Position: Livelihood Officer
Report to: Project Coordinator
Location: Adjumani (West Nile), Uganda
Purpose of the position:
To implement field level Resilience and Livelihood programmatic activities in line with targets and partnership standards in a manner that contributes to sustained and improved child wellbeing for both Refugees and host communities within West Nile Region. The Jobholder will oversee Livelihood project implementation process to ensure timely, efficient and transparent delivery of programme activities.
Major Responsibilities:
Project implementation and reporting for Cash for asset project.
- Provide expertise and technical assistance in agronomy and agribusiness, climate smart agriculture, marketing, IGA, DRR and environment management.
- Take lead in Resilience and Livelihood planning, budgeting, implementation and monitoring of progress.
- Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.
- Identify local level partners and support/ facilitate the partners in the implementation of planned activities.
- Prepare work-norms and allocation of beneficiaries for each activity.
- Monitor monthly work-norms and prepare payment schedule in coordination with Cash Transfer Officer.
- Ensure monthly cash distribution plans are developed in time and distributions conducted in time.
Community engagement and advocacy
- Take overall lead in the coordination of field level activities.
- Participate and take lead beneficiary targeting and selection process.
- Ensure beneficiaries are mobilized, and organized groups to complete work norms.
- Engage DLG technical specialists for support in asset creation including sub-county leaders for allocation of additional land where required.
- Establish project steering committees for each site for project management.
- Ensure allocation of tasks takes gender & protection considerations.
Coordinate partners in implementation of agreed action plans.
- Ensure Integration of Resilience and Livelihood activities with other ongoing programme initiatives including that of World Vision and governments.
- Build the capacity of farmer’s business groups/cooperatives to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.
- Coordinate with DLG to allocate more land where necessary for asset creation.
- Coordinate with schools management committee and beneficiaries to identify and create assets.
Documentation, Reporting and knowledge management
- Prepare high quality reports, both narrative and quantitative information and reporting on relevant indicators and outcomes. Ensure that all reports are delivered according to high quality standards and are always submitted on time as per WVU standards.
- Ensure Care givers/Foster parents of unaccompanied Refugee children are members of farmer business groups/cooperatives and are accessing business developments services.
- Participate in monthly / quarterly reflection meetings with Child Monitors and guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from monitoring.
- Take lead in documentation and sharing of Impact/success stories and best practices to promote learning.
- Organize quarterly review meetings for partners and communities at the project sites to reflect on programmes/projects approaches, tools, impact of interventions, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies as well as create spaces and opportunities for action-learning and debate.
People management and supervision
- Supervise livelihood assistants to perform tasks assigned to them including weekly visit at work sites.
- Plan and review weekly work plans and work-norm completion.
- Ensure casuals/volunteers are hired in line with WV standards and are paid on time.
- In charge of ensuring project steering committees are formed, are active and there is ownership of assets created.
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- Minimum of a degree in agriculture or agribusiness or forestry or any other relevant discipline.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in community work and engagement in Agricultural, Environment, Economic Development and Livelihood
- Passion for children.
- Track record demonstrating high integrity, reliability and dependable
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Effective in written and verbal communication in English
- Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is and added advantage.
- Entrepreneurship, micro finance and strong agribusiness skills
- Computer literate
- Writing and reporting skills
- Networking and influencing skills.
How to apply:
Please submit your application and complete Curriculum Vitae, to Website: https://careers.wvi.org/job-opportunities-in-uganda
Address your application to the People & Culture Specialist, Recruitment, World Vision Uganda
Deadline for receiving applications is 28th August, 2019. (Qualified natives of West Nile region are particularly encouraged to apply)
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