Starting date: ASAP

Duration of Contract: 2year contract

The closing date for applications: 24 July 2023

Job Summary: The Humanitarian Program Manager (HPM), is responsible and accountable for resource mobilization, strategic development, coordination, and management of LWF Uganda’s humanitarian portfolio. The HPM is responsible for the LWF Uganda humanitarian operation across Uganda.

Area of Focus: The Humanitarian Operations- Adjumani, Moyo-Obongi, Lamwo, Kikuube, Isingiro and Kamwenge

Background:

Uganda is currently hosting more than 1.35 million refugees from neighboring countries, most whom originate from South Sudan. Following the renewed conflict in South Sudan in 2014, LWF was among the first responders to refugee situation in Northern Uganda in Adjumani and provided emergency humanitarian support in areas of Water and Sanitation, Protection, Environment, and Community Services.

In view of the continued mass influx of refugees from South Sudan, the Government of Uganda and UNHCR opened new settlements in Moyo and Lamwo district in 2017, to enhance reception capacity for new arrivals. LWF Uganda then started operations in the two new settlements.

Currently, LWF Uganda operates in Adjumani, Moyo, and Lamwo settlements with refugee populations of 233,654, 180,533, and 30,296 respectively.

LWF Uganda experience has shown that capacity is stretched by the expanding refugee situation and that additional senior staff resources specializing in emergency response are needed to provide operational and strategic support to ensure a more effective response.

Role Objectives :

To oversee humanitarian programming and projects including Protection, Community Services, WASH, NFIs, Nutrition, Livelihoods, Construction plus other sectors which UNHCR or other donors would like our involvement.

Strategic Planning including thought leadership on nexus, graduation programming, localization and refugee inclusion

Project Cycle and Grant Management.

Management of support functions including logistics, finance and HR.

Coordination with Government, donors and other related agencies.

Compiling of reports and proposals for funding, and donor compliance including UNHCR PPA regulations.

Preparation of sit reps and updates and communication materials for external partners.

Follow the CRRF application to the refugee response.

Others:

To make frequent field trips to monitor, follow up, discuss important program matters with the project management, and to report back to the Core Management Team in the Country office, and manage the relations with TLs and Sub program managers to OPM, UNHCR, WFP and other pertinent field offices.

To assume such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the LWF Uganda Core Management Team, or the designated supervisor.

Activities related to objectives:

To oversee emergency activities including WASH, Protection, Community Services, Livelihoods, NFIs, Construction, etc;

Oversee all LWF humanitarian operations ensuring the quality of activities and services provided to refugees (meeting UNHCR, Core Humanitarian Standards, and Sphere standards), as well as LWF policies.

Ensure appropriate and professional implementation of projects in the most effective manner possible. In particular, to make every effort to ensure that the Project’s objectives/outputs are achieved according to the work plan and within the contracted project period according to donor guidelines.

Responsible for planning, supervision, implementation, monitoring, documentation, and administration of the humanitarian operation.

Systematic support to the implementation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems should aim to increase the quality of the LWF humanitarian response over time and ensure an appropriate level of accountability.

Promote partnership and collaboration with affected populations and primary focus groups throughout the program cycle, as central to overall accountability.

Prepares and up to date contingency plans for the South Sudanese influxes

Strategic Planning, Project Cycle, and Grant Management;