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Title:         Extractives
Governance Officer

Organization: ActionAid

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to:
Extractives Governance Coordinator

NB: This is a
re-advertisement. All persons who had applied before are not Eligible to apply.

About US:

ActionAid is an
International Development Agency working in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia,
Latin America and the Caribbean. ActionAid International Uganda’s mission is to
achieve social Justice, gender equality, and poverty eradication by working
with people living in extreme poverty and exclusion, their communities,
people’s organisations, activists, social movements and their supporters.

Job Summary:  The Extractives Governance Officer will
support the implementation of the Extractives Governance work in line with
statutory requirements and AAI/AAU policies.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Plan and implement
project activities at the community, sub county, district and regional level in
line with the Project objectives, CSP mission priorities, AAI strategies and
global campaign processes.   

• Implement project activities as laid
  down in the quarterly and annual plan.
• Support research and studies in the
  extractive sector aimed at generating issues for advocacy, campaigns and
  publication.
• Support Local Implementing partners in
  the Albertine region and mining areas (of Busia).
• Support project activity implementation
  at the LRP and Cluster level.
• Generate issues/articles for publication
  in the OiU magazine and Quarterly Newsletter
• Identify community and district level
  advocacy issues to inform national and international policy influencing.
• Identify alternative models,
  documentation of lessons learnt from the existing models and popularize
  best practices.
• Deliberately drum up CSO support towards
  advocacy and influencing issues affecting communities within the project
  locations.

Support the
institutional and programme capacity building   initiatives
of community members and partners to implement Project activities in line with
Project Plans, budget and AAU Partnership Policy

• Support in the identification of partner
  capacity gaps and the development of partner growth and development plans.
• Conduct Support visits to community
  structures/partners and reviews their reports, in line with their plans,
  budgets and funding guidelines
• Participate in the implementation,
  monitoring and evaluation of project partners and community structures,
  capacity development plan- through partner visits; Partner appraisals;
  organizational Self-Assessments.
• Identify community/partner funding gaps
  in line with the partnership funding guidelines; respond to call for
  proposals by submitting concept notes
• Support community/partners Institutional
  development processes e.g. support to hold AGMs, register with sub-county
  and district authorities and ensure functioning of governance structures
• Mobilize community and partners to
  participate in project review and reflections to inform programme
  implementation and enhancement

Participate in the
mobilization of resources to address existing funding gaps at the LRP and
Cluster         

• Identify funding gaps within the
  LRP/Partner areas of focus, generate
• Support derivation of concepts and
  proposals in line with the project, LRP strategy and 5th Strategy
• Devise concept papers for funding and
  keep track of the status to Project Coordinator
• Review community/partner proposals and
  align them to community needs and priorities (during planning and
  budgeting, review proposals) in line with LRP strategy and 5th Strategy
• Carry out periodic Project monitoring
  visits and produce reports in line with the donor’s requirements

Collect, collate,
analyses and prepare periodic project reports that address community priority
accountability and social justice

• Produce quarterly, bi-annual and annual
  Project Monitoring and Evaluation reports.
• Work with M&E team to create
  appropriate M&E tools to collect data and measure the indicators
• Develop and periodically share the
  performance of indicators and targets with project M&E.
• Carry out periodic monitoring visits and
  produce reports on impacts and experiences
• Produce activity reports, monthly,
  quarterly, half year plans and share with project team at district,
  cluster and national level.
• Identify Local rights community
  priorities through PRRPs; Community meetings; Youth focused days and
  utilize feedback in planning for quarterly and annual activities

Promote and protect
the image and values of AAU.        

• Participate in the district and
  sub-county planning processes.
• Participate and represent the project in
  all stakeholder meetings within the project jurisdiction or when delegated
  at all levels.
• Undertake governance and accountability
  analysis and extractive sector performance vis a vis response to community
  concerns.
• Share plans and budgets, reports with
  relevant stakeholders (state and non-state actors)
• Ensure that partners disburse the
  resources they receive from AAU publicly.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate for the ActionAid
  Extractives Governance Officer job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Oil
  Governance and Extractives, Journalism, Development Studies or Social
  Sciences and other related disciplines from a recognized institution.
• Additional qualifications in Project
  planning and management, project design or related professional field is a
  MUST
• A minimum of three years of similar work
  experience from a reputable organization, with Competencies in Planning
  and Budgeting skills;
• Writing and editorial skills;
• Research and report writing skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Computer skills (PPT, Work, Excel etc);
• Presentation skills;
• Capacity building skills;
• Good Communication and Interpersonal
  Skills;
• Community mobilization and facilitation
  skills;
• Materials development and Publishing
  skills;
• Creative thinking and problem-solving
  skills;
• Previous experience in managing
  websites;
• Transformative feminist leadership
  skills;
• Ability to establish critical working
  relationships;
• Ability and willingness to comply with
  AAU/AAI safeguarding requirements.

NB: This is a
re-advertisement. All persons who had applied before are not eligible to apply.

How to Apply:

Applications (Cover
letter, CV, and certified academic documents) MUST be strictly sent by email to
Vacancies.Uganda@actionaid.org clearly addressed to The Director Human
Resource/Organizational Effectiveness, ActionAid Uganda, Plot number 2514/2515
Ggaba Road, P.O Box 676 Kampala. Uganda . Hand deliveries will not be accepted,
and due to large number of applications, we will respond to ONLY shortlisted
candidates for interviews.

NB: Whilst all applications will be assessed
strictly on their individual merits, qualified WOMEN are especially encouraged
to apply. ActionAid International is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Deadline: 8^th August 2019

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