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Job Title:  Project Officer Resilience and Livelihood (Fresher NGO Jobs)

Organisation: World Vision Uganda

Duty Station: Lwamaggwa, Uganda

About the Company:

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 41 districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness.  Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Project planning, implementation and reporting

• Provide expertise and technical assistance in agronomy and agribusiness, climate smart agriculture, marketing, IGA, DRR and Natural Resource Management.
• Take lead in Resilience and Livelihood planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring of progress, and reporting at area programme level.
• Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders at area programme level during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.
• Identify local level partners and support/ facilitate the partners in the implementation of planned activities.

Community engagement and advocacy

• Take overall lead in the coordination of field level activities
• Mobilize, organize and strengthen small holder farmers’ into strong business groups/cooperatives (rural producer cooperatives,  marketing cooperatives,  Savings for transformation groups and Credit Cooperatives)  for  bulk purchase of inputs, value addition, bulking and collective marketing of produce at area programme level
• Develop the farmer’s capacity to improve production and productivity of selected enterprises of desired quality by the market through demonstrations and training of farmers’ on sustainable agricultural practices and/or technologies.
• Ensure Integration of Resilience and Livelihood activities with other internal and external programmes including that of governments at the area program level.
• Build the capacity of farmers’ business groups/cooperatives to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.
• Mobilize communities to participate in annual agricultural events – such as agricultural shows, World Food Day
• Mainstream gender, DRR/NRM, child protection, sponsorship into R and L area programme activities.
• Facilitate small business development at the community level through  business capacity and skills development of the project participants
• Represent World Vision Uganda in food security meetings at the sub county level
• Build strategic linkages, collaborations and networks with partners at the sub county level and coordinate implementation of agreed action plans.
• Management of Resilience and Livelihood performance
• Each supported H/H must have
• Food Security Crop (in garden and/or proper storage or evidence of cash to buy food at all times)
• An income generating enterprise – Organized enterprise as an alternative way of earning income. Earning at least $2 per day
• Practicing all Natural Resource Management technologies (Practicing all NRM technologies (water harvesting, Soil & water conservation, micro irrigation, agroforestry, woodlot, energy saving stove, FMNR)
• Practicing Nutrition SMART agriculture (OFSP, High iron beans, kitchen garden, small livestock e.g. rabbit, local poultry, goat etc.)
• Member of Saving Group
• Member of Cooperative (production, marketing, savings &credit)
• Visited by an extension worker/or have access to M-Omulimisa, market and weather information/Information board with an information business manager.
• The cluster has a disaster preparedness plan and community food store/community seed bank in case of emergencies.

Community engagement and advocacy

• Prepare high quality reports, both narrative and quantitative information. Ensure that all reports are delivered according to high quality standards and are always submitted on time as per WVU standards.
• Organize and conduct monthly and/or quarterly reflection meetings with Child Monitors, guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from monitoring.
• Take lead in documentation and sharing of Impact/success stories and best practices at the area program level to promote learning.
• Organize quarterly review meetings for partners and communities to reflect on programmes/projects approaches, tools, impact of interventions, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies as well as create spaces and opportunities for action-learning and debate
• Take lead of the area program resilience and livelihood output monitoring processes
• Prepare high quality reports, both narrative and quantitative information. Ensure that all reports are delivered according to high quality standards and are always submitted on time as per WVU standards.
• Organize and conduct monthly and/or quarterly reflection meetings with Child Monitors, guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from monitoring.
• Take lead in documentation and sharing of Impact/success stories and best practices at the area program level to promote learning.
• Organize quarterly review meetings for partners and communities to reflect on programmes/projects approaches, tools, impact of interventions, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies as well as create spaces and opportunities for action-learning and debate
• Take lead of the area program resilience and livelihood output monitoring processes

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicant should have relevant qualifications

Applicant Types Accepted: Local Applicants Only

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to submit your application and complete Curriculum Vitae by applying online through visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.

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Deadline: 19th December 2024

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