Maxwell Stamp PLC Uganda Job Vacancies

Maxwell Stamp PLC has been contracted as the Management Consultant to provide technical assistance to the Government of Uganda to implement a new social protection programme.

Expanding Social Protection in Uganda (ESPU) is a 5 year programme to strengthen leadership, policy and capacity building in social protection, and will pilot and evaluate a cash transfer scheme targeting vulnerable households.

The overall programme will be managed by a secretariat to be established within the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. Funding is provided by DFID and Irish Aid.

Maxwell Stamp PLC is currently looking to recruit several long term positions in


:

Programme Manager:
  • Senior international consultant role (3 years) responsible for overall programme management of the cash transfer programme to be implemented in 8 districts, with responsibility for both national and district-based teams.
  • Must have 15 years of project management experience, strong financial management capacity, preferably with solid understanding of social assistance/social protection/cash transfer programmes.
Economist:
  • International consultant role (2 years), responsible for compiling evidence and sharing findings on social protection interventions.
  • The position will be responsible for third party researchers, data analysts and evaluation contractors hired by the Secretariat.
  • Must have postgraduate degree in Economics, at least 2 years of work experience as an Economist, excellent quantitative skills and experience working with statistics packages such as SPSS and STATA.
Monitoring & Evaluation Expert:
  • Senior national consultant role (3 years) with at least 10 years of experience in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems, preferably with social assistance/social protection/cash transfer programmes.
Operations Manager: 
  • Senior national/regional consultant role (3 years) responsible for the day to day management of the cash transfer unit and coordination of field offices and activities.
  • Must have at least 10 years of experience in Operations management in public and/or private sector.
MIS Coordinator: 
  • Senior national consultant role (3 years), responsible for assisting in the design of the MIS database, and supervision and management of all MIS and IT infrastructure.
  • Must have at least 10 years of experience with MIS.
Communications Officer: 
  • National consultant (3 years), responsible for PR campaigns, developing communications products and updating new media content.
  • Must have 5 years of experience working in communications/media.
For further information please contact Ms Desiree Cooper at dcooper @ maxwellstamp.com.

CVs will be assessed, and interviews held on receipt of applications.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.