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Strategic and conceptual work:

• Support the line manager in the strategic alignment of interventions with the programme’s goals.

• Maintain existing partnerships with CSOs and establish new partnerships with CSOs, where applicable.

• Maintain partnerships with district local government officials, and/or establish new partnerships, and identify potential areas of cooperation.

• Maintain and identify new entry points for CSOs’ participation in domestic development and Local Government service delivery processes.

• Cooperate closely with the technical advisors in the programme and other GIZ programmes.

Operational work:

• Conduct Organisational Capacity Assessments (OCA) with new partners, if applicable.

• Provide technical support to the development and implementation of different cooperation modalities with partners.

• Provide technical advice to CSOs in the monitoring of the NDP III and government programmes such as the Parish Development Model.

• Support CSOs in drafting position papers and implementing accountability tools for the generation of evidence-based input into participation processes and dialogue formats.

• Strengthen the coordination of CSOs among each other.

• Support CSOs in the piloting of digital solutions in cooperation with other responsible programme staff.

• Provide technical advice on mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues including gender, youth, empowerment of marginalised groups and other cross-cutting issues.

Communication:

• Ensure regular, transparent and pro-active communication within the team, including administrative staff, and with other programme components.

• Ensure an open, timely and smooth communication with programme partners and other respective GIZ partner programmes.

• Represent the programme together with the line manager in close cooperation with all relevant actors active in the programme.

• Ensure visual documentation of activities, collection of stories and other relevant material with the appropriate consent and contribute to the programme’s external communication and representation.

Administration and Reporting:

• Active participation in exchanging experiences and lessons learnt with other colleagues.

• Provide timely input to M&E and reporting requirements including means of verification.

• Take over administrative tasks for a smooth implementation of the programme in coordination with the administrative officer and line management.

• Provide relevant information to the line management for financial monitoring

• Plan and organise regular travels to programme districts.

• Support partners in the administrative implementation of meetings, workshops and similar interventions.

Other Duties/Additional Tasks

• Deputize for other technical advisors in the programme.

• Actively contribute to the digitalisation programme processes.

• Ensure that all tasks are executed in alignment with the regulations of GIZ and with the data protection regulations of Uganda, Germany and GIZ.

• Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management.