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Programme Development and Planning

• Review, refine and finalise strategies, methodologies and inputs in Consortium managed grant proposals

• Review partner plans on an annual basis for operational and technical quality and provide feedback, ensuring that the programme moves as one consolidated programme, avoiding duplication and overlap.

• Provide strategic guidance and report to Consortium’s implementing partners in particular in planning and implementing a coherent, quality and innovative programme.

• Institute a practice of joint project planning and reviewing with consortium partners.

• Ensure that the programme adapts, documents and facilitates the dissemination of findings, good practices and knowledge gained through implementation of innovative approaches

• Support the Consortium partners in identifying opportunities for improving the quality and scope of the programme.

• Advise the Consortium partners on effective ways of coordinating the different thematic areas on the basis of thorough analysis of the current practices, challenges and opportunities.

Programme Implementation

• Overall oversight of programme implementation; indirectly responsible for a budget of >8 M USD through partners

• Identify challenges and delays faced by partners and work collaboratively and supportively with partners and other stakeholders to identify and implement solutions

• Ensure synergy among the different thematic areas across the project.

• Ensure the development and application of harmonised approaches for implementing the programme including the development of standards and frameworks for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL)

• Ensure that technical support areas of implementing consortium partners are identified and addressed to ensure quality programme delivery by the team designated for consortium management

• Coordinate the process of developing joint action plans with the involvement of all partners of the consortium

• Ensure that the Action is implemented by all partners of the consortium as per jointly developed and agreed plans, approaches and principles and intended targets met.

• Provide support to implementing partners of the consortium and ensure that they apply appropriate project implementation strategies and approaches as indicated in the project documents

• Ensure that implementation of the programme across all consortium partners is regularly monitored; and that evidence, results and lessons are documented and communicated; challenges are tracked and addressed in a timely manner

• Travel to project sites in Uganda and conduct regular monitoring together with project team to ensure the set quality is met across consortium partners.

• Organise (bi-)annual joint review meeting involving all key stakeholders and ensure that planning/implementation of projects are informed by the outcomes of the reviews

Reporting

• Oversee review of reports submitted by partners for consistency and quality; provide feedback to ensure high quality reports and capacity building of partners

• Institute a practice of producing a harmonised quality programme report by consortium partners (develop relevant tools and training of staff where needed)

• Ensure the production and timely submission of evidence based and high quality technical/narrative and financial reports to be submitted to the donor and shared back to consortium partners

• Keep the donor up to date with any potential irregularities, and/or obstacles which may hamper the implementation of the Action in a timely manner.

• Ensure that all programmes implemented by the Consortium meet donor compliance, expectations and regulations, including visibility and procurement regulations

• Facilitate the organisation of regular Consortium Steering Committee meetings. Provide updates/reports by synthesizing key progress and challenges; present issues that require decision making by the Steering Committee and propose actions.

Coordination & Representation

• Chair the project Consortium Technical working group and the Steering Committee to be held on a regular basis

• Ensure that all consortium partners both at field and Kampala levels coordinate and regularly represent the Consortium at the coordination and technical working group meetings, and other relevant fora.

• Strengthen and maintain links among the thematic areas in areas of operation

• Representation of the Consortium and the programme to internal and external stakeholders when relevant/opportune, including donors, partners, relevant line ministries, Save the Children member offices etc.

Advocacy

• Ensure that evidence is adequately produced and use learning to advocate for good practices with key stakeholders (international agencies, local government, civil society and communities).

• Ensure that the team is disseminating effective interventions at a wider scale.

Risk Management

• Where challenges or risks cannot be managed at field-level and require high-level, national attention, escalate risks to the Senior Management

• Identify any risk of, or suspected incident of child safeguarding, sexual exploitation and abuse, fraud etc. and report.