Operations Manager
Tracking Code
216811-927
Job Description

PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006 and currently implements programs in
Pader Kitgum, Kaabong and Kotido Districts with funding from USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), Food for Peace (FFP), Conflict Management & Mitigation (CMM), as well as Private Donations. Mercy Corps Uganda has experienced significant growth in the past year that has necessitated the expansion into additional districts and the opening of new field offices to provide the level of support necessary to implement quality programs. Working in a transitional environment, Mercy Corps is assisting IDPs who are voluntarily returning home, and integrating well-targeted short-term humanitarian assistance with a larger program of market-based investments in strategic asset-building by addressing a number of overlapping and associated needs within a wide range of activities (livelihoods, peace building, agriculture, water and sanitation, health and nutrition, and economic development).

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

The Temporary Operations Manager is a senior level position with supervisory and managerial responsibilities. Reporting to the Country Director, the Operations Manager will be primarily responsible for overseeing and ensuring the set up and smooth operations and functions of the Mercy Corps Field Office in Kaabong. The Operations Manager will provide support, guidance, training, and leadership to all operational staff (Logistics, Administration, and HR) along side a new nationally hired Head of Office. Given a heavy emphasis on food distribution, the Operations Manager will need to work with commodities and logistics staff from other sites to ensure the reception, storage, and efficient and effective movement of commodities to the various distribution points.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Ultimately responsible for the management and support of all operational functions in Kaabong and is responsible for the full and proper implementation of Mercy Corps systems of management, compliance and control as described in Mercy Corps field manuals.
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