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The Senior Project Management Specialist will manage a team of five (5) project management assistants providing administrative support to USAID/Uganda and train, coach, and mentor USAID/Uganda staff. S/he will be based in Uganda and work to support the mission and the five Social Science Advisors throughout the duration of the contract. The Senior Project Management Specialist will work closely with project leadership and support the project management assistants and train, coach and mentor USAID/Uganda staff.
Additionally, s/he will:
- Supervise, guide and continuously train, coach and mentor project management assistants.
- Support USAID/Uganda in continuously training, coaching and mentoring/setting up mentorship arrangements for its project managers.
- Support USAID/Uganda adaptive management efforts.
- Assume other tasks that to strengthen USAID/Uganda’s project/activity management performance.
- Prepare project progress report.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Advanced degree in International Development, Project Management, Business Management or another relevant field.
- Understanding of USAID and development programming.
- At least 10 years experience in development management, field experience in sub-Saharan Africa a plus.
- Demonstrated experience supervising, coaching and/or mentoring staff.
- Previous experience with USAID-funded projects is highly preferred.
- Demonstrated strong leadership qualities.
- Excellent relationship skills.
- Familiarity with USAID compliance rules and regulations.
- Excellent analytical, written and oral communication skills. English is required
