Programme Management

• Lead and support the technical development of the vision and strategy of the INSPIRE programme’s portfolio of interventions.

• Support the Team Leader in providing strategic leadership to the full program team to attain program goal and objectives through the private sector and civil society partners engagement and implementation.

• Guide and lead a team of component leads in development of multiple private sector Actors (PSA) partnerships and engagement based on the GOAL Private Sector Engagement and On-granting Toolkit processes.

• Technical Lead on grant and programme management ensuring the project is implemented on Scope and on Target, On Budget and On Time by adhering to finance and systems compliance

• Ensuring appropriate risk management, value for money, monitoring and evaluation, and learning.

• Ensure all EKN regulations and guidelines are always adhered to across the programme.

• Ensure that all work follows international quality standards and best practices.

• Manage long-term and short-term consultants to provide quality services and capacity building to the team.

Team Management

• Support the technical team to define the overall program vision, approach and activities, and foster innovations that can strengthen climate resilient and more productive farming systems

• Support the team to identify, design, and oversee the implementation through partnerships including on-boarding, co-design and due diligence and partnership agreements are signed as per the GOAL toolkits.

• In consultation with technical leads systematically gather information and evidence on the partnership’s performance and the project’s impact.

• Lead on the preparation of field inputs to the quarterly and bi-annual plans, learning and reports as required by the programme.

• Directly line manage the technical team (component leads) ensuring work quality oversight, team integration and performance in line with the performance management procedure.

• Contribute to establishing a team culture grounded in one-team approach with collaboration, openness, and learning.

• Ensure consistent and effective communications within GOAL, the Program Partners, and external stakeholders.

Representation

• Engage in high level representation and presentation of the programme to EKN; the Uganda government at national and district levels; other external working groups and private sector partners and stakeholders.