Program Area Manager at FH Association Formally Food for the Hungry Uganda, Amudat/Karamoja Region

Job Description

Talent. Faith. Thrive.

When you join FH Association, you embrace God’s calling for your life and engage in work that combines your talents and faith. In the same way FH Association is committed to unlocking resilience and flourishing in communities around the globe, we are dedicated to creating a workplace where our team members can thrive and grow. We believe every imaginable problem has a solution and that our contributions make a difference. FH Association continues to re-imagine impactful solutions to respond to the devastation of poverty globally. FH Association serves millions of the world’s most vulnerable people, helping them overcome poverty and injustice by collaborating with country offices to build resources, capacity, and resilience. FH Association turns Adversity into Impact. FH Association has harnessed the power of faith for more than 50 years. Our Heartbeat Christian values permeate throughout the organization.

A successful candidate will have the following:

The Program Area Manager will provide overall leadership, coordination, and technical oversight for the Karamoja Regional programs serving vulnerable children and households across the nine districts.  The role ensures high-quality, timely, and compliant implementation of FH UNLOCK Program Models and building resilience through the flourishing pathways of Physical and Mental Well Being, Asset Creation, Productive Learning and Integration of WASH and Humanitarian Response, gender inclusion, and capacity strengthening activities in line with donor requirements and national standards.

The Program Area Manager will lead planning, implementation, partner coordination, budget management, safeguarding compliance, monitoring and reporting, while strengthening district systems and community ownership to ensure sustainable service delivery.

Qualifications and Experience

University degree in Civil and Building Engineering, Environmental Engineering Bio systems Engineering, Public Health, Development studies, Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management Social works and social Administration, Agriculture, Project Planning & Management, Business Administration or other related disciplines in humanities
A postgraduate diploma in project planning and management from a recognized institution.
A minimum of 5 years and above’ practical field experience, working with communities and children
Experience working with district local governments and community-based systems.
Proven experience managing large donor-funded projects and budgets with donors such as UNICEF, USAID, EU, UN agencies, World Bank etc.
Demonstrated experience in proposal writing, donor engagement, and resource mobilization.
Experience in fragile or hard-to-reach contexts preferred
Job Level Specifications

Understand, respect and practice the set of organization’s shared vision, mission and values, including mutual respect, equity and justice; honesty and transparency; solidarity with the poor and marginalized people, sensitivity to gender and ethnic minority issues, courage of conviction; happiness; humility and Christianity
To encourage full participation of the partners and beneficiaries, to have power sharing and empowerment for them in the program activities.
To have the spirit of learning, moving forward and inculcating excellence within the team
Ability to communicate clearly and demonstration of good interpersonal skills
Leadership style that will develop the team with ability to train and mentor staff.
Workable knowledge of accounting
Should be an active member of a church and must be willing to live in a spiritual community.
Must have Valid riding license and ability to ride a motorcycle.
Ability to work in field conditions.
Ability to instruct and successfully work with young children.
Must have team building skills, personnel management skills and child supervision skills.
What you’ll do…

As the Program Area Manager your overall responsibilities will be (JDs Key Result Areas):

Programme Planning, Implementation and Leadership
Coordination and collaboration with Donor, Local Government Agencies, local NGOs and Religious Organizations
Program Administration and Finance/Grant management
Personnel and Team Management
Asset and Supply chain management
Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning (MERL) of project activities.
What you’ll get…

Along with competitive pay, FH offers a good medical insurance package for staff and dependents, a provident fund, GPA, vacation and sick leave, and company paid public holidays.

WOW us!

If you’ve got the experience we are looking for – and want to join our mission – apply today! We get a lot of resumes; help us get to know you better by following these suggestions: submit a resume and cover letter. In your cover letter, answer the following questions:

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Safeguarding Policy

FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the Heartbeat Values and safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.