Jobs at CARE International in Uganda- Program Director

Job Title; Director  Program Quality  and Learning

Job Summary
Reporting to the  Program Director /Assistant  Country Director – Program , and  working  closely with  the Country  Director ,  the position  of Director for  Program  Quality  and Learning (DPQL) is intended to  take forward  and build on the results  of the work undertaken  by the senior advisor  for program quality  and learning (SAPQL) which mainly  focused on leading   the finalization  of the  three country  office  CO  program designs i.e   The Nothern Uganda Women  Empowerment program  (NUWEP),  the women in Natural Resource  Governance Program  (WENG) and the women and youth   Financial Inclusion  Program (WAYFIP) plus establishing of  functioning   program quality &  learning unit with  central technical support  and initiating   mechanisms for  knowledge management in the CO.
Core Roles and Responsibilities;
•    Enhance program quality through  knowledge management , learning and reflective  practice in all programs .
•    Ensure that all programs adhere  to CARE’s programming  principals and approaches  (e.g.  CI  Programming  principals , the program approach  and program characteristics , CARE’s unifying  framework ,CI gender policy , Rights based approach,  etc.) and abide by  agreed and  CARE  and industry standards  (CI evaluation policy , technical norms and  standards etc).
•    Ensure that all  programs  (both long term and potential  emergency  response programs )  address  the  underlying causes  of poverty and  are in line with  the country office  strategic plan
•    Prepare consolidated  impact statements  across programs.

Qualifications ;
•    Master’s Degree in Social Sciences /Development  Studies /Information Systems
•    5 years experience  of DME  including impact measurement , knowledge management , and program quality  and learning preferably in development Organizations
•    Practical , project level  and overall CO experience  with NGO’s or international development organizations .
•    Demonstrated  competency in qualitative  and quantitative  information collection , processing , management and  analysis ; and report preparation  and presentation  plus research skills.

How to apply;
Interested persons  with the above requirements  should submit  typed  applications  together with detailed  (CV) giving daytime  telephone contacts  and names and addresses  of three work related referees  as well as certified  copies of all  academic  and professional  certificates .
Applications  should be addressed  to;
 Human Resource Management  Coordinator ,
 CARE International  in Uganda ,
P. O. Box 7280 , Kampala or  recruit@co.care.


Deadline; 21st September 2012