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• Main representative for International Lifeline Fund-Environment towards local authorities, humanitarian actors, partners, private entities and donors;
• Participate actively to coordinate information meetings (clusters, NGO coordination, etc.) in Kampala and in Lira when necessary;
• Represent ILF, its environmental activities and programs during field delegation visits.
• Preparation of monthly reports and contribution to proposals as needed.
• Responsible for supervising the Environment team of local staff personnel and providing guidance to expat volunteers;
• Ensure the daily management and coordination of your team (program objectives, action plan, (set-up weekly coordination meetings with the PM and program senior officers), staff appraisal, etc.);
• Ensure that communication for all departments in relation to the Environment Uganda team is streamlined;

• Ensure the smooth implementation of the Environment projects with respect to proposal commitments in terms of quantity and quality (methodologies, indicators and results follow-up);
• Responsible for the transparency of acquisition, utilization and follow-up of all materials, equipment and cash dedicated to the projects;
• Coordinate field visits on activity sites;
• Inform and update the Country Director of any relevant issue related to the project implementation;
• Responsible for the supervision of Monitoring and Evaluation for Environment projects;
• Ensure a weekly and monthly reporting on program activities from your PM(s) as well as ensure the reporting of all monthly program activities to the Country Director, as well as upon his/her solicitation;
• Ensure that all programs are working towards same goals and objectives – creating a comprehensive environment program in Uganda.

• Serve as primary point of contact for ILF’s primary carbon credit partner, Uganda Carbon Bureau (UCB) – includes monthly reporting and regularly scheduled meetings
• Compile and maintain accurate figures on the costs and numbers of stove production
• Project and track costs of future carbon credit project
• Design and manage a dynamic digital stove-tracking database to accurately record and track all stoves sold
• Develop, manage and refine a stove-tracking system that uses a mix of both hard copy (paper) and soft copy (digital, including mobile phones) to capture data on the individual purchasers of each stove
• Work with current and future stove vendors to implement the above systems through trainings
• Oversee that the collection of stove sales data
• Develop stove warrantee, maintenance, and buy-back systems
• Developing incentives for vendor monitoring, that is complimentary to carbon credit monitoring requirements

• Work closely with the Senior Commercialization Officer to expand the commercialization activities in Kampala
• Oversee the marketing activities for Kampala market and provide guidance to Commercialization Officers in both locations.
• Leading commercialization strategy and management on a daily basis
• Participating in the regular evaluation of activities and performance
• Providing monthly planning for relevant program purchases
• Presenting new marketing and distribution ideas to Environmental PM in Lira
• Capacity building of local vendors
• Ensuring consistency and quality standards are met in stove production
• In coordination with the commercialization department, develop and update marketing materials. 

• The applicant should posses a Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent experience is required. Graduate level degree will be an added advantage.
• Five to seven years experience in international relief and development is required, at least three years supervisory experience is required.
• Experience in proposal writing, project design, and monitoring and evaluation is required.
• Experience in fuel-efficient stove sector, water/sanitation desirable and/or organizational development highly desirable
• A driven self-starter, high energy level, quick performer, analytical, creative and responsible
• Native English speaker, Spanish and/or French a plus
• Candidate must have strong verbal and written communications skills and must demonstrate familiarity with evolving industry standards.

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