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Job Title: Resilience and Livelihoods Technical Lead

Organization: World Vision

Reports to: Programme
Quality Director

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
Resilience and Livelihoods technical lead will provide overall strategic
leadership in the Resilience & Livelihoods sector, guiding relevant
programming in both development and refugee contexts across Uganda.

The job holder will be a thought
leader, driving continuous improvement in Resilience & Livelihoods
programming through their technical expertise, facilitation of learning and
innovation. This leadership shall be seen both within World Vision and
externally with other key stakeholders across Uganda, including representing
World Vision as co-chair of the Refugee Livelihoods & Resilience Sector
Working Group.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Resilience and Livelihoods programming:

Ongoing enhancement of World
Vision’s Resilience & Livelihoods programming at strategy, programme and
project design levels for greater impact on child well-being. This shall
include:

• Lead
  ongoing design processes related to all Resilience and Livelihood
  programmes and projects, including strategy alignment and review
  processes.
• Monitor
  programme and project quality at outcome and impact levels, facilitate
  evidence-based organizational learning processes and promote innovation
  for continuous improvement in programming impact.
• Support
  relevant reporting functions, particularly at outcome and impact level,
  notably including the bi-annual Child Well-being Report.

Support effective implementation of Resilience & Livelihoods
programmes and projects through:

• Technical
  guidance and support to programme and project implementation.
• Technical
  capacity building of project staff, partner staff and other key stakeholders,
  as required.
• Networking
  and collaboration.

 Engagement with key stakeholders for influence, learning and resource
development:

• Actively
  represent WVU in key inter-agency fora.
• Engage
  and build relationships with key partners and government counterparts.
• Contribute
  to the development and implementation of the Grant Acquisition Business
  Plan through active engagement with relevant donors.

 National level sector advocacy:

• Work
  in close collaboration with Advocacy Department to advocate for policy change
  with national-level government stakeholders.
• Collaborate
  and guide advocacy campaigns, as appropriate.
• Co-chair
  the Refugee Livelihoods & Resilience Sector Working Group in
  collaboration with FAO and UNDP and in accordance with the group’s terms
  of reference.
• Note:
  the co-chair role entails representation of the sector as a whole. Care
  must, therefore, be taken to balance internal and external
  responsibilities in order to ensure impartiality.
• Team
  management.
• Provide
  effective management to resilience and livelihood’s technical team. 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The
  ideal candidate must hold a post-graduate degree in development studies,
  agriculture, economics or other relevant field is a requirement.
• Technical
  skills: academic and/or direct programming experience and expertise in at
  least three of the following thematic areas is required: financial
  inclusion/micro-finance, climate smart agriculture, value chain
  development, small enterprise development, emergency livelihoods
  programming, cash-based programming.
• Minimum
  of 5 years’ experience in technical leadership and/or field-based
  programme management roles in Resilience & Livelihoods sector.
• Experience
  in Uganda or similar contexts and working in refugee contexts.
• Experience
  with relevant technical models such as Village Savings & Loans, Local
  Value Chain Development and Ultra-Poor Graduation Model.
• Experience
  in Monitoring & Evaluation.
• Track
  record of success in grant fundraising, including donor relations and
  proposal writing.
• Strong
  capacity in leadership, relationship management/networking, and
  coordination is essential.
• Proactive
  personality, self-driven and strongly motivated.
• Spiritual
  maturity, interfaith knowledge and a biblical worldview – Ability to
  articulate and model our Christian identity and mission in an inclusive
  way.
• Demonstration
  of well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills,
  both verbal and written.
• Proven
  conceptual & analytical skills, ability to take an evidence-based
  approach to programme design.
• Proven
  facilitation skills.
• Team
  player.
• Ensure
  a gender perspective in the scope of work.
• The
  position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 30%
  of the time, plus occasional international travel.

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

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