Job Title: Programme Coordinator
Organisation: Restless Development
Duty Station: Moroto, Uganda
Salary: UGX 72,805,983 Per annum
Preferred start date: 1st June 2025
Length of contract: 1 year renewable depending on funding and performance.
Reports to: Programme Manager.
Direct Reports: Programme Officer.
Expected travel: National (including to rural areas ) and International travel will be required.
About Restless Development
Restless Development is a global non profit agency. We support the collective power of young leaders to create a better world. We are independently registered and governed in nine countries (India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe) bound together by our vision for youth power. We run youth-led programmes to tackle the issues that young people care about the most. We also run the Youth Collective – a growing network of over 4000 local youth civil society groups and organisations in 185 countries. We are committed to creating an agency that walks the talk on power shifting, using the power shifting checklist, both internally and externally.
We know young people have the power to solve the challenges we face in our world, but they are being ignored and overlooked. We are the agency that works with young people so they can lead in solving those challenges. We have operated in Uganda since 1997. We have a track record of delivering programmes with impact. We work on the issues that young people care about the most – we react and respond to the world around us. Our work mostly falls into the following four impact priority areas; 1)Voice and Democracy, Education and Livelihood, Gender and Sexual Health, and Climate Justice: Our programmes are genuinely life-changing, but can’t do any of this without talented, creative individuals at every level of our organisation. For more information, please visit: www.restlessdevelopment.org.
Job Summary: The Programme Coordinator will provide strategic leadership, coordination, and oversight for all activities aimed at improving youth participation in governance, accountability and decision-making processes that will lead to improved youth-responsive governance and service delivery in Uganda. This role is responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring, evaluation and reporting on initiatives that build the knowledge, skills, and awareness of youth to meaningfully engage in governance, policy advocacy, and decision-making processes.
The Coordinator will lead the design and delivery of capacity-building interventions, oversee the co-creation and dissemination of civic information materials, and facilitate the establishment of youth-led platforms for civic engagement and reporting on the results realised by the project. Working closely with implementing partners, youth structures, and stakeholders, the Coordinator will ensure that all project activities are delivered to a high standard, are youth-led, and effectively contribute to inclusive and accountable governance in the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Programme Delivery and Reporting:
- Provide overall strategic oversight and leadership to ensure that the implementation of activities aligns with project goals and donor expectations. This involves leading the development of timely and high quality annual, quarterly and monthly detailed implementation work plans (DIPs), budgets, technical guides and tools needed to ensure quality implementation of the project.
- Lead the development and review of the Meaningful Youth Engagement (MYE) capacity-strengthening strategy for district local governments and youth structures in Karamoja.
- Support the Programme Officer in tracking the progress of youth feedback mechanisms and social audits.
- Lead the documentation and reporting of programme activities, ensuring the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework is developed and adhered to.
- Ensure that youth voices are reflected in the programme’s reporting, providing insights on feedback gathered through community events and digital platforms
- Oversee the design and delivery of all civic education initiatives including the design training materials, targeted capacity-building sessions for district departments, ensuring the content on MYE principles and best practices is both relevant and high-quality.
- Ensure the effective implementation, tracking, and review of MYE Action Plans for district local governments.
- Collaborate with the M&E team to generate high-quality, evidence-based reports that highlight key insights, learnings, and challenges in youth engagement initiatives.
- Represent the programme at district and national-level coordination forums to advocate for youth engagement and ensure it is prioritized in local government planning and decision-making processes.
Partnerships and Collaborations:
- Coordinate and collaborate effectively with consortium partners, local government and other key stakeholders to ensure that the project deliverables are achieved as planned.
- Manage the relationship of consortium members, project structures and key stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation, mutual learning and accountability to deliver on the project’s mandate.
- Work with and supervise the overall project implementation across all consortium members, to ensure the technical and geographical coherence of the project.
- Under the strategic guidance of the Programme Manager, participate in meetings with donors to share project progress updates and support in decision-making on various programmatic and operational issues of concern
Financial and People Management:
- Oversee the budgeting and financial management of all activities, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and adherence to donor guidelines.
- Monitor the proper financial management and forecast of budget lines across the partners in coordination with the finance departments.
- Lead on the overall programmatic, logistic & financial management of the project, including the identification of risks and obstacles, to ensure donor compliance in terms of project deliverables & eligibility criteria.
- Lead on generation of regular updates and reports such as monthly Management Accounts as required.
- Line manage the Programme Officer.
Social Media Management
- Lead the development of digital feedback tools that allow youth to provide input on governance and service delivery, ensuring these platforms are accessible and user-friendly.
- Oversee the utilization social media and other digital platforms to raise awareness about governance issues, youth rights, and the importance of youth engagement in local governance.
- Oversee the creation of high-quality media content (e.g., civic films, social media posts, and blog articles) that showcases the work of youth in governance and climate advocacy.
- Manage the execution of media campaigns aimed at promoting youth participation and advocating for youth-led solutions in governance
- Other duties as required
- Other duties as required. Occasionally working on weekends, late night in case of emerging incidents and holidays for which time off in lieu can be taken.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Essential
- Graduate-level Degree in the relevant field of study (Environment, Climate, Advocacy, Social work, social sciences, development studies) or equivalent work experience.
- Post-graduate in Project Planning and Management is an added advantage.
- Past work experience in governance and accountability work, youth leadership and meaningful youth engagement.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, develop and manage local/national/regional partnerships.
- Ability to analyse problems and make sound operational decisions.
- Excellent organizational skills and methodological approach to project management.
- Excellent budget management skills
- VALID RIDING PERMIT
Desirable
- Experience in partnership management, and working with a diverse range of partners.
- Experience in writing policy briefs, budget framework papers and other materials for external audiences
- Experience in M&E systems and research
- Experience in lobby and advocacy engagement
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), fluency in written and spoken English, and excellent IT skills
- Experience working in a youthful, multicultural environment, including welfare provision
- Risk mitigation, response and management
- Excellent project management and team leadership skills
About you
We are looking for a person with the right competencies and skills for the role, and who demonstrates the personal qualities consistent with our values and behaviours. Read more about our values on this link our Values
- Head: Supports managers to embed a values-led values culture within their team. Uses values to guide decision-making and group actions. Is driven to generate ideas which continually improve ways of working, involving others in problem solving. Adapts style to cope with and support others through change.
- Heart: Strives for continual improvement against individual goals, seeking opportunities to maximize their contribution to team priorities. Supports others to deliver quality and improve their work. Takes ownership for ensuring value-for-money in the areas for which they take partial ownership. With guidance, takes ownership for programme elements and/or internal processes. Considers underlying issues and Restless Values when making operational decisions.
- Hands: Confidently adapts their communication style to suit their audience. Is able to influence others to build shared understanding. Seeks opportunities to collaboratively deliver quality against team goals by building strong relationships with colleagues from across the organisation. Works with external partners to maximise mutual benefits.
- Voice: Confidently leads programme elements and/or internal processes. Will typically manage one or more junior staff members and is seen as a leader amongst their peers. Regularly seeks feedback and evaluates own performance, creating opportunities for personal development. Develops others through proactive sharing of knowledge, skills and opportunities.
How to Apply:
Please submit your CV and a covering letter that explains why you are excited by this role, and provides examples of how your skills and experience respond to the essential and desirable criteria in the Job Description (using no more than 500 words).
Deadline: 25th April 2025