Capacity Building Manager

• Help the GBV Program Coordinator ensure that GBV Leadership
• Project indicators are met, including financial targets.
• Liaise and work regularly with ARC partner organizations or groups to establish strong relationships.
• Help establish agreements with partners for sub-grants, where and when deemed necessary, to ensure overall compliance with particular reference to the ARC sub-grants manual.
• Establish clear criteria and procedures for partner selection and lead this process in situations where partners have not already been determined.
• Organize and conduct assessments for partner CBOs and at periodic intervals, including the end of the year, to measure organizational and technical growth.
• Collaboratively identify capacity-building needs of partners, including both organizational and technical gaps.
• Assist partners in creating a capacity building action plan/work plan that will focus on developing the technical capacity of the partners according to international guidelines and standards.
• Guide and monitor implementation of capacity-building plans to determine whether targets have been met according to the work plan.
• Organize necessary trainings and workshops, including leadership and management training, to address technical and organizational capacity-building needs.
• Regularly report to the GBV Coordinator on all activities, progress and achievements, to document challenges and lessons learned.
• Assist with any other duties, as deemed necessary.

• A University Degree in social sciences, public health or other relevant field.
• Knowledge of GBV, gender, or public health with a previous experience in GBV prevention and response programming; knowledge of the guiding principles and IASC Guidelines on GBV
• Interventions in Humanitarian Settings.
• At least 3 years experience in managing and implementing projects in difficult environments; prior experience managing a local organization with significant supervisory experience a bonus.
• Extensive experience in technical and organizational capacity-building activities, especially conducting trainings; in-depth knowledge of program design, including assessments, proposal writing, and program implementation.
• Prior experience working at the community level, with thorough understanding of how to communicate clearly at the community level, especially concerning GBV.
• Strong leadership and management skills; ability to work individually and within a team.
• Ability to write clear, detailed, and concise reports on computer and consistently able to meet deadlines.
• Willingness to travel throughout communities and work in a participatory manner with a variety of populations.
• Must be fluent in written and spoken English and Luo and strong knowledge of the local population.

Full job descriptions are available at ARC Kampala and Gulu offices. Interested and qualified applicants should send in their applications to the following addresses, latest 5:00 pm on 18th November 2009 (including the following):

• A cover letter
• An up-to-date CV
• Copies of credentials
• Contact details of three (3) work related referees