Job Title: Project Manager II – Child Protection and Care
Organisation: Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Deputy Head of Programs
About US:
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International non-profit organization whose commitment is to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas set out by the Bishops of the United States. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.
Job Summary: The Project Manager II – Child Protection and Care is responsible for providing high-level social welfare and child protection oversight as well as quality assurance to the project staff and partners. The project Manager provides technical guidance, coordinates, and supports local implementing partners. S/he also promotes active coordination and collaboration between external care reform projects working on care reform in the country. In addition, the Project Manager will liaise and collaborate with the Strategic Change Platform five global team, particularly the Regional Family Care Advisor and the Senior Technical Advisor for Family Strengthening and Alternative Care
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Quality
- Ensure that project implementation is in line with the projects’ technical approach, approved work plan, and that project deliverables meet expected technical quality standards.
- Coordinate, support, and monitor project activities to ensure technical adherence to international social welfare and child protection standards, documented best practices and relevant donor guidelines, by both project staff and implementing partners.
- Together with local partners, develop and provide training to all project staff on child protection and safeguarding policies that meet CRS’ policies on the protection of vulnerable children and adults – ensuring safeguarding mechanisms are active and effective throughout project duration.
- Maintain regular communication with the SCP5 Regional Family Care Advisor and ensure key changes in approach and focus are done in consultation with the SCP5 global team, CRS DHOP, and relevant project Consortium focal points
Program Management and Administration
- Serve as the main technical point of contact for implementing partners to provide support and guidance, identify and address emerging issues, problem-solve, and troubleshoot technical issues.
- In consultation with DHOP, coordinate, support and monitor the implementation of project activities in line with the project’s technical approach and approved work plan and budget.
- Oversee the development, implementation, and review of monthly plans to monitor progress of expected outputs and deliverables. This monitoring includes guiding CRS staff and consortium partners to address emerging issues identified by stakeholders throughout the planning and execution of the project.
- Facilitate coordination between implementing partners, CRS and MGLSD.
- Provide technical support and guidance to implementing partners and other collaborating agencies to ensure that project objectives are achieved to the highest technical standards.
- Support the identification of technical assistance and capacity building needs and coordinate the delivery of targeted interventions to strengthen local capacity in collaboration with the global technical advisors from the SCP5 platform.
- Ensure project implementation is in accordance with CRS programming principles and CRS core values and engage country program staff as needed.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)
- Work closely with 4Children staff and partners to ensure that project monitoring data are used and analyzed for program planning, monitoring, learning and performance measurement.
- Contribute to the development of required project narrative reports, quarterly performance data, as well as other reports needed/required by the local government, donors, the CRS regional office or headquarters. This input includes accurate and timely reporting.
- Support the identification, documentation, and dissemination of project results in various forms, including abstracts, PowerPoint presentations, case studies and support programming learning exchanges within and outside of Uganda.
Partnership and Representation
- Liaise with Government of Uganda authorities, particularly MGLSD in relation to programmatic and technical matters.
- Engage project consortium partners as appropriate, during key stages in the project cycle for their insights on the appropriateness of program approaches and interventions and to support program quality.
- Support meaningful engagement with key stakeholders engaged in social welfare strengthening and child protection – including government, civil society, learning institutions and UN agencies.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in Social Work, Public Health, International Development, or a related field.
- At least eight years of experience in programs focused on child protection, family strengthening, case management and reintegration; experience with social welfare systems strengthening, OVC and/or social welfare workforce capacity development strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge and technical capacity in child protection programming, including an understanding of the issues facing separated children and families in vulnerable contexts.
- Experience with capacity building – particularly of local implementing partners – as well as working in partnership or consortia.
- Knowledge of national government institutions and policies related to child protection and alternative care
- Previous experience of working and collaborating with national government institutions.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualifying, and interested candidates are encouraged to apply following these instructions: Email a cover letter and CV only to ug_recruitment@crs.org
Large files and/or scans of documents will lead to rejection of your application, in the subject line of the email, copy and paste – PROJECT MANAGER II – CHILD PROTECTION AND CARE only. All applications that do not contain this exact subject line will not be considered.
NB: Only selected candidates that meet the requirements will be notified. EOE/M/F/D/V
Deadline: 30th December 2022