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• Seek understanding with and unified
  leadership alongside the women leadership team
• Provide Christian leadership to the women and
  to the community
• Provide a good example of good stewardship
  with time, resources and privilege for the staff, employees, and women’s
  groups
• Serve as an active advocate for the Women
  Empowerment Project, promoting the vision, mission and goals of the
  organization amongst the community at all times to ensure the organization
  maintains a positive public standing

• Create a contract of service for the women
  entering the program with a clear set of expectations and a timeline for
  transition and exit plan
• Create local marketing strategies for the
  program products and grow it to client base to support a 10-30 million
  shillings /year business turn over in the next 2 years.
• Teach the women about household budgets and
  teach them how to manage household expenses, including education, health
  care, and wellness issues
• Create in-house sustainable business programs
  where the women can work together to earn wages and save, money to
  re-invest as they so choose.
• Manage local databases for the program, enter
  data into the database, including but not limited to USA craft Orders,
  attendance and local sale for farming and sewing group.
• Create and organize written records of all
  programming
• Communicate regularly with the local program
  supervisor regarding on orders, output, planning, programs, and women in
  need of additional support both verbally and through written reports
• Generate empowerment reports as requested and
  them to supervisor
• Assist with other empower a child Programs as
  needed giving first priority to the Women Empowerment
• Meet with women’s groups regularly to
  maintain strong and healthy relationships within the communities the Women
  Empowerment Project runs and actively seek needs and opportunities for
  empowerment, ministry and wellness programming
• Research and provide information to the
  women’s groups about resources available for rural  women living in Uganda

• Plan and coordinate 4 annual M&E
  activities
• Assist in inputting data into M&E
  database as needed

• The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree
  in Business, or related fields
• A minimum of three years’ experience in a
  similar position serving  low income
  earners
• One year of experience managing a team.
• Previous exposure and experience serving low
  income communities or demonstrated interest in issues affecting low income
  communities.
• Training in micro-finance or ability to
  independently get extra training in Micro- finance 
• Previous experience working in a
  cross-cultural development context (ideally within an African nation)
  including management of people and resources desired
• Strong knowledge of computer software
  (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and conferencing
• Professional experience in statistics and
  Excel data management and manipulation is desired
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and
  written.
• Excellent organizational skills and the
  ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proven ability to work individually in a
  self-directed manner and as part of a team, coordinating efforts with
  program staff and other development staff.
• Demonstrated planning, program development
  and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of local community services and
  resources available for enterprising women
• Keen eye for detail
• Ready to relocate to Zirobwe Luwero 

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