Women’s Economic Empowerment Senior Officer NGO Jobs – Mercy Corps

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Organization: Mercy Corps
Duty Station: Uganda
About Mercy Corps:
Mercy
Corps is an International NGO that exists to alleviate poverty and oppression
by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps
has been fully registered in Uganda as an operational NGO. Currently Mercy
Corps has an office in Kampala and is implementing Food Security programs which
comprise of Water and Sanitation, Livelihood and Agriculture and Conflict
Mitigation Management Program in North and North Eastern Uganda. We implement
programs in the northern districts of Pader, Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Kaabong,
Abim and Kotido with funding from USAID, USDA, Walmart Foundation, SDC, DFID as
well as other private donations.
Job Summary: The Women’s Economic Empowerment Senior Officer
will offer technical support in the roll out of a women’s empowerment
curriculum to the community-based mother care groups. MCGs are a community
platform of mothers that gather to share health and nutrition information with
their neighbors. Those in the MCG+ model also benefit from additional training
that focused on increasing their access and control over resources through life
skills and economic empowerment trainings. The Senior Officer will be
responsible for the quality of program delivery, from coordinating the training
of mentors to support supervision and liaison with other teams. Trainings will
cover life skills, basic numeracy and savings, as well as business development
skills. These topics will be introduced concurrently with the ongoing health
and nutrition information that is the focus of the traditional mother care
groups.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Program:
  • Coordinate the activities of MCG+ Officers
    and community mentors to ensure training and mentorships are delivered on
    a timely and weekly basis
  • Offer technical support and quality control
    checks to MCG+ Officers, trouble shooting challenges, and standardizing
    implementation approaches in delivery of MCG+ messages
  • Work closely with the MCHN Teams including
    World Vision on program implementation to leverage synergy and maximize
    impact
  • Offer support to other MCHN programming areas
    as needed such as support on implementation of MCHN modules to care groups
    or support to community behavior change activities.
  • Provide technical contribution to the
    development of core IEC materials
  • Working closely with team leaders of MC SO2
    activities to coordinate day-to-day operations and logistics to maximize
    use of resources and ensure complementary programming
  • Work closely with Financial access, CBC, MCG
    mainstream teams to provide advice and technical support in the mentoring
    and development of women’s businesses
  • Support the cultivation of MCG+ women’s micro
    scale businesses as a means to sustainable economic empowerment and
    poverty reduction
  • Develop and oversee the effective implementation
    of the MCG+ workplan
2. Monitoring and
Evaluation:
  • Prepare and submit monthly reports with
    emphasis on lessons learned, best practices, success stories and
    achievement of project outcome and output targets
  • Ensure MCG+ documentation is collected and
    maintained in such a way to assist donor reporting and meets MC’s filling
    minimum standards
  • Facilitate a culture of learning and
    knowledge sharing within the programme; sharing good practices, and
    addressing under-performance
3. Partnership
Management:
  • Build and strengthen productive working
    relationship with World Vision and Whave, working together to develop
    complementary monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive management structures
    wherever possible
  • Work closely with partners to coordinate and
    maximize influence at local and regional forums
  • Establish and maintain productive working
    relationships with sub-county and district leaders, soliciting their
    participation in all activities where appropriate;
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree
    in Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, development or related
    studies, advanced degree a plus
  • A minimum of five years’ experience in
    managing and delivering livelihoods development programs and/or gender
    empowerment programs, previous experience in Karamoja is an added
    advantage
  • Previous exposure and experience in coaching
    or mentoring of women groups
  • Prior experience in developing curricula and
    leading trainings related to gender, savings or business development
  • Previous experience in implementing effective
    savings, financial empowerment or functional adult learning programing
  • Past experience with private sector business
    or income generating activity experience a plus
  • Proven skills in data collection,
    verification and documentation
  • Proven skills in networking, team-building,
    community consultations and organizational development;
  • Computer literacy i.e. proficiency in Microsoft
    packages
  • Excellent reporting, communication and
    representation skills
  • Fluency in English required, fluency in
    Ngakarimojong a plus
  • Possession of a valid motorbike riding permit
    is required
How to Apply:
All
prospective Ugandans who wish to join Mercy Corps are encouraged to send their
applications via email including a cover letter clearly stating your salary
requirements, CV (with 3 referees), and copies of academic
qualifications/certificates to mcjobs@ug.mercycorps.org addressed to the HR
Manager, Kampala Head Office on 4th Floor Embassy Plaza, Plot 1188-1190 Ggaba
Road.
Deadline: 6th April 2016

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