Deadline of this Job: 31 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Company Description
Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity, with a focus on vulnerable and under-served populations. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.
EDC promotes equity and access to high quality education and health services and products that contribute to thriving communities where people from diverse backgrounds learn, live, and work together. We support an inclusive workplace culture that embraces many perspectives and broadens our understanding of the communities we serve, enhancing and enriching our work.
EDC is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Project Description
The goal of the five-year, USAID-funded Integrated Child and Youth Development (ICYD) Activity is for Ugandan children and youth, especially the most vulnerable, to receive the support and services necessary to lead resilient, healthy, and productive lives. The ICYD Activity is expected to achieve the following:
1. Children and youth have improved learning outcomes;
2. Children and youth are safe and healthy in their community and learning environments; and
3. Youth practice positive behaviors and are able to make informed decisions about their lives and relationships.
Working in partnership with Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD), district and zonal officials, and other Ugandan government and civil society partners, ICYD will comprise a series of activities to: support improved basic education for Ugandan children; address school-related and gender-based violence; facilitate enhanced child protection and support for vulnerable youth; provide support to HIV-affected orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and their caregivers/families; and support HIV care and treatment outcomes in close collaboration with clinical and community structures. ICYD will also contribute to improved systems within the MoES and MGLSD to promote Early Grade Reading (EGR) and child protection.
Job Description
The Operations Assistant (Jinja) will be responsible for full logistical support for the Jinja Zonal Office. She or he will support activities related to logistics, procurement, and administration, including the provision and distribution of Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) and the effective and efficient management of trainings and workshops. Additionally, she or he will be the focal person for the management of assets, vehicle fleet, consumable supplies, and zonal office infrastructure maintenance and repair. The Operations Assistant will report to the Senior Zone Manager with dotted-line reporting to the HQ Office Logistics Manager for all logistics tasks and HQ Senior Procurement Manager for all procurement tasks.
Essential functions include (but are not limited to):
Logistics
• Coordinates with Kampala headquarters and zonal office team in the efficient distribution and delivery of Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) and other inputs to schools and communities and other system recipients.
• Maintains record of office supplies utilization by creating and filling accurate stock cards for each item.
• Produces weekly office supplies utilization report.
• Provides logistics for training, including large scale trainings and workshops.
• Manages logistics arrangements for high level and routine project activities, including transport, hotel bookings, conference and workshop facilities, supplies.
• Ensures maintenance and repair of all zonal office infrastructure including the following:
o Electrical installations
o Plumbing and water installations, including water reservoirs and water pump
o Exterior compound; and building walls, floors, ceilings, roof, windows
o Establishes and updates list of preferred vendors: electricians, plumbers, carpenters, masons, mechanics, groundskeepers, and other craftspeople
• Supported by the Senior Zone Manager, supervises security guards, cleaners and any other personnel involved in the upkeep and security of zonal office infrastructure and assets.
• Supported by the Senior Zone Manager, establishes and implements systems and procedures for the management of:
o Drivers and vehicle schedules
o Vehicle rental
o Vehicle logbooks including fuel record
o Maintenance and repairs of vehicles
o Vehicle inspections
o Monthly vehicle usage reports
o Up to date vehicle registration and insurance
o Complete and up to date vehicle files at all times
o Security and safety of vehicles and passengers
Fixed assets and inventory management:
• Assures maintenance and repair of all fixed assets
• Ensures system is in place for tracking all fixed assets
• Organizes and oversees bi-annual physical inventory of all fixed assets
• Updates fixed assets database as and when changes take place
• Issues fixed assets reports on at least semi-annual basis or upon request
• Issues fixed assets to custodians, collect documentation of issuance, and submit documentation as required
• Maintains accurate stock cards for every item in stores
• Issues inventory such as Teaching and Learning Materials (TLM) against approved stock requisition forms
• Records all dispatches in stock card and issues accompanying waybills; follows up to ensure deliveries are made to the intended destination/beneficiary and proof provided
• Produces monthly stock reports and reports any discrepancies immediately to the Senior Zonal Manager
Procurement management within the approved threshold:
• Generates and places purchase orders and maintains required proof of delivery documentation for orders as necessary.
• Works with customers (such as technical teams), vendors, and administration/finance offices as needed to provide quality assurance on purchasing transactions.
• Maintains proper documentation to verify that all procurements comply with USAID and EDC rules and regulations.
• Reviews invoices from vendors and compares them to the terms of the purchase order or contract to ensure vendor invoices are accurate before submitting for payment.
• Works with suppliers to confirm receipt and status update of orders, investigates price/quantity discrepancies, coordinates the replacement, credit, and return of unsatisfactory deliveries; ensures completion of the procure-to-pay cycle; and escalates issues when needed.
• Supports the preparation of the zonal annual procurement plan with support from the Senior Zone Manager, finance, and technical staff.
• Coordinates the development of the local vendor list.
• Supports project budget revisions by providing estimated pricing for goods and services.
• Undertakes other associated tasks and duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Administration
• Ensures that the zonal office is well organized to increase efficiency and give the best ambience to staff.
• Prepares monthly updated contact list and organizational chart.
• Supports general administrative and clerical support including preparing letters and documents, receiving and sorting mail and deliveries, scheduling appointments.
• Maintains up to date tracking and filing system of relevant correspondence, incoming and outgoing.
• Manages the official notice board and display of official communications and promotional information in an attractive manner.
• Trains and monitors the Office Assistant to act as backup in the management of the stock of office supplies and ensures delivery to staff using the appropriate forms or documents.
• Manages the performance of the Office Assistant and ensures clean, good ambience of office environment.
• Other tasks and duties relevant to the position as assigned by the Supervisor.
Qualifications
The candidate for the position of Operations Assistant shall have at a minimum the following qualifications:
• Secondary education required. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Minimum 2 to 3 years’ successful experience in a similar position.
• Excellent skills in MS Word and Excel.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work with staff at all levels in the organization.
• Experience working with USAID and PEPFAR funded projects will be an advantage.
• Must be proactive, able to work independently and meet tight deadlines.
• Must be able to work within a cross cultural setting, negotiate diplomatically, and function well under pressure.
• Fluency in English is required.
Applications submitted without a resume or CV will not be reviewed.
Due to the volume of applications submitted, only finalists will be notified. No phone calls, please.
JOB DETAILS:
Summary: The Transitional Justice Specialist is familiar with current and emerging thinking, policy, interventions, trends, and practice in the fields of transitional justice in northern Uganda. The Specialist understands and guides how key stakeholders can be engaged to achieve healing, peace, justice and reconciliation for survivors of war. The Specialist provides input into the strategic direction of the project, and will be responsible for project-related tasks in Uganda, in particular partner and stakeholder engagement, providing support and guidance to program implementation, development, design, and strategy.
The position works in close collaboration with the Ugandan program team (comprised of colleagues based in Uganda and at CVT headquarters, and including staff in operations, finance, M&E, and development) in the development of project partnerships throughout northern Uganda, developing the annual program implementation workplan, and managing the performance against objectives and indicators. S/he will also connect with other CVT transitional justice initiatives globally.
Organization: CVT is an international nonprofit dedicated to providing trauma healing services to survivors of war and other violations. CVT works toward a future in which these violations cease to exist and victims have hope for a new life. CVT is headquartered in Minnesota, USA with offices in Africa and the Middle East. We work locally, nationally and internationally through programs that provide trauma rehabilitation, conduct technical assistance and capacity building to human rights activists, civil society organizations, and local service providers around the world who can prevent and treat gross human rights abuses, and advocate for human rights and an end to gross human rights violations.
Job Responsibilities:
30% Transitional Justice Strategic Leadership
• Ensure CVT programming reflects an up-to-date understanding of local and national context, donor trends, needs and gaps, and who does what and where. This includes helping to identify and prioritize emergent conflicts to address and vulnerable populations to assist.
• Use previous or expert knowledge in transitional justice to help conceptualize, design and lead the project strategy, approach, interventions (including justice pathways and social cohesion programming), and implementation, as well as internal CVT Uganda staff capacity building.
• Provide technical leadership in efforts to promote project innovation and coordination
30% Partnership Development and Community-Building
• Lead efforts to identify and develop strategic partnership opportunities and a comprehensive partner network in collaboration with the in-country leadership team
• Serve as a focal point for project events, including commemorations, observances, exchange visits, information sessions, program monitoring visits, and workshops/conferences.
• Coordinate efforts to identify potential partners to expand CVT’s network, develop criteria for and establish formal and informal collaborations, and to increase appropriate referrals
• Represent the organization with national and local government officials, donors, and media, and at external transitional justice coordination mechanisms, conferences and other fora.
• Support positive relationships between transitional justice stakeholders
25% Project Management
• Serve as technical and project lead on key objectives of a transitional justice initiative that builds on CVTs’ 13+ years of experience in torture survivor rehabilitation in northern Uganda
• In collaboration with the M&E Officer, monitor performance against project goals based on the development of annual implementation workplans
• Contribute to project approval processes and reporting
• In collaboration with M&E, contribute to the design, improvement, and maintenance of program data systems
• Manage assigned budgets in accordance with CVT Finance Policies and Protocols, including expense projections, tracking, monitoring, and reconciliation
• Support the development and monitoring of project implementation plan and timeline
5% Fundraising and Program Development
• Identify and propose new opportunities related to transitional justice within Uganda and the region that are aligned with CVT’s mission, objectives, and partnerships
• Assist in the development of prospective program budgets, workplans, timelines, and other supporting documents for grant modifications and applications
5% Risk Management
• Act as risk management focal point for in-country activities as requested.
• Contribute to project risk analyses, risk level determination, and threat matrices as requested.
5% Other Duties
• Participate in other department and organization-wide activities, meetings and trainings. Complete administrative responsibilities. Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations
• BA degree required international development, transitional justice, peace studies or related fields.
• Five years of experience in relevant management and supervisory experience in an international or Ugandan non-governmental organization.
• Three years of experience in Transitional Justice field
Preferred education, experience, certificates, licenses or registrations
• Advanced degree in international development, transitional justice, peace studies, or related fields.
• Experience working in mental health and psychosocial programs
Competencies (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)
• Required: Familiarity with private, US government, UN and multi-lateral funders.
• Required: Demonstrated success in all areas of program management, including donor proposal development, implementation, project monitoring and evaluation.
• Required: Flexibility, adaptability and sensitivity to working in a complex environment.
• Required: Strong participatory leadership skills.
• Required: Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word and Excel).
• Required: Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills.
• Required: Excellent skills in organization, attention to detail and time management.
• Required: Fluency in English.
• Required: Commitment to the ethical and sensitive implementation of project activities, including a commitment to confidentiality, diversity, equity, and inclusion, quality service provision, and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (including online)
• Required: Ability to consistently promote and represent a humanitarian and human rights understanding of their work internally and externally, including promoting acceptance of differences and non-discrimination.
• Required: Commitment to and role modeling of human rights approach including: maintaining respect regarding any sensitive issues such as religion, minority or political affiliation and treating colleagues equally regardless of differences. Strong commitment to serve beneficiaries of CVT’s project regardless their religion, gender, disability, minority affiliation or political background.
• Required: Luo language skills
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Internal Collaboration: (Uganda)Field Representative, Associate/Psychotherapist Trainers, Psychosocial Counselors, M&E team, HR Manager. (Headquarters) Grants Accountant, Program Manager, Program Coordinator, Clinical Advisor for Mental Health, Evaluation and Research Lead.
External Collaboration: Donors and funders, government representatives at both a regional and national levels, transitional justice partner organization leadership and networks, humanitarian assistance networks, mental health service provision networks.
Work Environment:
• Under normal conditions, work will be completed in a typical office environment with off-site meetings
• Remote working from home when necessary due to public health conditions or other reasons
• Regular work week is Monday through Friday
• Time spent on the computer is approximately 65%
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and see. The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, walk and climb stairs; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift and carry heavy supplies. This position requires car travel up to 6 hours per one-way journey.
Travel: Ability to travel to a variety of locations within Uganda, and potential ad hoc travel internationally, including travel to CVT’s US Headquarters and/or regional travel.
Note: Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to apply
Deadline of this Job: 22 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Who are we?
Our vision for TREEO stems from 8 years of tree planting experience in Indonesia and Uganda where we were able to plant more than 1 million trees together with a highly ambitious team. Working towards this achievement we realised the difficulty of accurately monitoring CO2 sequestration to prove our impact. TREEO is our solution. TREEO collects monitoring data from every single tree, which creates the necessary trust and transparency for small-holder farmers to commercialise carbon removals. This empowers local communities to regenerate the Earth while generating new revenue. We will continue our mission to collectively mitigate climate change!
We have teams based in Kampala, Germany, and Indonesia. Our core development team is based in Kampala.
TREEO Technology
Our product consists of a native Android mobile app written in Kotlin, backend written in TypeScrit, NestJS running on Google Cloud, and web written in React. We use GitHub, ZenHub, Miro, LinearB, SonarCloud, Slack and Basecamp to organize our work.
Role and responsibilities
For this new position, we are looking for a hands-on product owner with an entrepreneurial mindset in Kampala, Uganda. The product owner links the development team in Kampala, Uganda with growers in tropical forests (Uganda, Indonesia) and aligns with the TREEO strategy team in Stuttgart, Germany. Reporting to the CTO, and working in close collaboration with the Operations and Carbon teams, the Product Owner will have the following responsibilities:
• Collaborating with users, customers and internal stakeholders to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
• Creating and maintaining product roadmap
• Developing user stories
• Owning the product backlog and prioritising them based on changing requirements
• Overseeing all stages of product creation including design and development
• Liaising with the product team and end-users to deliver updates
• Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints
• Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
• You must stay close to the dev-team in Uganda: regular on-site and strong aligned online, with regular travels to Indonesia on a regular basis
Required Background
• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field
• Professional English and good communication skills
• Good understanding of agile methodologies and Scrum
• Proficiency in the use of analytic tools
• At least 5 years of experience in a similar position
Preferred capabilities
• Experience building mobile applications for first time users
• Experience building offline-first applications
• International working experience
• Experience working within cross-cultural organisation and start-up environment
• You think analytically and strategically, act goal- and result-oriented, work independently and show a high level of responsibility and commitment
• Your qualities include the ability to work in a team, creativity, flexibility and resilience
• With your confident appearance and your high social competence (sociability, knowledge of human nature, empathy, good verbal skills) you win the trust of your conversation partners and inspire them for the holistic approach and the vision & mission of Fairventures
• You have an affinity for social and environmental issues and identify with the ethical and ecological values of the Fairventures companies
What we offer
• An interesting and varied job with a wide range of creative opportunities
• The opportunity to work with pleasure and commitment on a meaningful and socially relevant task
• A friendly and collaborative working atmosphere in an international and interdisciplinary team
• Initial term of employment is one year but renewable
• Compensation will be commensurate with experience
• Job related travels
• In country health insurance
• Employer retirement plan contributions
• We offer an attractive pay that is competitive in the market.
• We offer a conducive working environment.
JOB DETAILS:
Who are we?
Our vision for TREEO stems from 8 years of tree planting experience in Indonesia and Uganda where we were able to plant more than 1 million trees together with a highly ambitious team. Working towards this achievement we realised the difficulty of accurately monitoring CO2 sequestration to prove our impact. TREEO is our solution. TREEO collects monitoring data from every single tree, which creates the necessary trust and transparency for small-holder farmers to commercialise carbon removals. This empowers local communities to regenerate the Earth while generating new revenue. We will continue our mission to collectively mitigate climate change!
We have teams based in Kampala, Germany, and Indonesia. Our core development team is based in Kampala.
TREEO Technology
Our product consists of a native Android mobile app written in Kotlin, backend written in TypeScrit, NestJS running on Google Cloud, and web written in React. We use GitHub, ZenHub, Miro, LinearB, SonarCloud, Slack and Basecamp to organize our work.
Role and responsibilities
For this new position, we are looking for a hands-on product owner with an entrepreneurial mindset in Kampala, Uganda. The product owner links the development team in Kampala, Uganda with growers in tropical forests (Uganda, Indonesia) and aligns with the TREEO strategy team in Stuttgart, Germany. Reporting to the CTO, and working in close collaboration with the Operations and Carbon teams, the Product Owner will have the following responsibilities:
• Collaborating with users, customers and internal stakeholders to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
• Creating and maintaining product roadmap
• Developing user stories
• Owning the product backlog and prioritising them based on changing requirements
• Overseeing all stages of product creation including design and development
• Liaising with the product team and end-users to deliver updates
• Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints
• Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
• You must stay close to the dev-team in Uganda: regular on-site and strong aligned online, with regular travels to Indonesia on a regular basis
Required Background
• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field
• Professional English and good communication skills
• Good understanding of agile methodologies and Scrum
• Proficiency in the use of analytic tools
• At least 5 years of experience in a similar position
Preferred capabilities
• Experience building mobile applications for first time users
• Experience building offline-first applications
• International working experience
• Experience working within cross-cultural organisation and start-up environment
• You think analytically and strategically, act goal- and result-oriented, work independently and show a high level of responsibility and commitment
• Your qualities include the ability to work in a team, creativity, flexibility and resilience
• With your confident appearance and your high social competence (sociability, knowledge of human nature, empathy, good verbal skills) you win the trust of your conversation partners and inspire them for the holistic approach and the vision & mission of Fairventures
• You have an affinity for social and environmental issues and identify with the ethical and ecological values of the Fairventures companies
What we offer
• An interesting and varied job with a wide range of creative opportunities
• The opportunity to work with pleasure and commitment on a meaningful and socially relevant task
• A friendly and collaborative working atmosphere in an international and interdisciplinary team
• Initial term of employment is one year but renewable
• Compensation will be commensurate with experience
• Job related travels
• In country health insurance
• Employer retirement plan contributions
• We offer an attractive pay that is competitive in the market.
• We offer a conducive working environment.
Deadline of this Job: 22 December 2022
JOB DETAILS:
Who are we?
We are a team passionate about the environment, people and climate. We come from different countries and backgrounds. We decided to build TREEO to fight climate change and help smallholder farmers by planting trees. We are building technology that brings unprecedented transparency, trust and efficiency into tree planting. Our product consists of a native Android mobile app written in Kotlin, backend written in TypeScrit, NestJS running on Google Cloud, and web written in React. We use GitHub, ZenHub, Miro, LinearB, SonarCloud, Slack and Basecamp to organise our work.
We have teams based in Kampala, Germany, and Indonesia. Our core development team is based in Kampala and has seven members. We will hire more engineers over the following months.
Why do we need a development lead?
The TREEO development team is expanding, and we are looking for an experienced development lead who will focus on the team culture, performance and quality of our product.
What will you do?
You will lead Scrum teams and help them in achieving company goals:
• Together with your teams, you will set up rules and make sure that teams follow these rules.
• You will measure and review the teams’ performance using various metrics and share these metrics with the entire team.
• You will actively look for improvements in the development process and product quality.
• You will coach whole teams and individual team members on their professional development.
• You will be the go-to person for the CTO and company management.
• You will hire new team members.
• You will handle the personal issues and fight for your team.
• What skills and experience do you need to have?
• You have already been a development lead or manager for several years and enjoyed it. You have a background in software development, and you are hands-on. However, we don’t expect you to be the best developer or have the best technical skills. You see yourself more as a leader than a manager. You know how to improve team performance and the quality of software products. You have international working experience. You have first-hand experience with Scrum, and you’ve been in the role of a Scrum Master.
What do we offer?
We offer to be part of an innovative product with a social and environmental impact. Besides that:
• Working with a motivated and experienced international team
• 21 days of vacation
JOB DETAILS:
Who are we?
We are a team passionate about the environment, people and climate. We come from different countries and backgrounds. We decided to build TREEO to fight climate change and help smallholder farmers by planting trees. We are building technology that brings unprecedented transparency, trust and efficiency into tree planting. Our product consists of a native Android mobile app written in Kotlin, backend written in TypeScrit, NestJS running on Google Cloud, and web written in React. We use GitHub, ZenHub, Miro, LinearB, SonarCloud, Slack and Basecamp to organise our work.
We have teams based in Kampala, Germany, and Indonesia. Our core development team is based in Kampala and has seven members. We will hire more engineers over the following months.
Why do we need a development lead?
The TREEO development team is expanding, and we are looking for an experienced development lead who will focus on the team culture, performance and quality of our product.
What will you do?
You will lead Scrum teams and help them in achieving company goals:
• Together with your teams, you will set up rules and make sure that teams follow these rules.
• You will measure and review the teams’ performance using various metrics and share these metrics with the entire team.
• You will actively look for improvements in the development process and product quality.
• You will coach whole teams and individual team members on their professional development.
• You will be the go-to person for the CTO and company management.
• You will hire new team members.
• You will handle the personal issues and fight for your team.
• What skills and experience do you need to have?
• You have already been a development lead or manager for several years and enjoyed it. You have a background in software development, and you are hands-on. However, we don’t expect you to be the best developer or have the best technical skills. You see yourself more as a leader than a manager. You know how to improve team performance and the quality of software products. You have international working experience. You have first-hand experience with Scrum, and you’ve been in the role of a Scrum Master.
What do we offer?
We offer to be part of an innovative product with a social and environmental impact. Besides that:
• Working with a motivated and experienced international team
• 21 days of vacation
