Job Title: Youth Economic Opportunities Manager
Organisation: National
Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA)
Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA)
Funding Source: USAID
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About CLUSA:
The National Cooperative
Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA) is the trade association
for cooperative businesses in the United States and an international
development organization. NCBA CLUSA provides cross-sector education, technical
assistance, and advocacy that helps cooperatives thrive. For nearly 100 years,
NCBA CLUSA has sought to advance and protect cooperative enterprises,
highlighting the impact that cooperatives have in bettering the lives of
individuals and families. In the last 60 years, NCBA CLUSA has worked in over
100 countries in the areas of food security, agricultural development,
strengthening of communities and farmer organizations, community-based health,
natural resources management, and empowerment of smallholder farmers, women,
and youth.
Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA) is the trade association
for cooperative businesses in the United States and an international
development organization. NCBA CLUSA provides cross-sector education, technical
assistance, and advocacy that helps cooperatives thrive. For nearly 100 years,
NCBA CLUSA has sought to advance and protect cooperative enterprises,
highlighting the impact that cooperatives have in bettering the lives of
individuals and families. In the last 60 years, NCBA CLUSA has worked in over
100 countries in the areas of food security, agricultural development,
strengthening of communities and farmer organizations, community-based health,
natural resources management, and empowerment of smallholder farmers, women,
and youth.
About USAID Programmes:
NCBA CLUSA is currently
recruiting senior and mid-level technical specialists for two anticipated USAID
programs:
recruiting senior and mid-level technical specialists for two anticipated USAID
programs:
- Uganda’s
Improving Youth Livelihoods in Agriculture program is a five-year program
to increase opportunities for youth in agriculture to realize their potential
and effectively contribute to Uganda’s social and economic development.
The program will expand technical, educational and leadership
opportunities in agriculture for youth ages 15-30 in select districts in
Uganda, including Northern Uganda, through a market-driven approach for
increased food security and employment for young men and women. - Uganda
Producer Organizations’ Activity will focus on strengthening farmer
organizations to become more business-oriented and better advocates for
their respective members. The approach will focus on training members of
farmer organizations in such areas as group formation, dynamics and
cohesion, governance, financial management, trust, access to services and
markets, and advocacy. The purpose is to create a critical mass of
member-owned, democratically- governed organizations to meet the specific
financial and/or social needs of their members, and of the wider farming
community.
Job Summary: The Youth
Economic Opportunities Manager will be responsible for overseeing all senior
technical staff and workplan activities related to youth entrepreneurship to
ensure program objectives are met.
Economic Opportunities Manager will be responsible for overseeing all senior
technical staff and workplan activities related to youth entrepreneurship to
ensure program objectives are met.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate for the aforementioned vacancy should have at least ten
years of experience in the agriculture and youth sectors managing Kampala
and field-based staff for international donor programs; - Prior
USAID experience is preferred.
How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to work
in USAID’s projects should send their updated CVs along with a cover letter to
[email protected]. Please include the position title in the subject line of the
email.
in USAID’s projects should send their updated CVs along with a cover letter to
[email protected]. Please include the position title in the subject line of the
email.
Deadline: 24th November, 2014
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