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Job Summary

Job Title:
Program Director
Employer:
Food for the Hungry
Location:
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full Time
Job Category:
Administrative jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Friday, 7 February 2025

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About the Organisation

Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, United States of America and Japan. FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.

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Kampala, Uganda

Food for the Hungry is a Christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that designs, develops and delivers solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. Collaborating with local leaders across sectors, we co-create solutions that build resilience by strengthening mental, physical and spiritual well-being. We serve nearly 10 million people in 18 countries so that communities have the agency and resources necessary to realize their God-given potential.

Are you looking for administrative jobs in Uganda 2025 today? then you might be interested in Program Director job at Food for the Hungry

Full Time

Deadline: 

7 Feb 2025

Job Title

Program Director job at Food for the Hungry

Food for the Hungry

Job Description

Job Title:  Program Director

Organisation: Food for the Hungry (FH/U)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

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How to Apply

What you’ll do…

As Program Director (PD), your overall responsibilities will be ;

  • Strategy Development and Program Design (30%)

  • Provide Leadership on Program Innovation, Knowledge Creation, and Learning (30%)

  • Representation and External Relations (10%)

  • Staff and financial management (30%)

Program Director job at Food for the Hungry

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A successful candidate will have the following:

  • FH Association is seeking an experienced Program Director who possesses a blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a strategic mindset and be able to support the Country Director in providing strategic leadership and management of all FH Uganda programs/projects’ activities as well as increasing funding portfolio through proposal development, networking, fund raising and managing donor relation. In close collaboration with the Country Director, the PD will lead the programs teams in aligning the FH Uganda programs in line with the new Program model and re-imagination building blocks while also ensuring program quality across the country Program.


Experience

  • The Program Director should have a minimum of at least 10 years of experience in managing and implementing programs in the development sector, 5 of which should be in senior management position within an NGO set up. Proven experience with USG / USAID/DFID/UN/Corporations and general donor relationships

  • Proven strategic planning and program and project management experience in a humanitarian/development environment.

  • Proven budget management experience coupled with experience in implementing and working in accordance with corporate structures, policies and practices.

  • Extensive knowledge of project design and implementation,

  • Experience in proposal-writing, budgeting and financial management.

  • Demonstrated experience with participatory approaches to development, including capacity building of local institutions

  • Knowledge and experience working with other cultures and sensitive to the cross-cultural issues


Education/Certifications

  • A Master’s Degree in Development studies, Business Administration (MBA), Public Administration (MPA) or related field and Project Management Certification (PMP):


Job Level Specifications

  • Ability to represent the organization in high-level meetings with donors, local Church, central and local government and technical forums

  • Strong people-management and leadership skills

  • Honesty and Transparency: Operates with the highest levels of honesty, transparency, and integrity in all actions and decisions.

  • Ethical Leadership: Demonstrates fairness and ethical behaviour in all dealings with stakeholders, ensuring that the program adheres to legal, regulatory, and FH standards.

  • Possess analytical and problem-solving skills, risk management skills as well as decision- making skills

  • Have a vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ

  • Strong aptitude for organizational change, participatory and servant leadership, innovation, learning, team building

  • Willingness to live and work in a stressful environment with security challenges.

  • Ability to interact with tact and diplomacy,

  • Strong presentation, speaking and writing skills

  • Effective Inter- and –Intra personal communication

  • Ability to multi-task and juggle many competing priorities


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