Livelihood Coordinator Job Vacancy – Save the Children International

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Job Title:     Livelihood Coordinator
Organisation: Save the Children International
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Save
the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and
has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has been
implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a Uganda
in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and
participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We
strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through
partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children,
and by achieving results at scale.  In
Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child
Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food
Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.
Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North,
Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the
Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives.
We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2014, we
reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91
million indirectly around the world.
Job Summary: The Livelihood Coordinator will mainly be responsible
for the coordination, implementation, monitoring and follow up of SCI’s
livelihoods activities in Kiryadongo district. The Livelihood Coordinator will
manage a team of local livelihood staff and Community facilitators. The
incumbent will also play a significant role in sectoral coordination with other
stakeholders including local and state authorities, food security cluster,
other INGOs and other partners involved in the project. The Livelihood
Coordinator will also take the overall responsibility for the quality and
implementation of Save the Children’s FSL work in Kiryadongo district. The
incumbent will be providing leadership to the identification, design and
implementation of FSL programming at district and community levels and ensure
the relevant operational and technical inputs are provided in a timely and
adapted manner so that the highest impact and relevance of work are achieved.
The Livelihood Coordinator will also ensure that practical implementation plans
is in place for the project, and that the plan is maintained and regularly
updated.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Save the Children
    Livelihood Coordinator job placement should hold a degree or higher in
    agriculture, social science, economics, business or public sector
    management or similar discipline relevant to urban/rural livelihoods and
    food security.
  • At least four years’ relevant experience of
    humanitarian programme management specializing in livelihoods, including
    contributing to sector strategies and fundraising (proposal preparation).
  • Working knowledge of the Enabling Rural
    Innovation/PAED and household economy approach to food security and
    livelihoods, or experience working with other forms of socio-economic and
    market assessment and analysis
  • Significant exposure and experience in managing
    complex operations in a humanitarian or development context.
  • Strong technical expertise in emergency
    response work in the field of food security and livelihoods, including
    both cash transfer programming and in-kind food distribution.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of
    monitoring, evaluation and accountability tools and processes; evidence of
    successfully establishing and implementing these at sector level.
  • Past exposure and experience of working with
    local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance,
    Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added
    advantage.
  • Excellent analytical skills and strategic
    planning abilities.
  • Ability to establish and maintain conducive
    collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
  • Computer literacy and excellent documentation
    skills are a must.
  • Willingness to travel and work in
    hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
  • Highly developed cultural awareness and
    ability to work well in an international environment with people from
    diverse backgrounds and cultures.
  • Ability to intervene with crisis management
    or troubleshooting as necessary.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication
    skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
  • Excellent time management and planning
    capacity.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to send their application letters
with detailed CVs indicating three referees, two of whom should have been
direct supervisors submitted to: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
addressed to:
The
Director of Human Resources & Administration,
Save
the Children,
Plot
68/70, Kira Road,
Kampala.
Uganda.
NB:
  • Testimonials/certificates should not be
    attached to applications.
  • Hand delivered applications will not be
    accepted and are therefore not considered during the shortlisting process.
Deadline: 24th March 2016 by 5:00PM
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