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Job Title:   Project Officer

Organisation: Self Help Africa/ United Purpose

Duty Station:  Napak, Uganda

Reports to: Regional Programme Manager

About US:

In late 2021 Self Help Africa (SHA) and United Purpose (UP) merged. The two organisations – one headquartered in Ireland and the other in Wales – implement projects to end extreme hunger and poverty. This merger doubled our size and reach – and means that in 2022 we are implementing poverty eradication projects in 17 countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Collectively, we are also part of a group that includes social enterprise subsidiaries Partner Africa, TruTrade and Cumo Microfinance. In 2022 our work will reach more than six million people and invest upwards of €45m in more than 100 development programmes designed to improve food systems, facilitate access to markets and financial services, combat climate change, gender inequality, and improve access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene.

Job Summary:  The Project Officer will facilitate the planning and implementation, monitoring and reporting of project activities directly with beneficiaries and other stakeholders. This also includes technical backstopping and other support to beneficiary individuals, producer organisations and associations and other stakeholders like local CBOs/NGOs, Local Government and private sector players, who are working with project beneficiaries.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Facilitate planning process and implementation of activity plans with project beneficiaries/ participants

• Develop and share activity implementation plans based on the approved project document
• Sensitise communities on project interventions, including sustainable natural management strategies , and
• Establish good relationships with local leaders, opinion leaders and local government technical staff in the area.
• Coordinate mobilization and scheduling of community and/or group meetings.
• Facilitate participatory needs identification and problem analysis and planning sessions
• Make follow-ups to review progress on the implementation of the agreed plans.
• Prepare reports on group and/or community planning processes, activity implementation and project progress in accordance with the implementation plan.

Liaison and linkage with government officials, local businesses, CBOs and other service providers within the project area.

• Promote linkages and cordial relationships with government officials and other NGOs
• Identify public and private sector service providers within the project area whose services and activities may be useful to the project beneficiaries
• Provide information to the beneficiary communities and groups on existing service providers and businesses in the area.
• Support the Regional Programme Manager in creating awareness on project activities and approach to government officials, businesses and NGOs in the project area.
• Perform any other assignment that may be given to you regarding linkages and liaison with other NGOs, private and the government sectors.

Supporting institutional and business development for smallholder farmers  and/or farmer groups

• Support groups formation and organisational development processes, including registration and development of constitutions and/or group rules/regulations
• Training smallholder farmer group members and leaders in group dynamics,
• Prepare and conduct producer/ farmer organization and association profiling and capacity assessment to identify needs including training and other capacity
• Develop and or improve training material
• Lead in training in Farmer Field School (FFS) approach Good Agronomy Practical (GAPs), soil and water conservation, farming as a business, postharvest handling, VSLA/SWAPP and value addition in accordance with the training, curriculum agreed.
• Link farmers to market players including input providers, post-harvest equipment, suppliers, financial institutions, market information providers, and buyers.
• Oversee the implementation of green economy business opportunities (including ecotourism and waste management) and management of challenge fund
• Lead and organise farmers to engage in the establishment of demonstration sites for learning and replication of CSA practices.
• Contribute to the planning and carrying out of exchange visits, conferences, and farmer exhibitions on product marketing.

Support the integration of nutrition, wash and gender into the project activities

• Sensitise communities on and nutrition gender-related issues.
• Identify and promote measures/approaches to enhance the integration of nutrition, wash and gender into project activities according to the project document.
• Work with M&E Officer to ensure nutrition and gender concerns are manifested in the project M&E reports
• Conduct any other duties assigned to you by your supervisor concerning the maximization of nutrition and gender  integration  in project activities.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

• Support the implementation of the M&E plans
• Facilitate learning, promote peer-to-peer learning between staff and partners, participate in relevant national networks, and actively engage in  organization-level focal groups.
• Explore opportunities for positioning, innovation, upscaling and potential follow up projects

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in any field (preferably Agriculture, Agribusiness, business administration, or related disciplines)
• Experience in participatory market system programming and value chain analysis/Development of different agricultural commodities
• Understanding of key aspects of SHA development work; including food, nutrition, gender and livelihood security and other cross-cutting themes (e.g. youth, social inclusion, environment, HIV and AIDS);
• Skills in training and facilitation of community processes, including organization and mobilization of communities and networking among different development partners such as youth groups, community-based organisations, government officers and SHA staff;
• Ability to effectively use MS Office suite;
• High level of integrity and high standards of personal conduct;

Desirable

• Experience working in project geographical region
• Experience working with farmer groups and private sector actors.

How to Apply:

Please download the Application Form, Download Here and fill it in. Qualified candidates should upload a completed application form, motivational letter and CV to the SHA Online Recruitment Portal (Click Here). If you experience issues with the Recruitment Portal, please visit this link for assistance: https://bit.ly/SHA_TechSupport1

Deadline: 22nd February 2023 by 5pm EAT.

NB: Please note that Self Help Africa Uganda advocates for equal opportunity and does not require applicants to pay any fee at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. Please note incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.

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