Organisation: Mercy Corps
Project Name: USAID Program,
Growth, Health and Governance (GHG)
Growth, Health and Governance (GHG)
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Mercy Corps is an international non-profit organization which implements
high-quality, analytical development programmes in very difficult places. Mercy
Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006. It has and continues to
implement programs in Acholi and Karamoja sub regions. Mercy Corps is taking a
community-led, market driven approach to address poverty and food insecurity
needs through interventions that get to the root causes and contributing
factors of economic vulnerability. Donors include the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), DFID, Mastercard Foundation, WALMART
Foundation, Coca Cola Africa Foundation, US Depart of State (DOS) /PEPFAR, and
Nike Foundation.
high-quality, analytical development programmes in very difficult places. Mercy
Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006. It has and continues to
implement programs in Acholi and Karamoja sub regions. Mercy Corps is taking a
community-led, market driven approach to address poverty and food insecurity
needs through interventions that get to the root causes and contributing
factors of economic vulnerability. Donors include the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), DFID, Mastercard Foundation, WALMART
Foundation, Coca Cola Africa Foundation, US Depart of State (DOS) /PEPFAR, and
Nike Foundation.
About USAID GHG Program:
The five-year USAID Program, Growth, Health and Governance (GHG)
operating in Northern Karamoja is accountable for improvements in child
underweight and stunting prevalence, underweight prevalence of women of
reproductive age and dietary diversity practices amongst women and children
< 5years (with emphasis on pregnant and lactating women and children < 2
years). In order to achieve all program objectives, Mercy Corps seeks to
empower women by increasing their access and control over resources that can
help them make a positive change for improve nutrition and food security.
operating in Northern Karamoja is accountable for improvements in child
underweight and stunting prevalence, underweight prevalence of women of
reproductive age and dietary diversity practices amongst women and children
< 5years (with emphasis on pregnant and lactating women and children < 2
years). In order to achieve all program objectives, Mercy Corps seeks to
empower women by increasing their access and control over resources that can
help them make a positive change for improve nutrition and food security.
Job Summary: The MCHN
Officer- Women Economic Empowerment will support 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 Officer
will be responsible for the quality of program delivery, from training of mentors
to support supervision and coordination 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.
Officer- Women Economic Empowerment will support 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 Officer
will be responsible for the quality of program delivery, from training of mentors
to support supervision and coordination 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:
Responsibilities:
Program:
- Deliver MCG+ trainings on life skills,
numeracy, savings, business development, and other topics as needed in a
timely and coordinated manner - Provide support supervision and quality
control checks to mentors to troubleshooting challenges, standardize
implementation approaches, ensure high quality delivery of MCG+ messages - Coordinate with the MCHN Teams at Mercy
Corps on program implementation to leverage resources and maximize impact - Offer support to other MCHN programing
areas as needed such as support on implementation of MCHN modules to care
groups or support to community behaviour change activities. - Identify and document best practices to
share with the GHG team and other relevant stakeholders - Collaboratively represent the health
activities of GHG together with partners World Vision and Whave at
relevant local government and civil society fora - 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
Partnership Management:
- Build and maintain 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;
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Ensure feedback loops between community,
MCGs, mentors and staff are active, with responsive changes implemented - Provide on-going support to mentors in
monitoring, evaluation and learning - Take primary responsibility for data
gathering, quality control and communicating to MELC focal person on MCG+
activities - Oversee the MCG+ filing system and ensure
that information is organized according to the reporting and auditing
needs of the program
External Representation and Coordination:
- Ensure establishment and maintenance of
relationships with communities, village councils and local government - Support visits from regional and HQ based
staff and external visitors, such as donors and media, in collaboration
with the team leader when necessary
Other:
- Conduct himself/herself both
professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy
Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission; - Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Mercy Corps
MCHN Officer-Women Economic Empowerment job opportunity should possess a
Bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurship, Business Administration,
development or related studies - A minimum of three years of related
professional experience. - Good knowledge in Village Savings &
Loans Scheme, financial empowerment or functional adult learning a plus - Previous exposure and experience with VSLA
Management Information System (MIS) a plus - Experience with private sector financial
institutions 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; - Excellent reporting, communication and
representation skills - Willingness to consider new perspectives,
promote gender equality and engage in advanced gender training - Motorbike riding permit required
- Fluency in Ngakarimojong required
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their
E-mail applications including a cover letter clearly stating the salary
requirements, updated CV (with three professional referees), and copies of
academic qualifications/certificates addressed to the Senior HR and Legal
Manager, Mercy Corps Uganda to: [email protected]
E-mail applications including a cover letter clearly stating the salary
requirements, updated CV (with three professional referees), and copies of
academic qualifications/certificates addressed to the Senior HR and Legal
Manager, Mercy Corps Uganda to: [email protected]
Deadline: 6th February 2017
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