The Ugandan Jobline

Job Title: Community Development Assistant – MENU Project

Organization: World Vision

Reports to: Project
Manager

Duty Station: Uganda 

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 82 districts in Uganda
implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation &
hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & community resilience, education and child
protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and
adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people
whose background is not suitable for working with the beneficiaries above. All
employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable
background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

Job Summary: The Community Development Assistant – MENU
Project will implement field level project activities in line with
targets and donor standards in a manner that contributes to sustained and
improved child wellbeing. Specifically, the Marketing CDA will be responsible
for marketing of bio fortified crops among the beneficiary households with in
specified locations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Project planning and implementation:

• Actively
  participate in project start up workshops, annual and semi-annual planning
  and review processes sharing marketing and business support progress and
  new plans.
• Facilitate
  and monitor the implementation of planned activities and community level
  engagements.
• Mobilize
  and register target beneficiaries, re-organize them into farmer
  associations to receive various support including capacity building, and
  planting.
• Ensure
  that Project marketing activities are integrated into the District
  development plan
• Supervise
  and monitor ongoing marketing activities under the MENU project.
• Coordinate
  MENU marketing activities being implemented in the various districts by
  commercial farmers, partners and technical resource persons.
• Initiate
  and participate in Resilience and Livelihood district Advocacy
  initiatives.
• Liaise
  with the regional Resilience and Livelihood technical officer for quality
  implementation of the project.
• Contribute
  to effective team management and supervision of farmer groups.

Capacity building and training:

• Conduct
  farmer training in post-harvest handling and other related aspects in the
  value chain for biofortified crops.
• Facilitate
  farmer trainings through result and method demonstrations at selected
  community sites.
• Identify
  and train women and youths entrepreneurs into value addition and product
  development on biofortified crops.
• Interface
  and train traders in the best practices intended to increase sales
  including; post-harvest management, record keeping.
• Conduct
  business to business meeting between smallholder farmers and traders.
• Through
  trainings, create awareness and emphasize the nutritional benefits of
  biofortified crops especially orange sweet potatoes and iron rich beans.
• Provide
  mentoring and coaching to commercial farmers, traders, groups to build
  local capacity for understanding and connecting with community linkages.
• Conduct
  periodic (quarterly and bi-annual) stakeholder reviews, sharing
  experiences and learning from each other and scaling up the best
  practices.

Partnership, networking and advocacy:

• Identify
  local level partners including Market link farmers (MLFs), schools,
  traders, transporters, processors and facilitate them in the
  implementation of activities.
• Build
  strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with partners
  and other stakeholders in implementation at the District level.
• Mobilize
  and facilitate the engagements of marketing related stakeholders during
  planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.
• Facilitate
  stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic
  activities.
• Identify
  and mentor marketing groups to upscale biofortified crops production and
  aggregation.
• Influence
  and facilitate the uptake of biofortified crops by schools, health
  centers, prisons, and other institutions.
• Mobilize
  various stakeholders and engage in dialogues for improved marketing and
  utilization of biofortification.
• Organize
  and execute annual events such as farmer field days, trade fairs, World
  Food Day celebrations, with exhibitions.
• Support
  local leaders, technical teams and other stakeholders to participate in
  awareness campaigns including radio and other media shows, street walks
  etc.

Act as:

• Point
  of contact on crop production and marketing in the area of operation for
  the project
• Create
  and estimate demand for biofortified crop in areas of operation and
  beyond.
• Identify
  and present market development opportunities through networks and relationships
  with other institutions and organizations and NGOs working.
• Work
  closely with District initiatives through the District production Office
  on constraints of targeted crops and opportunities for marketing
  biofortification.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning:

• Facilitate
  formation and coordination of community structures including commercial
  farmers, market link farmers to help in project monitoring.
• Collect
  data and conduct data analysis on the impact of farming methods among
  participating farmers.
• Jointly
  conduct planning and review, monitoring visits with sub-county
  stakeholders, district commercial office, commercial farmers, for learning
  and awareness raising annually.
• Monitor
  Distribution of project inputs and seed loan recovery timely from
  commercial farmers.
• Collect
  relevant and accurate data monthly, quarterly for feeding into main
  database.
• Support
  the collection and documentation of impact and success stories.
• Participate
  in data tools development, review and testing for accuracy and reliability.
• Participate
  in capacity building events organized by donor in fields to include Seeds
  systems, Nutrition, Marketing and Product development, Advocacy as and
  when called on.
• Share
  monitoring outcomes with sub-county stakeholders during periodic reflections.
• Compile
  and share quality monthly, quarterly and semi-annual reports with
  supervisor, supported by photos and progress stories.

Innovation and documentation:

• Establish
  community technology dissemination strategies including sweet potato vine
  multiplication and conservation and multiplication of iron beans.
• Establish
  demonstration plots at sub-county, health centres, schools for comparison
  of practices and learning practically.
• Innovatively
  carry out market promotion events, establish point of sales and document
  trends.
• Capture
  and share quarterly pictorial and or video documentaries and bulletins for
  posting on WV and HarvestPlus links.
• Stagger
  production to ensure continuity and consistent supply of biofortified
  crops.
• Annually
  post a transformation story on biofortification working group or Community
  of Practice (CoP).
• Contribute
  ideas to articles and publications in media especially during
  commemoration of key events including World Food Day, and various regional
  trade fairs.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The
  ideal candidate must hold a minimum of a Diploma in agriculture,
  agribusiness, development studies or any other related field. Or
  experience of more than 6 years in progressive crop production and
  marketing.
• Understanding
  of the sweet potato and iron beans production system in Uganda.
• Strong
  interpersonal skills and ability to create linkages between smallholder
  farmers and traders/ markets.
• Strong
  experience in documentation and evidence based/impact reporting.
• Ability
  to work in a team to achieve excellence in execution, committed,
  accountable and passionate about the work we do.
• Willingness
  to work and live in rural setting with lots of movements.
• Commitment
  to World Vision mission and partnership values and sensitivity to its various
  expressions across cultures and denominations.
• Track
  record demonstrating high integrity, reliable and dependable.
• Able
  to ride a Motor Cycle with a valid rider’s permit-class A.

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.

Click here

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: 17^th October 2019

For more of the latest jobs, please
visit https://www.theugandanjobline.com or find
us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline

Related Jobs