Several Fresher Livelihood Assistant – Resilience and Livelihood Diploma Non-profit Jobs – World Vision International

Organisation: World
Vision International
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Livelihood
Officer – Resilience and Livelihood
About US:
World Vision Uganda
is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization
dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome
poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41 districts in Uganda. World
Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people
whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is
conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks,
including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child,
Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”
Job Summary:
The Livelihood Assistant – Resilience and Livelihood will implement all project
activities in the designated Refugee settlement area and promote the adoption
of recommended farming and business practices in line with Government of Uganda
(GoU) and World Vision Uganda (WVU) policies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
Project
implementation and reporting
  • Promote the use of modern farming practice and techniques through
    training, advising farmers, farm visits and demonstrations so as to
    transform targeted families from subsistence to commercial farmers in line
    with GoU policy.
  • Promote Resilience and Livelihoods programme model for faster
    adoption of improved farming technologies towards building secure
    livelihoods for the marginal poor.
  • Actively participate in Resilience and Livelihood planning,
    budgeting, implementation and monitoring of progress.
  • Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during
    planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.
Community
engagement and advocacy
  • Identify project beneficiaries in collaboration with Local structures
    and in accordance with the laid down guidelines/rules and timeframe.
  • Coordinate project activities with sub-county authorities,
    government extension agents and other partners at community level.
  • Ensure Small holder farmers’ groups are mobilized, organized and
    strengthened into strong business groups/cooperatives (rural producer
    cooperatives, marketing cooperatives, Savings groups/Savings and Credit
    Cooperatives) for bulk purchase of inputs, value addition, bulking and
    collective marketing of produce
  • Develop the farmer’s capacity to improve production and productivity
    of selected enterprises of desired quality by the market through
    demonstrations to farmer’s
  • Establish and follow up demonstrations to facilitate production and
    productivity among the farmers
Documentation,
Reporting and knowledge management
  • Document and maintain records pertaining to training, production
    activities forward issues to management for decisions and appropriate
    action in line with WVU policies.
  • Write up accurate and timely reports pertaining to all planned
    activities in the required format and submit to the Project Coordinator
    Livelihood
  • Ensure Care givers/Foster parents of unaccompanied Refugee children
    are members of farmer business groups/cooperatives and are accessing business
    developments services.
  • Participate in monthly / quarterly reflection meetings with Child
    Monitors and guardians/parents and child protection committees to address
    findings from monitoring.
Child Protection
and Wellbeing
  • Keenly monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any
    incidents in line with child protection policy and guidelines.
  • Work with local leaders to protect children from child violations
    and abuses
  • Sensitize children including most vulnerable, guardians/parents and
    other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the World Vision Livelihood Assistant –
    Resilience and Livelihood job opportunity must hold a diploma in
    agriculture or agribusiness or forestry or any other relevant discipline
  • Previous experience in community work and engagement Agricultural,
    Economic Development and Livelihood is and added advantage
  • Experience of the local context of West Nile is an added advantage
  • Entrepreneurship, micro finance and strong agribusiness skills
  • Computer literacy skills
  • Good writing and reporting skills
  • Networking and influencing skills
  • Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is and added
    advantage
  • Passion for children.
  • Track record demonstrating high integrity, reliability and
    dependable
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by visiting World Vision
International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.
Please follow
instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at World Vision’s
e-recruitment portal.  Qualified female candidates are particularly
encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 29th June 2018
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