USAID ChildFund International Grant Jobs – Household Economic Strengthening Specialist

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Organisation: ChildFund
International
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: ChildFund
Uganda’s Program Director
About ChildFund:
ChildFund International was founded over seventy years and has provided
support to deprived, excluded and vulnerable children to have the capacity to
improve their lives and opportunities to become young adults, parents and
leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities. We promote
societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting
and advancing the worth and rights of children. Our core commitment is
child-centered change that will ensure healthy and secure infants, educated and
confident children, and youth who are skilled and engaged meaningfully in the
affairs and decision making processes within their communities.
Job Summary: The Household
Economic Strengthening Advisor will offer technical support to ChildFund’s HES
portfolio. S/he will be responsible for contributing technical expertise to
interventions targeting destitute, struggling growing, and youth-headed
households to implement technical and vocational skills training, workforce
development programs, and microenterprise activities. The HES Advisor is
expected to have a strong background in conducting market analysis,
facilitating market linkages and tracking outcomes of HES programming including
job placement, post-training earnings and participant satisfaction.’
Key Duties and
Responsibilities: 
  • Offer significant inputs to the
    development and updates of HES training manuals ensuring the inclusion of
    women, people with disabilities and youth in programming strategies.
  • Take lead in the implementation of HES
    interventions through the development of work plans, technical reports,
    oversight of implementing partners, training field staff and offering support
    supervision.
  • Offer training and oversee implementation
    of HES activities by project field staff and local implementing partners.
  • Maintain records of project participants.
    Significantly contribute to the design and consistent use of tools to
    detect and address unintended effect of HES activities on children’s
    wellbeing.
  • Work closely with government officials and
    other local stakeholders to propose HES activities and family support
    strategies that will be sustainable after project close-out.
  • Mentor and build community capacity to
    manage HES activities.
  • Actively contribute to the development of
    monitoring and evaluation tools to measure the impact of HES interventions
    on children’s wellbeing.
  • Technically support the continuing
    programme development through leading in networking and fundraising
    efforts for HES portfolio.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The prospective employee must hold an
    advanced degree in Economics, International Affairs, or other relevant
    field.
  • At least ten years’ experience designing
    and implementing household economic strengthening interventions. At least
    five years of experience in a technical advisory role.
  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of
    market-based household economic strengthening interventions and best
    practices, including savings, credit and investment groups, basic business
    skills training (Micro-enterprise selection, planning and management),
    farmer field schools methodology and youth vocational trainings.
  • Deep understanding of interplay between
    household economic vulnerabilities and child development and protection
    issues would be a plus.
  • Firm grasp on relevant safeguards measures
    appropriate for household economic empowerment programs.
  • Past exposure and experience working
    successfully with government agencies engaged in promoting improved
    livelihoods for households and the provision of social protection
    services.
  • Good familiarity with household economic
    empowerment programs currently being implemented in Uganda and East
    Africa.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills,
    cross-cultural communication, and ability to manage high-level
    relationships.
  • Strong technical writing in English and
    oral communication skills.
  • Ugandan candidates highly preferred.
How to Apply: 
If you meet the above job requirements and are interested, please
submit your applications including detailed Curriculum Vitae, academic and
professional papers and names of 3 work related Referees with their Email/
daytime telephone contacts to:
The National Director, ChildFund International, P.O. Box 3342, Kampala,
Uganda.  Email: hr@uganda.childfund.org
OR Delivers to ChildFund National Office located on Plot 71/72 Namirembe Road,
P.O. Box 3341, Kampala. 
Deadline: 11th April 2014 by
2.00pm.

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