Project Officier – West Nile, Uganda 52 views0 applications

Position: Project Officer

Report to: Project Manager

Location: West Nile, Uganda

Purpose of the position:

The Project Officer – Livelihoods will be responsible for project implementation of field livelihood activities, mainly focusing upon farmer group capacity development in settlement. S/He will build the capacity of the farmer groups through trainings and field follow up. S/He will work closely with OPM and other actors in actively addressing farmer skills development, production, processing and marketing issues. The Project Officer – Livelihoods also works closely with leadership structures of both refugees and host communities (Sub County Agricultural Officers, Community Development Officers, LC, RWC, religious and traditional leaders) in regard to livelihoods. The Project Officer under the direct supervision of the Senior Project Officer, will ensure that activities are approved, implemented, monitored and reported according to agreed project plans in line with the donor and World Vision Uganda (WVU) policies. Will be directly involved in the implementation of project activities will be based in Adjumani and Moyo. Each will supervise Community Field Assistants.

Major Responsibilities:

Project Implementation and sustainability

• Promote use of modern farming practice and techniques through training, advising farmers, farm visits and demonstrations to transform targeted families from subsistence to commercial farmers in line with GoU policy.
• Work with refugee and host community to select and train Community Field Assistant (CFA)
• Participatory selection of beneficiaries, prioritization of cash for work activities, life skills awareness raising, and capacity building of the groups.
• Technical capacity building of CFAs to train groups on PAED, agronomy, nutrition, natural resource management and business skills through mentoring and coaching.
• Take lead in the selection of vulnerable households from settlement and host community to benefit from the project.
• Organize trainings with farmer groups on-farm and off-farm production and marketing of selected enterprises
• Ensures field monitoring and reporting of activities to the Senior Project Officer.
• Report on the project progress on monthly basis
• Any other role assigned by the line manager

Community engagement and advocacy

• Develop farmer’s capacity to improve production and productivity of selected enterprises of desired quality by the market through demonstrations to farmer’s
• Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.
• Coordinate partners in implementation of agreed action plans.
• Ensure integration of project with other ongoing Resilience and Livelihood activities including that of World Vision and governments.

Stakeholders Engagement, Networking and Collaboration

• Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.
• Engagement with key stakeholders for influence, learning and resource development
• Actively represent WVU in field level inter-agency fora.
• Engage and build relationships with key partners and government counterparts.
• Work with Senior Project Officer to identify partners who will support implementation of the project within the Area Program.
• Collaborate and guide field level advocacy campaigns for PSN and youths, as appropriate.
• Network & collaborate with District Local Government, OPM, UNHCR and other relevant stakeholders in the Program Area.

Documentation, Reporting and knowledge management

• Writes and submits comprehensive monthly progress reports, specific activity reports, and any other reports when necessary to his/her supervisor in a timely manner.
• Monthly and quarterly reporting, including realization of activities; (Providing input) narrative project reporting;
• Annual review of progress towards project objectives;
• Take lead in field documentation and sharing of best practices to promote learning.
• Organize quarterly review meetings for communities at project sites to reflect on project approaches, tools, impact of interventions, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies as well as create spaces and opportunities for action-learning

Child Protection and Wellbeing

• Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents in line with child protection policy and guidelines.
• Work with local leaders to protect children from child violations and abuses
• Sensitize children including most vulnerable, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

1. Minimum of Diploma in Agriculture or Agribusiness or Forestry or Development Studies or any other relevant discipline. Experience in community work and engagement Agricultural, Economic Development and Livelihood is and added advantage
2. Climate Smart Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, micro finance and strong agribusiness skills
3. At least three years’ experience working with vulnerable communities and familiarity with humanitarian programming and implementation
4. Minimum of 3-years professional work experience in project management, Livelihoods and microfinance enterprise development
5. Experience of data collection, collation, analysis, and report writing
6. Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
7. Strong leadership, organizational and analytical skills, and ability to work under pressure
8. Excellent verbal and written skills in English
9. Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets
10. Track record demonstrating high integrity, innovativeness, creativity, reliability and dependable
11. Team player, Self-motivator, able to work with limited supervision;
12. Ability to drive a motorcycle with valid driving/riding license
13. Effective in written and verbal communication in English. Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is an added advantage

How to apply:

Pleasesubmit your application and complete Curriculum Vitae, toWebsite: 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 6thSeptember, 2019. (Qualified natives of West Nile region are particularly encouraged to apply)