Organisation: ActionAid Uganda (AAU)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Policy and Campaigns Manager
About ActionAid:
ActionAid is an International Development Agency working in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. ActionAid’s mission is to work with the poor and the ActionAid Uganda (AAU), a national development organization registered under the laws of Uganda and with a local Board seeks to recruit suitably qualified, self-driven, result-oriented individuals to fill the position above.
Job Summary: The Program Focus Area- Coordinator Sustainable Livelihoods will offer overall leadership and direction in Planning, implementation, Monitoring and evaluation of the sustainable livelihoods work in line with CSP-IV and relevant organizational policies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Offer technical support and undertake resource mobilization tasks in line with CSP IV and organizational Policies
- Develop, lead the implementation and monitoring of sustainable livelihood strategies for guiding planning and implementation, communicate and provide support to respective units in line with the CSP IV and organizational Policies
- Monitor livelihoods programmes, communicate and consolidate reports and submit to the Policy manager in line with the organizational accountability systems’ requirements
- Offer technical assistance and strengthen the capacity of staff and partners for quality programming in line with CSP IV and organizational Policies
- Perform contextual analysis, research and analyze policies for generation of evidence for policy advocacy and campaigns in line with the CSP and AA theory of change
- Routinely engage in and coordinate local, national and international policy advocacy and campaign work in line with AA theory of change
- Mobilize, coordinate and support the building and strengthening networks, coalitions, alliances and relationships with other stakeholders at all levels (local, national, regional and international) in line with AAIU theory of change
- Plan, coordinate and implement Emergency Response Interventions in line with organizational policies
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for this vacancy should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Economics, Development Studies or any other relevant degree from a reputable institution.
- Possession of a relevant post graduate qualification and training in rights based approaches, food security, participatory methods and policy analysis is an added advantage.
- A minimum of three to four years’ relevant working experience from a recognized institution
- Detailed knowledge of sustainable livelihoods approaches
- Knowledge in food security
- Integrated Climate change approaches knowledge
- Detailed knowledge of planning and budgeting
- Skills and expertise in participatory methods PVA, TDI
- Detailed understanding of Governance, Women rights, gender and poverty analysis
- Significant working knowledge of Project proposal development and Resource mobilization
- Knowledge of human rights and democracy
- Skills in civic education and empowerment
- Knowledge of International Humanitarian Sector
- Good Communication skills
- Youth programming skills
- Excellent report writing and record keeping skills
- Awareness raising skills
- Team work and team building skills
- Possess a high level of confidentially
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good people management and team work skills
- Research methodologies, Policy analysis and formulation
- Skills in partner capacity assessment and development
- Excellent networking, partner mobilization and advocacy skills
- Knowledge and understanding of contracts management
- Emergence assessment, deployment and response skills
- Conflict and Peace analysis/building skills
How to Apply:
All qualified and interested candidates should deliver their application letters, CVs and copies of Academic documents with details of at least three (3) referees one of which shall be from your most recent employer. The complete applications should be hand delivered or sent by email to [email protected] addressed to The HROE Director, Actionaid Uganda Plot 2514/2515 Ggaba Road, Opposite Kampala International University or sent to P.O Box 676 Kampala. Uganda.
Deadline: Friday 16th May 2014.
N.B: Only short listed candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us before 16th June, 2014 consider yourself unsuccessful.
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