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Program Management – 30-40%

• Accountable for ensuring GD Uganda programs operate on time, at target efficiency, and meeting GD’s quality standards

• Backstop, manage, and guide the programs team in overcoming challenges, staying on schedule, and delivering quality results.

• Be accountable for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) associated with recipient experience and operational efficiency.

• Budget management that ensures efficient allocation and utilization of donor funds and resources

• Work with national and local government officials to secure permissions for maintenance and expansion of programs.

• Create and maintain a strong culture of safeguarding and anti-fraud across the country office and all activities, including working closely with GD’s global safeguarding, IA, finance, and compliance teams to build best practices into country operations, program design, and implementation. In country coordination across programs, IA, and safeguarding, including chairing weekly/bi-weekly IA, Safeguarding, and programs coordination meeting

• Proactively mitigate fraud and operational risks through close coordination with the Internal Audit team to prevent misconduct and protect our recipients, including designing appropriate prevention controls and response measures

Fundraising and Partnerships – 25-35%

• Develop and maintain strong strategic partnerships with donors, including private foundations, government agencies, and individual donors, to secure funding for GiveDirectly programs

• Design ambitious cash transfer programs and accompanying budgets

• Represent GiveDirectly to the public, media, government, and other stakeholders and serve as the organization’s spokesperson in the Uganda office.

• Work with the global fundraising team to develop compelling fundraising materials and messages that resonate with donors in Uganda.

• Lead the country team in developing and implementing fundraising activities, such as events and campaigns, to raise awareness and support for GiveDirectly’s work.

• Communicate about GiveDirectly to donors, the media, and other partners

• Host or coordinate hosting of country visits by HNWs, funders, and other partners

Strategic Planning and Prioritization – 5-10%

• Lead strategic planning and prioritization for GiveDirectly in Uganda.

• Ensure collaborative and strategic workplanning across departments

• Overall accountable for GD’s presence, work, and activities in Uganda

• Develop country strategy for GD in Uganda that advances GD’s success in Uganda while also laddering up well into GD’s org-wide strategic priorities and direction

• Set and manage towards country goals that create a roadmap for our success in Uganda

• Develop and implement a fundraising strategy for the Uganda office and own revenue targets, drive opportunities, and maintain a robust pipeline to sustain year over year growth

• Participate in annual retreat(s) and organization-wide planning, cross country coordination efforts, and input the perspectives, priorities, and experiences of GD Uganda into org wide policies and practices

• Lead national level government relationships and/or partner with SM-ER to handle these relationships

• Manage SM-ER and ensure the GD Country Office meets GD’s standards when it comes to external relations and government expectations as outlined in the mother MOU governing our relationship.

Team Management – 5-15%

• Motivate, coach, and hold to high standards a large team, including direct management of the country management team.

• Build the capacity of managers at all levels by ensuring they have clearly defined expectations for success, regular feedback on progress, and understanding of any growth opportunities that match strengths to organizational needs

• Promulgate practices and norms that animate GD’s core values, in partnership with HRM

• Lead workforce planning, including thoughtful hiring and succession planning, while ensuring the team remains appropriately lean and efficient.

• Take reasonable steps to ensure the safety and security of the GD team

Country Operations – 5-15%

• Lead coordination between the country office and GD’s global risk management verticals, including internal audit, compliance, external relations, and safeguarding, in order to ensure business continuity.

• Oversee country operations as a whole, including balancing the roles and responsibilities across the country management team, managing directly the HR Manager, the Office and Procurement Manager, and dotted line management of the Finance Manager, IA-Manager, and Safeguarding Manager.

• Work with relevant country office management to ensure country compliance with global standards and flesh out country protocols to put in practice global policies in ways that are clear and relevant to the Ugandan country context.

• As necessary, provide leadership and oversight of investigations of alleged misconduct, ensuring zero tolerance for fraud and upholding safeguarding standards, and disciplinary matters