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Francis Xavier Ochieng

Kampala,Uganda

Summary

With nearly two decades of experience in humanitarian, development, and grants management, Francis brings extensive expertise to senior leadership and technical roles in country, regional, and global organizations. Having worked extensively in Africa, particularly Uganda and Kenya, Francis possesses a deep understanding of the distinct challenges and opportunities within the region. His comprehensive knowledge of the humanitarian sector, combined with a proven track record in grant management and team leadership, positions him as a valuable asset in driving impactful change and achieving organizational goals.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Grant Research Coordinator

A Faith That Does Justice (ATDJ)
05.2024 - Current

Consultant

Disability Rights Fund
10.2022 - 12.2023
  • Company Overview: Boston, Uganda
  • Research and Screen Grant Opportunities: Conduct thorough research to identify potential grant funding opportunities that align with the mission of AFTDJ, its programs, and strategic goals
  • Screen grant opportunities to assess eligibility criteria and the likelihood of success based on the activities and needs of AFTDJ
  • Identify Key Contacts: Research and identify relevant key contacts at potential funding organizations, including program officers and decision-makers
  • Maintain and update a contact database for relevant funders to ensure smooth communication throughout the application process
  • Develop and Monitor Application Timelines: Create detailed timelines for each grant opportunity that track key dates and milestones, including deadlines for submission requirements, proposal drafts, and internal reviews
  • Coordinate with relevant team members to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner and that all materials are ready for submission by the deadline
  • Track Recurring Applications: Maintain an organized calendar of recurring grant opportunities, ensuring that AFTDJ is aware of upcoming submission deadlines for existing and prospective funders
  • Regularly review and update timelines for recurring applications to ensure no opportunities are missed
  • Monitor Compliance and Reporting Requirements: Track and monitor all due dates for required reports, financial documentation, and other compliance-related tasks mandated by funders
  • Coordinate with relevant staff to ensure all reporting obligations are met and submitted on time, keeping AFTDJ in good standing with funders
  • Monitor, evaluate, and adapt the Uganda Country Strategy, tracking socio-political barriers and opportunities, the progression of disability rights and inclusive development, and the growth and diversity of the disability movement
  • Serve as the liaison to DRF/DRAF grantees and prospective grantees in Uganda, including national-level OPDs as well as grassroots and marginalized sectors of the disability movement
  • Review grant proposals and conduct financial and critical analysis of proposals and applicant organizations, including fit of proposals to DRF/DRAF objectives and strategies
  • Prepare concise written analyses of grant proposals and develop grant recommendations for DRF/DRAF Grantmaking Committees comprised of advisors and donors
  • Work closely with DRF/DRAF staff on administration of grants, identification of organizational and strategic support needed by grantees, design of technical assistance plans, mitigation of risks
  • Provide grantees with organizational and strategic support and recommend helpful resources and/or experts as appropriate
  • Analyze grantee reporting and evaluate progress as part of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
  • Support DRF/DRAF communications by documenting grantee achievements and disability rights advancements in Uganda
  • Develop professional relationships within the field of disability rights and to keep abreast of trends and inform DRF/DRAF grantmaking on intersectionality of rights and to actively challenge violations on any basis and ensure adherence to safeguarding principles
  • Boston, Uganda
  • Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear goals for each consulting engagement.

Humanitarian Coordinator

DanChurchAid
09.2021 - 09.2022
  • Company Overview: Kampala, Uganda
  • The Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) works with the rest of DCA humanitarian response team to ensure effective, accountable, and timely humanitarian response to disaster affected communities
  • The HC is responsible for monitoring and technical backstopping of DCA and local partners; ensuring close cooperation and collaboration with the different units within DCA and partners; maintaining good partnership and spirit of collaboration with various stakeholders; representing DCA in a range of national level humanitarian coordination platforms; and actively participating in the design of humanitarian response proposals
  • Assist in consolidation and expansion of DCA Humanitarian programme portfolio and advise on partnership opportunities
  • Explore funding opportunities, and actively participate in needs assessment, and design of concept notes and project proposals
  • Provide capacity building and technical support to the implementing partner organizations in quality and accountability policy and practice, cash transfer programming, and other areas as needed
  • Nurture cross project learning, by sharing best practices identified during monitoring visits
  • Bring to the attention of the HOHO and other POs any matter which might be hampering the smooth running of DCA's humanitarian work
  • Identify other activities that DCA alone or with other partners can implement to strengthen humanitarian projects (exposure visits, training, reviews etc.)
  • Closely collaborate with the rest of DCA staff to ensure mainstreaming of crosscutting commitments such as gender and rights-based commitments
  • Build the capacity of DCA and partner staffs in principled and accountable humanitarian response based on international quality and accountability standards (CHS, SPHERE, LEGS etc.); and facilitate inter-project learning through documentation and dissemination of best practices
  • Follow-up and Keep the DCA team abreast on new national/international policies, guidelines and strategies pertaining to humanitarian response
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of DCA humanitarian response by introducing new and innovative ways of doing
  • Facilitate intra project learning through documentation and dissemination of best practices
  • Closely work with project managers, MEAL Coordinator, relevant partner staff, and resource mobilization advisor to ensure periodic reports are timely shared to donors as per agreed guideline
  • Make sure periodic reports and other relevant project documents are timely uploaded into DCA intra platform
  • Contribute to the production and dissemination communication material to promote DCA and partners humanitarian work
  • Actively participate in fund raising strategy development and review, needs assessment, project design and proposal development, and ensure DCA crosscutting commitments are mainstreamed in project management cycle
  • Kampala, Uganda

Program Manager | Area Manager - Urban Refugee Program

AVSI Foundation
11.2019 - 08.2021
  • Company Overview: West Nile, Uganda
  • Manage and supervise the project staff, in coordination with the Program office, ATL, Country Representative and the HR offices
  • Responsible for the administrative management of budgets and other project related activities
  • Responsible for coordinating relationships with the donor - Cities Alliance/UNOPS, partners including Arua Municipal Council, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, and other key stakeholders including Arua District, OPM and UNHCR
  • Lead the design and start-up phase of the project (Strategy refinement, rapid assessment, staff recruitment and onboarding, consultative meetings)
  • Take lead in developing a comprehensive programming guideline for the project to guide the targeting and implementation of both the Municipal systems strengthening and sustainable livelihoods approaches for host communities and the migrants
  • To lead and support research, documentation, collaborative learning and knowledge on management on the reception, integration and management of involuntary migrants
  • To engage with, support and build capacity of Arua Municipal Council to strengthen their institutional and structural capacity to effectively manage the reception and integration of involuntary migrants
  • Represent AVSI in Technical committee meetings at the Council and District
  • Network and facilitate linkages with strategic partners including the private sector, local government and CSOs to leverage resources
  • Supervise the implementation of capacity building initiatives for AVSI staff, and in consistency with Technical Standards developed by Cities Alliance
  • Develop plans and reports in line with timelines agreed with the donor and AVSI programs office
  • Ensure technical and financial reporting in line with AVSI's administrative procedures
  • West Nile, Uganda

Project Coordinator (Voice Fund)

Oxfam Uganda
08.2016 - 09.2019
  • Company Overview: Kampala, Uganda
  • Correspond (answering queries, addressing concerns) of prospective applicants
  • Establish and maintain relationships with Hague based Voice Global Coordination team
  • Correspond and share information with Oxfam's confederation, grantees, partners and networks, including participation in networks' convenings and share information and contacts, to grow visibility of the Fund
  • Providing periodic reports for internal/external communications to the regional, and coordination teams and other stakeholders
  • Actively support learning through the Linking and Learning infrastructure and ensure that promising practices and lessons learned locally are disseminated across the wider Voice family regionally through the communications hub and globally through the Voice social media platforms
  • Coordinate and facilitate the implementation of the Voice programme in the country under the strategic support from Oxfam management team in country and Voice global Coordination Team in The Hague with technical support from country programme teams
  • Represent the Voice programme in the country vis à vis country stakeholders with the support from country management team and global coordination team
  • Coordinate the communities of stakeholders in the country and liaise with the linking and learning focal point in the country/global team
  • Coordinate and lead on pro-active and innovative outreach to the target groups for the Voice programme and coordinate the dissemination of information about the calls for proposals to them
  • Kampala, Uganda

P4C Capacity Development Advisor

ActionAid International
04.2013 - 12.2015
  • Company Overview: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Develop and implement a capacity development strategy for the ActionAid Kenya office
  • Coordinate the implementation of capacity support to all ActionAid partners
  • Design capacity development tools, systems, and assessment methodologies for implementation across ActionAid Kenya country program that are effective and efficient
  • Support to partners in the areas of governance, leadership, Board development, human resources, policy development, communications, external relationships, resource mobilization, and sustainability planning
  • Provide comprehensive, document mentoring and technical assistance to ActionAid Kenya partners
  • Manage the capacity development components of the People for Change Program (P4C), including coordination and support of civil society activities
  • Lead advocacy programmatic components for ActionAid Kenya, including supporting partners to strengthen advocacy capacity and implement effective advocacy programming
  • Lead organizational development assessments, profiled and guided partners in the development of prioritized institutional strengthening plans
  • Consolidate assessment results across the Cluster partners to identify and analyze organizational capacity patterns and identify new strategic directions for capacity development support
  • Regularly shared capacity development information, articles, tools, and resources with partners
  • Nairobi, Kenya

Organizational Development & Advocacy Advisor

Centre for Governance & Economic Development
01.2012 - 03.2013
  • Company Overview: Arua, Uganda
  • Conduct training on OD/Institutional Structure and disseminate Capacity assessment report highlights on OD & structures
  • Train the Board/ management on their strategic roles in the organization
  • Conducting training on strategic partnerships/Strategic collaborations and stakeholders
  • Facilitate a workshop on collective vision and mission and leadership
  • Conduct workshop on the review of organization’s stakeholder processes and management of strategic partnerships
  • Conduct Training on review and re-alignment of organization’s Vision, Mission
  • Conduct trainings on institutional policy review and development
  • Facilitate the formulation of appropriate policies
  • Conduct trainings on Internal Governance (IG) to key/executive members of the organization to enhance their skills on governance, management and coordination Functionality
  • Guide the partners in developing of Institutional Development plan
  • Facilitate the drafting of the Strategy Papers for consideration/adoption by the respective committees of the partners
  • Support the partners to develop a system database of all their prospective donors and their relevant contacts
  • Support the partners to develop Resource Mobilization strategy and prioritize the approaches
  • Coordinate/ partner training on: Resource mobilization, Fundraising skills, Proposal development, Concept development
  • Conduct Partner Training in financial management systems
  • Facilitate the review & development of Financial Management Policies
  • Training in process documentation e.g
  • Report writing, case studies, field experiences, and reports lay out/graphic design etc
  • Facilitate exchange visits for sharing of lessons and best practices from on the partner to another
  • Support the formation of social audit & accountability Working Group
  • To organize trainings at local level on advocacy and campaigns on priority social accountability issues
  • Support the development of social audit tools in monitoring public sector projects in LRPs
  • Support the documentation of social audit reports (either in water, education, health sector) for sharing with the relevant stakeholders
  • Coordinate county engagement between the Social Audit & Accountability Working Group
  • Incorporate Accountability campaigns in the partners advocacy strategies
  • Train partners on the Campaigns strategy in line with the report (social audit)
  • Coordinate a regional campaign agenda on a prioritized social audit issue during the Annual Anti-corruption Week
  • Conduct training on developing M&E system
  • Support partners on developing their performance management systems &tools
  • Conduct training on developing guidelines/ accountability system
  • Facilitate training for monitoring of strategic plan
  • Conduct follow-ups and continuous monitoring on OD and/or recommend further support
  • Provide guidance on results/process monitoring and reporting within AAIK LRP Partner program audit and partner OD audit
  • Arua, Uganda

Anti-Corruption Specialist/Inspirator

MS-ActionAid Kenya/Kenya Paralegal Association
09.2009 - 12.2011
  • Company Overview: Kisumu, Kenya
  • Kenya Community Paralegal Association (KCPA) is a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) of trained community paralegals that sensitises local communities on human rights and their role in the fight against corruption from the government social services especially ministries of water, health and education and the devolved
  • KCPA promotes democracy and good governance using the rights-based approach to poverty eradication
  • To guide the effective formation of Siaya Anti-Corruption Coalition as a viable and visible actor in the fight against corruption in Siaya District
  • To collaborate with and support the anti-corruption activities of the Siaya Anti-Corruption Coalition Coordination Unit
  • To facilitate the harmonization of anti-corruption monitoring tools used by coalition members
  • To facilitate cross-country experience sharing on ‘best practices’ with coalition members
  • To facilitate critical reflection on the effectiveness of SACC anti-corruption tools
  • Coordinated the collaborative advocacy activities and supported the first Anti-corruption Youth Week in Kenya
  • Kisumu, Kenya

Assistant Lecturer/Coordinator Ethics & Human Rights Centre

Makerere University
07.2004 - 12.2009
  • Company Overview: Kampala, Uganda
  • Contributed to teaching and research in the Department of Philosophy and Development
  • Participated in the development of new academic program - B.A of Ethics & Human Rights
  • Coordinated the processing results, and graduation of students with Office of the Academic Registrar
  • Coordinated the Ethics and Human Rights Research Centre on the placement of internship placement for both graduate and undergraduate students
  • Was key in consultancies under the department such as designing Codes of Ethics for Public Officers having been my expertise at graduate studies
  • Kampala, Uganda

Education

Master of Arts - Ethics and Public Management

Makerere University
06.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences (Philosophy)

Pontifical Urban University
06.2000

Skills

  • Strategy & Visioning
  • Technical & Advisory
  • Human Rights Advocacy
  • Grants, Program Development and Management

Timeline

Grant Research Coordinator

A Faith That Does Justice (ATDJ)
05.2024 - Current

Consultant

Disability Rights Fund
10.2022 - 12.2023

Humanitarian Coordinator

DanChurchAid
09.2021 - 09.2022

Program Manager | Area Manager - Urban Refugee Program

AVSI Foundation
11.2019 - 08.2021

Project Coordinator (Voice Fund)

Oxfam Uganda
08.2016 - 09.2019

P4C Capacity Development Advisor

ActionAid International
04.2013 - 12.2015

Organizational Development & Advocacy Advisor

Centre for Governance & Economic Development
01.2012 - 03.2013

Anti-Corruption Specialist/Inspirator

MS-ActionAid Kenya/Kenya Paralegal Association
09.2009 - 12.2011

Assistant Lecturer/Coordinator Ethics & Human Rights Centre

Makerere University
07.2004 - 12.2009

Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences (Philosophy)

Pontifical Urban University

Master of Arts - Ethics and Public Management

Makerere University

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