Senior Development Program Specialist (Localization)

USAID/Uganda is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Senior Development Program Specialist (Localization)

The Senior Development Program Specialist (Localization) position is located in USAID/Uganda’s Program Office. The Specialist serves as the Mission’s expert on localization and is responsible for coordinating Mission efforts to implement Agency priority. To this end, the Specialist provides senior-level strategic guidance to technical and support offices within USAID/Uganda to integrate localization through the program cycle, in fulfillment of Mission targets and Agency requirements on localization. The Specialist coordinates closely with the Mission Front Office (FO) to provide thought leadership and vision to achieve the Mission’s ambitious goals for delivering on the Agency’s localization agenda. In this capacity, the Specialist represents the Mission in Agency-wide, interagency, and external fora to share the Mission commitment to localization and catalyze a broader shift to locally-led development.

The Specialist is supervised by the Partnerships Team Lead and the position is nonsupervisory.

EDUCATION

A University degree in accounting, business/public administration, organizational development, economics, finance, law, political science, program management, or related field is required.

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE

--From seven (7) years of progressively responsible prior experience in project design and/or management in a development field is required.

--Four (4) years of prior work experience with USAID or implementing partners or bilateral, regional or multilateral development agencies is required.

--Experience in organizational development and with non-state actors is required.

--Experience in adult learning methods, training and/or facilitation techniques, organizational capacity assessment and development, mapping and planning and strategic planning is required. Experience with project management is required.