4 Entry Level Food Security and Livelihoods Officer Job Opportunities – Save the Children International

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Organisation: Save the
Children International
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Livelihoods
Project Manager
About US:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for
children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has
been implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a Uganda
in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and
participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We
strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through
partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children,
and by achieving results at scale.  In
Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection,
Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health,
Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children
delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern
and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff
complement of over 270 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their
rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2014, we reached over 143
million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly
around the world.
Job Summary: The Food
Security and Livelihoods Officer will support the Livelihoods Project Manager
in carrying out the planned FSL and Cash for Work interventions. This will
include identification of project participants, working with communities to
identify appropriate Cash for Work activities and monitoring these activities.
The FSL Officers will work with the Business Development and Training
Coordinator to support roll out of training and ongoing supervision and
monitoring of micro-enterprises.  They
will support the FSL Manager, logistics and finance teams to set up cash
transfer mechanism for Cash for Work and business start-up grants.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the Save the
    Children Food Security and Livelihoods Officer job placement should hold a
    Bachelor’s degree the relevant field.
  • Previous experience of implementing
    cash-based programming
  • Prior experience working with small
    business development and market based programming
  • Previous exposure and experience in
    training communities and teams.
  • Experience of implementing livelihood
    projects e.g. public works/ cash for work projects; agricultural support;
    home based skills development or income generation projects.
  • Prior exposure and experience working with
    local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance,
    Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added
    advantage.
  • Excellent analytical skills and strategic
    planning abilities.
  • Ability to establish and maintain
    conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a
    team.
  • Willingness to travel and work in
    hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
  • Computer literacy and excellent
    documentation skills are a must.
  • Highly developed cultural awareness and
    ability to work well in an international environment with people from
    diverse backgrounds and cultures.
  • Ability to intervene with crisis
    management or troubleshooting as necessary.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and
    communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
  • Excellent time management and planning
    capacity.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send a copy of
their updated CVs with cover letters (attached as one document) indicating
three referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors via E-mail only
to: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
NB:
  • Testimonials/certificates should not be
    attached to applications.
  • Hand delivered applications will not be
    accepted and are therefore not considered during the shortlisting process.
Deadline: 26th May 2017 by
Midnight
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