Job Title: Project Coordinator
Organisation: Lutheran
World Relief (LWR)
World Relief (LWR)
Project Name: Legume
Seed Project
Seed Project
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About LWR:
Lutheran World Relief is a US
non-profit organization that works with local partners to provide lasting
solutions to poverty, injustice and human suffering.
non-profit organization that works with local partners to provide lasting
solutions to poverty, injustice and human suffering.
Job Summary: The Project
Coordinator will be responsible for the overall success of coordination and
communications activities among value chain, government, local media and
international actors as a member of a team managing a pilot project to increase
legume seed production, a five-year project designed to improve Ugandan
farmers’ access to government certified legume seed varieties.
Coordinator will be responsible for the overall success of coordination and
communications activities among value chain, government, local media and
international actors as a member of a team managing a pilot project to increase
legume seed production, a five-year project designed to improve Ugandan
farmers’ access to government certified legume seed varieties.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Steer
the field-level relationships and communications with key stakeholders
including seed growers/farmers, seed distributors, and local government
line ministries. - Significantly
contribute to identifying indicators in alignment with the pilot results
framework together with other pilot implementing actors. - Steer
the data collection for the indicators. - Support
the Team Leader in work planning and activity implementation to achieve
pilot targets in alignment with the budget. - Assist
the Team Leader in coordinating with the Pilot Verifier, taking
responsibility for managing and monitoring the Verifier’s field
activities. - Also,
support the Team Leader and Communications and Outreach Specialist in stakeholder
engagement activities such as the project launch, participant selection,
advisory committee facilitation, and compiling lessons from project
participants. - Provide
technical and logistical support to the pilot evaluator, including
coordinating and facilitating meetings with stakeholders and providing
access to pilot documentation and data. - Support
the Team Leader in preparing quarterly reports as well as documenting
challenges, opportunities, and lessons. - Communicate
and coordinate with LWR country, regional, and headquarters staff
(including the Marketing and Creative Services team), as well as with
donor. - Actively
participate fully as a member of the project team, including active
involvement in planning and review meetings, ensuring project staff members
are kept informed in all relevant programmatic issues. - Perform
any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
prospective LWR Project Coordinator should hold a university degree in
agriculture, agribusiness, community development or relevant subject. - Five
or more years of agricultural project management experience in Uganda,
with a minimum of three years with significant monitoring and evaluation
experience. - Proven
ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, manage time and
complex tasks, adapt to changing priorities and deadlines, identify
opportunities and challenges and propose appropriate responses or
solutions. . - Computer
literacy skills i.e. proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and
internet tools. - Fluency
in English, with excellent verbal, written, facilitation, and
communication skills. Ability to speak at least one Ugandan language. - Ability
to travel up to 70% of his/her time within Uganda. - The
applicant must exhibit a deep commitment to LWR’s core values and ability
to model those values in relationships with colleagues and partners. - Existing
authorization to work in Uganda; Ugandan national preferred.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates should send their applications via email to:
[email protected] with the job title for which you are applying in the
subject line. Include in the body of the email the following information:
interested candidates should send their applications via email to:
[email protected] with the job title for which you are applying in the
subject line. Include in the body of the email the following information:
NAME:
HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION:
NUMBER OF YEARS OF RELEVANT
EXPERIENCE:
EXPERIENCE:
MINIMUM SALARY EXPECTATION
(monthly, gross):
(monthly, gross):
Also, include as attachments a
cover letter and CV. Do not include copies of diplomas or certificates.
Applicants for the Communications and Outreach Specialist should include a one
page writing sample relevant to the responsibilities described.
cover letter and CV. Do not include copies of diplomas or certificates.
Applicants for the Communications and Outreach Specialist should include a one
page writing sample relevant to the responsibilities described.
Deadline: 1st December, 2014 by 5:00PM Ugandan Time
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