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• Ensure that the cluster designs are in line with the Food security
  and community resilience national office strategy
• Ensure that Cluster Agriculture & food security project
  activities are integrated with other sectors and with the District
  development plan
• Supervise and monitor ongoing activities under the Cluster
  Agriculture & food security projects
• Ensure quality in the roll out of the Food security and community
  resilience project models
• Coordinate Cluster Agriculture & food security projects being
  implemented by partners and technical resource persons.
• Initiate and participate in Food security district Advocacy
  initiatives
• Work closely with the National office Food security technical
  specialist for quality implementation of Agriculture and food security
  projects.
• Ensure cross cutting themes are mainstreamed in Agriculture and food
  security projects.
• Ensure Agriculture and Food security projects integrate and address
  child protection
• Work with CSDO to ensure Registered Children and their households
  are participating and benefiting from Agriculture and Food Security
  programme interventions

• Tasked with the mobilization of farmer groups and conducting
  trainings to build capacities on Agriculture & food security improved
  methodologies.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to community groups to build local
  capacity for understanding and connecting with community linkages.
• Identify technical experts to train community groups
• Work closely with the National Office Food security technical
  specialist on staff capacity building in Agriculture and food security.

• Identify and build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and
  networks with partners and other stakeholders in implementation at the
  District level.
• Participate and represent WVU in key donor engagements and technical
  working forums at district, region and National level when applicable
• Point of contact for consultation on issues to do with Cluster ADP
  Agriculture & food security and related issues.
• Identify market development opportunities that present through
  networks and relationships with other institutions and organizations and
  NGOs working in the agriculture and food security.
• Work closely with District initiatives through the District
  production Office on constraints of targeted crops and Agricultural
  initiatives

• Effectively document all information related to project successes,
  innovations and promising practices and disseminate through appropriate
  mechanisms.
• Responsible for capturing child wellbeing indicators related to
  Agriculture & food security projects in the cluster
• Ensure identification of research areas, conduct research and
  document learnings
• Spearhead the Cluster Agriculture & food security project in
  output & outcome monitoring processes
• Support processes of project baselines and evaluation of Agriculture
  & food security projects and interventions

• Track and manage budgets allocated for the project
• Produce timely, accurate, compliant and quality reports.
• Responsible for project assets at ADP & cluster office

• Identify and initiate viable funding proposals for resource
  acquisition to support agriculture and food security interventions.
• Participate in resource mobilization through concept papers/proposal
  writing for fund raising and market them with support offices and other
  donors

• The ideal candidate for the World Vision Project Officer 1 – Resilience and Livelihood job opportunity must hold a Bachelor’s degree in; Agricultural
  Economics, Agribusiness, or Agriculture
• At least five years’ experience in implementing agriculture
  projects.
• Strong experience in networking, community mobilization and
  facilitation.
• Demonstrated experience and skill in research, analysis and report
  writing
• Experience in proposal writing and development
• Commitment to implementing WV’s vision and mission at all levels
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work sensitively with people from a variety of social
  backgrounds.
• Must have riding experience with a valid permit
• Fluent in the languages of Samya and Luganda

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