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• Ensuring theft District/Urban Council
  project facilitation teams’ capacity is built to facilitate communities to
  participate in the planning, implementation and management of all CAIIP
  sponsored infrastructures investments.
• Providing guidance and staff training to
  Districts, Urban and Sub-county staff in the areas of social mobilization
  and social development that are relevant to the programmes.
• Working closely with the Agro-Industry
  Specialist, to strengthen capacity of the Community Development Officers,
  Commercial Officers and Environmental Officers to ensure sustainable
  management of the Agro-processing facilities and markets constructed and
  installed under programmes.
• Preparing reference materials for training
  of the community based Project Management Committees such as the
  Infrastructure Management Committees, Market Vendors Associations, and
  Agro-processing Management Committees including other stakeholders
  involved in implementation of programme activities at District, Urban
  Council, Sub-county and community level.
• Ensuring that the District/Urban Council
  level project facilitation teams are well orientated on the project
  selection and prioritization criteria and on guidelines for formation of
  Infrastructure Management Committees.
• Offering technical guidance to Urban
  Councils in the implementation of activities under Market management and
  trade enhancement component under the Markets Agricultural Trade
  Improvement Programme (MATIP).
• Ensuring that cross cutting issues of HIV,
  Gender, environment and good governance are integrated into project
  design, planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation.
• Support Urban Councils to register market
  vendors targeted for MATIP in order to have clear and accurate records of
  the beneficiary vendors to guide relocation of vendors to pave way for
  construction, allocation new facilities to vendors upon completion of the
  markets and to plan for future development programmes.
• Assisting Urban Councils to form and
  strengthen Market Vendors Associations to fully participate in the
  implementation and sustainability of MATIP
• Ensuring that different stakeholders
  including target communities are well sensitized about MATIP by guiding
  Urban Councils to implement the advocacy and awareness raising activities
  as stipulated in the Communication strategy.
• Carrying out any other duties and
  assignments as may be assigned by the Permanent Secretary/Ministry of
  Local Government or National Programme Facilitator.

• The ideal candidates should be Ugandans
  who hold an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or Social Work
  and Social Administration or Development Studies plus a minimum of a
  Masters degree in Social Sciences or Social Work and Social Administration
  or Development Studies or Social Protection Financing or Monitoring and
  Evaluation from a recognised University/Institution.
• At least five years of related experience
  in community development/mobilisation or monitoring and evaluation;
• Capacity to organize and run training
  sessions; and
• Excellent interpersonal and communication
  skills, strong negotiation skills and ability to cultivate team spirit,
• High degree of honesty and integrity with
  no criminal record, result oriented and proactive.
• Excellent command of written and spoken
  English.

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