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• Support the Assistant WASH Officer and the
  Head of Office to implement and track the Minimum Criteria for livelihoods
  programming. This will include coordinating the completion of
  Socio-economic assessments, market/value chain analysis, institutional
  mapping and partner selection, targeting of beneficiaries, strategy and
  work plan implementation, monitoring & evaluation, reporting.
• Oversee the implementation of ReHoPE for
  Economic Inclusion of Refugees strategy (2016-2020) and report regularly
  on progress of livelihoods related activities as outlined in the logical
  framework.
• Coordinate the implementation of
  agriculture related activities that will ensure food production, food
  security and markets for food commodities in partnership with strategic
  partners.
• Actively participate in livelihoods sector
  working group meetings and to ensure UNHCR Uganda visibility by taking
  lead of coordination and tracking of strategic action points.
• Formulate a comprehensive livelihoods work
  plan and budget for the zone of influence in tandem with UNHCR Uganda
  livelihoods strategy 2017-2020. This will include identification of and
  engagement with strategic partners (NGOs, private sector, service
  providers, Government agencies) as well implementing and operational
  partners
• Deliberately explore and bring on board
  strategic partnerships with the private sector, business and financial
  services providers and enterprises that will support PoCs to gain either
  self or wage employment or establish income generating opportunities that
  can lead to their self reliance.
• Coordinate with other UNHCR sectors
  (energy and environment, child protection, gender, community services,
  education etc.) to ensure that the developed livelihoods work plan
  deliberately integrates protection safeguards and includes other possible
  relevant and innovative practices that may benefit PoCs
• Provide direct day to day technical
  assistance to livelihoods implementing and operational partners on issues
  related to implementation of programmes and flagging barriers that may
  require advocacy support or strategic responses with government and other
  institutions.
• Coordinate monitoring of activities in the
  work plan, regular collection of data, drafting and submission of UNHCR
  required reporting as well as documentation of case studies that
  demonstrate UNHCR impact to promote learning and knowledge sharing. This
  will include tracking of updated global livelihoods indicators being
  piloted in Uganda.
• Evaluate submitted concept notes and other
  project documents to ensure that these conform to UNHCR quality standards,
  regulations and internal requirements before approval by senior
  management.
• Coordinate meetings, workshops, trainings
  and other events organized by UNHCR to ensure that they are of high
  quality, results oriented and that they are well documented.
• Represent UNHCR Uganda in meetings,
  workshops, trainings and events organized by strategic partners, implementing
  and operational partners.
• Coordinate the work plans and activities
  of livelihoods field staff and affiliates implementing various livelihoods
  programs under UNHCR.
• Identify technical training needs and
  requirements for UNHCR livelihoods field staff, implementing and
  operational partners, and work with the Head of Field Office to develop a
  training needs plan.
• Share consistently livelihoods related
  data or information that may be requested by the Assistant Livelihoods
  Officer, the Head of Field Office, UNHCR Uganda Senior Management, the
  Senior Livelihoods Officer based in Nairobi or the Livelihoods Unit in
  Gene

• Livelihoods related activities under the
  ReHoPE Strategy for Economic Inclusion are implemented, progress measured
  and reported.
• Operation has implemented parameters of
  the Minimum Criteria for livelihoods programming (Socio-economic
  assessments, market/value chain analysis, institutional mapping and
  partner selection, targeting of beneficiaries, strategy and work plans)
  and shared documentation with the Country Operation.
• Livelihoods Sector Working Group/s are
  functional, well-coordinated, have in place terms of reference to guide
  their mandates with UNHCR as lead agency.
• Operation has high quality implementation
  work plans for the period 2017-2018.
• Strategic partnerships for livelihoods
  (with both development organizations and the private sector) are engaged
  and official MoUs endorsed.
• Livelihoods implementing and operational
  partners receive regular technical assistance, their training and capacity
  building needs identified and measure put in place to address these.
• Livelihoods activities are regularly
  monitored, data updated and reports shared with the operation. This
  includes documentation of case studies for communication purposes and
  knowledge sharing.
• UNHCR policies, standards and procedures
  relating to Livelihoods are constantly and coherently applied in the area
  of responsibility (AoR). 

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  UNHCR Senior Livelihoods Associate job opportunity should have completed
  secondary education with post-secondary certification in the field of
  Development Studies, Development Economics, Business Administration,
  Social Sciences, Agriculture or related field.
• At least eleven years of professional
  experience (extensive field experience essential) in development projects
  and/or Livelihoods sectors interventions, ideally in a humanitarian
  context.
• Significant experience in two or more of
  the following; socio-economic assessments, market/value chain analysis,
  strategy development or monitoring and evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience working with the
  private sector or private sector partnerships is required.
• Prior exposure to UNHCR refugee operations
  and functions relating to office administration and programme activities.
• Previous experience with UN or other
  international, national NGOs.
• Prior exposure and experience in cash
  based interventions, access to financial services, access to business development
  services, M4P (Market Access for the Poor) and policy advocacy.
• Fluency in English. Excellent knowledge of
  the local language in Yumbe

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