USAID SCORE Project Technical Advisor – Socioeconomic Strengthening Job Placement – AVSI Foundation

Organization: AVSI Foundation
Project Name: USAID Sustainable, Comprehensive Responses for
vulnerable children and their families (SCORE) Project
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: SCORE Chief of Party
About US:
AVSI
Foundation is an international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization
(NGO) founded in Italy in 1972. Its mission is to promote the dignity of the
person through development cooperation activities, with special attention to
education, according to the social teaching of the Catholic Church. AVSI has
been present in Uganda since 1984, first supporting hospitals and agriculture
projects in Gulu and Kitgum districts, and later expanding around 1990 to
establish the present-day headquarters in Kampala, offices in Pader, Gulu and
Kitgum, and project activities in 12 other districts. AVSI staff has remained
through the long periods of instability in northern Uganda caused both by
anti-government rebellions led by Lord’s Resistance Army, and by conflict
across the northern border in Sudan, which caused displacement in both
countries.
About SCORE Programme:
AVSI
is leading a consortium of partners including CARE, TPO and FHI360 is
implementing a USAID funded project titled “Sustainable, Comprehensive
Responses for vulnerable children and their families – SCORE” in 23 districts
in Uganda.
Job Summary: The Technical Advisor – Socioeconomic
Strengthening will be responsible for ensuring high quality programming and
implementation of socioeconomic strengthening activities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Work in liaison with the SCORE Chief of
    Party, Program Manager, Area Managers and Project Officers to provide
    technical support to the high quality programming and implementation of
    socioeconomic strengthening activities;
  • Develop technical standards for quality
    programming in the technical area, ensuring integration with all SCORE
    program areas;
  • The incumbent will also develop
    tools/guidance/ protocols/ manuals and other materials for implementation
    of quality programming;
  • Design/coordinate/ facilitate capacity
    building of implementing partners in this technical area;
  • Provide continuous support supervision,
    monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance to project activities in
    the technical area to ensure achievement of targets;
  • Train, mentor and support SCORE program
    officers concerned with Objective 1 within the regional teams;
  • Build and strengthen relevant linkages with
    service level actors including private sector firms in order to enable
    vulnerable children households’ access and utilize these linkages
  • Select and document promising practices for project
    reports and publications and prepare abstracts for conferences/meetings in
    his/her technical area
  • Actively participate in proposal writing and
    other programmes development initiatives
  • Participate in all Technical Steering
    Committee meetings
  • Represent SCORE in official meetings
    concerning the technical area.
  • Represent AVSI in official meetings when
    required by supervisors
  • Perform other duties within area of
    responsibility, as requested by the Chief of Party.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the USAID SCORE
    Project Monitoring and Evaluation Officer job opportunity should hold a
    Master’s degree in Economics, Business Development, Agricultural
    Economics, Rural Development, or any other relevant field from a
    recognized institution.
  • A minimum of eight years working experience
    in a holistic livelihoods improvement program with practical experience in
    Agriculture, OVC, socio-economic development, monitoring and evaluations.
  • Broad knowledge and experience in research
    and analysis, reviewing and conducting assessment, and developing
    recommendations to inform plan formulation and implementation
  • Significant experience in managing
    partnerships, and organizational capacity building of local organizations
  • Previous exposure and experience working with
    different community/rural micro finance products
  • Ability to work with both formal and informal
    community organizations in a rural setting.
  • Good people management skills – team building
    initiatives
  • Effective interpersonal skills – oral and
    written communication skills
  • Computer literacy skills
  • Previous experience working in apprenticeship
    programs
How to Apply:  
All
suitably qualified candidates should send their application letters, accompanied
with updated Curriculum Vitae indicating three professional referees and copies
of relevant certificates via e-mail with the subject line indicating
‘Application for Technical Advisor – Socioeconomic Strengthening – Kampala’
addressed to:
The
Human Resource Manager,
AVSI
Foundation,
P.O.
Box 6785, Kampala, Uganda.
E-mail
to: hr.kampala@avsi.org
Deadline: 31st March, 2016
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