Program Design, Delivery and Innovation Advisor

Assignment Type:

Canadian International Volunteer

Eligibility Requirements:

Open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada only

Assignment ID:

VA-106168

Assignment Title:

Program Design, Delivery and Innovation Advisor

Partner:

Community Empowerment for Peace and Development

Country:

Uganda

Duration:

4 to 12 months (flexible)

Time Commitment:

Full-time

Assignment Context

Are you passionate about peace building and working with vulnerable groups to enhance skills to transform violent conflicts? Do you have strategic planning and program design skills to share? 

As the Program Design, Delivery and Innovation Advisor with Community Empowerment for peace and development West Nile (CEPAD-WN) in Arua, Uganda, you will support programming, operational planning and delivery to achieve CEPAD’s mission and objectives. You will contribute to the strategic thinking and innovation process to formulate a strategic plan, evaluate progress and make adjustments.

Apply today to have an impact in transforming conflicts, resisting violence and building peace in rural Uganda!

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CEPAD management and program teams to provide guidance and coordinate activities and processes related to programming and strategic plan development and innovation strategies
• Support CEPAD management to involve, engage and train CEPAD staff on objectives, goals and direction of the organization
• Provide guidance and develop innovative tools to enable CEPAD staff to meet their responsibilities to effectively and efficiently deliver program in line with vision and mission of the organization development
• Work with the CEPAD team to undertake studies and analyses of program design, development and review approaches, organize and manage the work of planning and delivery
• Support the inclusion of ESCA principles into CEPAD’s program design and engagement with ESCA stakeholders
• Use a gender equality lens in all stages of proposal writing
• Collaborate with CEPAD to ensure that youth, particularly young women and marginalized youth, are included in any capacity strengthening activities focusing on program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Participate in pre-assignment training
• Participate in at least 3 public engagement initiatives before, during, or after the assignment. Volunteers will be equipped with the tools, training, and support to achieve these goals. Volunteers will also have one virtual check-in with the Public Engagement Officer throughout the course of their assignment
• Set up a personalized volunteer fundraising page on the WUSC fundraising platform and share it in your networks. Volunteers will be supported with the tools, training and support to achieve the fundraising goal
• Submit reports as required by the partner organization and by WUSC.

Experience and Qualifications

• Degree in international development, social sciences, business development, project planning and management or related field
• Training and/or experience in strategic planning, development management, risk management and/or results-based management
• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills
• Excellent computer literacy, including advanced knowledge of spreadsheet software (Excel and Google Sheets).
• Minimum two (2) years relevant professional experience in your field of expertise
• A commitment to gender equality, youth inclusion, and international volunteering
• Flexibility, adaptability, excellent interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity
• Experience with group facilitation and trainings, including content development considered an asset
• Experience living and working internationally considered an asset.
• Written and oral fluency in English.

Project Description

Volunteering for development is one of the important ways in which WUSC pursues its mission. The IGNI+E project, funded by Global Affairs Canada, supports over 70 partner organizations to advance gender equality and the economic empowerment of 1.2 million youth around the world. IGNI+E harnesses the knowledge, capacity and expertise of skilled Canadians through volunteer assignments and public engagement activities to assist partners in improving their performance, advocating for gender equality, and implementing more sustainable, innovative and inclusive initiatives and services for poor and marginalised youth, particularly young women. Overseas, our volunteers collaborate with a wide variety of partners, including enterprise and social enterprise development incubators, skills training centres, women's organizations, and youth groups. In Canada, WUSC works with institutions and individuals to identify, prepare, and support volunteers who travel overseas to support our partners. Our network in Canada also works with WUSC to raise awareness among Canadians to inspire greater action on global development issues. Our collective focus is on sustainable and inclusive changes to create a better world for youth.

Partner Description

CEPAD works with vulnerable groups and partners across the county to support individuals and organisations to enhance skills needed to transform violent conflicts and build bridges across ethnic, religious, and political divides. CEPAD was established on the belief and conviction that just, peaceful, and democratic societies can be achieved by people who are conscious and aware of their civil and political rights. CEPAD strives to build a nonviolent, peaceful and democratic society through training, research and advocacy. The organization has worked with civil society organizations, particularly the youth, women, faith-based, refugee population and traditional structures in West Nile to transform conflicts, and to promote nonviolent and democratic principles. Based in Arua, Uganda, CEPAD works with vulnerable groups and partners across the country to support individuals and organizations to enhance skills needed to transform violent conflicts and build bridges across ethnic, religious, and political divides.

Support Package

• Support and guidance from the WUSC Volunteer Mobilization Team prior to departure and from WUSC Country Team while on assignment
• Pre-departure training to learn about the volunteering for development program, gain practical skills for living and working in an intercultural context and network with other volunteers
• In-country orientation upon arrival in country of assignment
• Language training in country of assignment, where required
• Modest monthly living and accommodation allowance
• Airfare to and from the assignment country
• Visa/work permit
• Pre-departure medical exam
• Health insurance
• Vaccinations and antimalarial medication
• COVID-19 PCR testing
• Criminal record verification
• Vacation leave entitlement
• Debriefing after completion of assignment
• An incredible opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to global development, enhance your professional skills and participate in an experience of a lifetime!

WUSC’s Safeguarding Policy

WUSC’s activities seek to balance inequities and create sustainable development around the globe; the work ethic of our staff, volunteers, representatives and partners shall correspond to the values and mission of the organization. WUSC promotes responsibility, respect, honesty, and professional excellence and we will not tolerate harassment, coercion and sexual exploitation and abuse of any form. Successful applicants will be required to sign off on the WUSC Code of Conduct and the Self-Disclosure Form. International and national volunteers will also be required to submit a criminal record verification.

WUSC is a signatory to the Cooperation Canada Leaders’ Pledge on Preventing and Addressing Sexual Misconduct. The pledge represents the shared commitment as Canada’s global development and humanitarian leaders to ensure the full implementation of practices and policies that will protect and respond to our own staff, volunteers and the communities we serve. We are committed to creating safe and respectful workplaces and programs that promote gender equality and are free from gender-based violence, including by addressing and responding to all abuse of power, holding people to account, and protecting the vulnerable. Read the full pledge.