Associate, Area Coordinator en Evidence Action · Kamuli, Eastern Region, Uganda

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Evidence Action · Presencial · Kamuli, Eastern Region, Uganda

About Evidence Action

At Evidence Action, we deliver data-driven interventions that transform lives at an unprecedented scale. We identify neglected global health issues and deploy proven solutions, forging healthier futures for generations.

Our model operationalizes leading academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists). We measure progress and outcomes at every stage to ensure we’re making a real impact for people living in poverty and suffering from preventable or treatable health issues. Operating across 9 countries, our team of 800+ has reached over 500 million people, working closely with governments to scale these interventions.

Our Deworm the World program has delivered over 2 billion treatments, significantly reducing worm prevalence and generating more than $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains.
Through Safe Water Now, we’ve saved the lives of over 15,000 children.
Our Accelerator explores untapped opportunities in global health, testing low-cost interventions with the greatest potential to save and improve lives.

At Evidence Action, your colleagues are your greatest asset. You'll partner with high-caliber colleagues in an environment blending innovation, autonomy, and teamwork. Our team excels in disruptive thinking and believes in rolling up our sleeves to get things done. If you're looking to work flexibly and with purpose, join a team that delivers measurable change for millions.

About the Safe Water Now Program

Evidence Action’s Safe Water Now program provides safe drinking water to over 3.5 million people across rural Uganda. Recent evidence highlights that water treatment reduces all-cause child mortality by about 25%. Evidence Action’s designs deliver safe water at the source in rural settings through its established Dispensers for Safe Water (DSW) and newly launched In-Line Chlorination (ILC) interventions. Over the past year, we’ve more than doubled our footprint in East Africa and are exploring expansion into new countries, as well as developing an innovation agenda through our Accelerator process to develop the next generation of safe water program

The Role

The Associate Area Coordinator is the operational bridge between Safe Water Now (SWN) program strategy and community-level delivery. Deputizing for the Area Coordinator, the role leads field teams to sustain chlorine adoption across the assigned area, builds the district-level relationships that keep the program locally anchored, and holds accountability for the quality, cost-effectiveness and integrity of field operations. The position is split evenly between office and field, with roughly 50% of time spent in communities.

Key Responsibilities

Conducts stakeholder meetings at district/county, sub-county levels to ensure buy-in of local stakeholders into the SWN program.
Manage a team of Lead Officers (and their respective teams), and Officers, Program Implementation (OPIs) offering mentorship & coaching to deliver high quality community engagements.
Leads the field teams in the execution of SWN activities such as dispenser reinstallations, chlorine delivery and dispenser maintenances among others.
Manages field finance expenses prudently with proper accountability and transparency in line with the finance policy.
Develops weekly work plans, budgets and reports for field activities and ensure execution of the planned activities in line with the agreed upon targets.
Supports field teams on field data administration for various activities through smartphone technology.
Ensures high adoption of SWN interventions in their locations through managing all the drivers of adoption, which include community knowledge, dispenser functionality, promoter engagement, and non-empty rates.
Takes delegated responsibilities in logistical and field operation planning, supervision and reporting.
Other duties and responsibilities as delegated by the Area Coordinator.

Requirements

Required Competencies and Attributes

Excellent communication skills and good public relations
High-level discipline and good character while engaging with the community and their leaders, program teams and managers
Community service attitude/Passion for working in a rural community setting
High level of integrity and stewardship
Embraces teamwork, aspires, and supports the ideals of working in a teamwork environment as a team champion
Good technology skills
Positive attitude to work and to develop in a fast paced work environment
Motorcycle riding skills/experience with a valid driving license will be preferred

Qualifications

Minimum degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, International Development, or equivalent
Good language skills (both spoken and written ) in English and the local language spoken (lumasaba, lusoga, among others) in the operational location
3 years’ experience in management of community-development project activities with an NGO, community based organization or social enterprise

Direct reports

Lead Field Officers Position

Location
The position will be based in Uganda (Kamuli, Mbale and surrounding areas) . It is both an office and field based position. The incumbent will spend 50% of their time in office and 50% in the field.

Benefits

Evidence Action provides a comprehensive benefits package for employees worldwide. Benefits include:

Comprehensive health insurance,
Retirement savings options,
Paid leave,
Avenues for engagement and recognition.

*Benefits may differ based on country-specific regulations.

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Sobre Evidence Action

We do development differently.

Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development – we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. We take a data-driven approach to identifying and scaling interventions which deliver outsized impact for the hundreds of millions of impoverished individuals who are our clients. We deploy deep expertise in building for scale, coupled with a focus on rigorous measurement and continuous program improvement, to ensure these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions.

We deliver tremendous impact.

Our programs – in health, nutrition, and safe water – have grown since our founding in 2013 to reach over 280 million people annually. Our Deworm the World Initiative has helped governments across Asia and Africa deliver over 1.3 billion childhood deworming treatments – which have been shown to increase long-term income by 13%. This places deworming among the most cost-effective income generation programs in the world, as ranked by charity evaluators such as GiveWell and The Life You Can Save. Our Dispensers for Safe Water program provides sustained safe water access to over 4 million people in rural Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi. Our last-mile delivery network services communities through a free-to-use, human-centric design that increases usage over 5 times that of traditional water treatment options, preventing childhood illness and deaths caused by unsafe water. Dispensers for Safe Water has been recognized by Charity Navigator for its high cost-effectiveness, by Expo2020 as one of only 25 Global Best Practice Programmes, and a chlorine dispenser now resides in the Nobel Museum, selected by 2019 Nobel laureate Michael Kremer – whose work was integral to the program’s development.

We drive innovation.

Evidence Action’s Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We thoughtfully advance promising new programs through a rigorous, 6 stage process – from desk research to testing at large scale. We are ruthless in exiting programs which do not meet our criteria on scalability, evidence of impact, and cost-effectiveness, ensuring that the programs that do advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.

We are global.

Over 400 individuals work on our programs across eight countries – Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, India, and the United States, including both Evidence Action staff and close partners. We are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and the impact that together we create. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background – with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused. This spirit, and our culture, are guided by a set of core values that underpin our work. These values embody our focus on evidence, urgency, iteration, and incessance in our search for solutions.

We have big ambitions.

Our goal is to double our impact by 2024, to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action – because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.

We need great people.

Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we need to grow our team. We are looking for people who share our passion for following the evidence, seeking cost-effective ways of working, and operating at scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and iterate to achieve the best solutions – and know that people with these skills come from many professional backgrounds.

If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us.