are realised;
Linkages with the Ministry of Education & Sport and Ministry of Health to clarify mandates and responsibilities for the supply of clean water and sanitation facilities in educational and health institutions respectively;
Linkages with the private sector to ensure that environmental issues are fully considered during the planning and feasibility stage of any venture that requires an Environmental and Impact Assessment (taken as including Climate Change);
Initiation and follow-up of results of value for money and tracking studies.
Improving financial management and accountability
Support the Principal Accountant and the Joint Partnership Fund (JPF) Accounts Unit as necessary including:
Review and where necessary update JPF procedures to keep them in accordance with Government of Uganda procedures to facilitate continued alignment;
Assist the JPF Accounts Unit in preparation of financial and audit reports on JPF donor funds;
Support as necessary in preparing the annual JPF work plans and budgets including the allocation of JPF funds to the components within the Ministry;
Support to the JWESSP Component Managers in the preparation of quarterly progress reports for presentation and discussion in the sector working group meetings;
Support the GoU Finance Department in the improvement of document flow to manage payments to suppliers more efficiently;
Support the Internal Audit Department in the development of an annual audit programme in compliance with the Government Internal Audit Manual;
Support the strengthening of monitoring and reporting on decentralized (conditional grants) implementation for water and sanitation in particular transmitted to district local governments.
Key Performance Areas:
The work of the Public Finance Adviser is expected to improve existing processes, documents and relationships. As such the precise method of measurement of impact will be agreed as part of the inception report process. The following areas will be expected to demonstrate the impact of the adviser:
Regular risk assessment reports;
Improved quality of quarterly reporting;
Improved quality and raised profile of internal audit reporting;
Absence of perceived corruption under the control of the sector;
Regular policy analysis reporting.
Qualifications,
The applicant should hold a Masters degree (or equivalent level of academic or professional experience) in political science, international relations, public administration, accounting or finance, law or development studies;
Skills and Experience:
Extensive experience working in the area of public finance, good governance or financial management;
Experience working with basket funding;
Extensive experience working in developing countries, preferably East Africa/Uganda;
Experience of supporting inter-ministerial collaboration particularly in developing economies will be an added advantage;
Knowledge of and experience working with bilateral and multilateral donors will be an added advantage;
Fluent in written and spoken English.
Pro-active and confident;
Analytical, outgoing and robust;
Pragmatic with an appreciation for the dynamics in a politically managed organisation;
Strong inter-personal skills;
Persuasive communicator;
Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team with relations to different ministries and stakeholder.
Apply To
Information about the mandatory application procedure can be found at: www.danidajob.dk. Reference number DK-50989-2013/UGA.01-W should be stated in the application.
Preliminary interviews and personal evaluation: week 47 (18-19 November 2013). Mercuri Urval will conduct a personal evaluation of selected candidates.
Language test: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that all candidates called in for interview - except for those to whom the relevant language is mother tongue - shall be language tested in Denmark in the working languages of the duty station (i.e. English).
Presentation to the appointments committee: 20 November 2013.
Decision: A decision is expected shortly after 20 November 2013.
Deadline: 24th October 2013.
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