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• With
  support from the PROGRESS Programme Manager and fellow sector-focused Team
  Leaders, carry out assessments in the target geographic areas to assess
  current situation, economic opportunities and resources, needs and
  potential programs as well as obstacles that could be mitigated through
  PROGRESS engagement with public and private sector actors;
• Recommend
  program priorities and explore, evaluate and present new opportunities
  that leverage impact and/ or complement core activities.
• Emphasize
  the role of, and opportunities for women and girls in the economic realm
  in both rural roles and in the urban sphere;
• Highlight
  market-based skills which are emerging with urban growth and work with
  public, private and development actors on efforts to match skills of
  people transitioning out of pastoralism and urban poor for urban
  livelihoods and services;
• Introduce
  the program to relevant stakeholders including local business owners,
  local representatives and community members. Foster ongoing positive
  cooperation with these stakeholders and forge links between market actors,
  producers, end users, etc.;
• Make
  sure that there is an integrated approach to program implementation in
  order to maximize resource utilization and synergy between the staff and
  different MC programs where relevant and feasible.
• Offer
  direct and ongoing field supervision to provide quality advise and
  technical review in areas related to economic development.
• Identify
  small business activities for seed support through basic improvements or
  inputs;
• Identify
  value-addition opportunities that strengthen economic opportunities,
  especially for rural women and urban poor, in the livestock and
  agriculture sectors as identified by local and national government as well
  as independent market studies and needs assessments; these will focus on
  urbanized areas such as Moroto and Kotido and districts that are heavily
  engaged in agriculture development;
• Identify
  opportunities within the long-term plans for Karamoja County that can be
  fostered through progress, such as activating initiatives in designated
  livelihoods zones;
• Establish
  and maintain productive working relationships with sub-county and district
  leaders and local government departments, representing Mercy Corps in
  coordination meetings and soliciting their participation in all activities
  where appropriate and as directed by the line manager;
• Ensure
  close coordination and sharing of information with relevant stakeholders
  such as local government departments, NGO’s and local authorities, as
  appropriate and advised by the line manager; Identify opportunities for
  social innovation and enterprise that could be launched through catalytic
  investments from PROGRESS, or public and private sector initiatives;
• Guide
  Shared Learning Dialogue series that are thematically focused on enabling
  environment for market activity, including long-term infrastructure
  strategy and prioritization and identification of potential investors and
  innovators.
• Steer
  the planning of Karamoja-based and Kampala-based learning events,
  exhibits, workshops that bring private and public sector entities together
  to collectively review and discuss technology developments and innovation
  and to examine private sector approaches to household and community
  challenges that can be incubated through public sector incentives;
• Engage
  with PROGRESS Consortium members such as local civil society and the
  University of Nairobi around innovation and best practices for new
  technologies in climate-smart practice, renewable energy and energy saving
  methods;
• Take
  primary responsibility for district data gathering and documentation of
  program activities
• Comply
  to M&E systems that will be established to measure program impacts and
  desired results
• Analyze
  project implementation strategies to identify constraints to program
  success and provide timely recommendations;
• Compile
  and submit timely weekly, monthly, and quarterly report that will be
  indicative of program progress during implementation.
• Where
  needed support external evaluations by research partner Feinstein
  International Center and other organizations;
• Work
  closely with the M &E to ensure accurate and timely flow of
  information from the field for entry in the database and for preparation
  of PR materials

• The
  applicant should possess a good University degree, preferably graduate
  level, in Business Administration, Economics or Finance is required;
• At
  least five to seven years working for a formal financial institution with
  orientation to mass markets or within the private sector is required;
• Excellent
  written and verbal communication skills;
• Excellent
  computer skills, specifically in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Excellent
  attention to detail and ability to complete tasks in a timely manner;
• Excellent
  teamwork abilities and interpersonal skills;
• Good
  knowledge and understanding of M&E, information, communications and
  knowledge sharing technologies and use of innovative approaches on digital
  financial services
• Exceptional
  networking and negotiation skills required;
• Excellent
  analytical and quantitative skills as well as familiarity with financial
  accounting required;
• Demonstrated
  flexibility, creativity and enthusiasm as well as a willingness to learn
  and to be continually adaptive within a dynamic and often self-directed
  working environment mandatory;
• Possess
  the ability to focus on day-to-day tasks at hand while also working
  towards longer-term objectives with an understanding that these will
  change continuously
• Willingness
  to spend much time in the field and work closely with program target
  groups.
• Proven
  ability to work independently as part of a regional team and with
  international professionals.
• Excellent
  analytical and information management skills.
• Good
  organizational skills and ability to work under stress and in austere
  contexts of remote locations.
• Highly
  flexible and creative in planning and problem solving.
• Attention
  to detail, ability to follow procedures and meet deadlines and work
  independently and cooperatively with team members.
• Proven
  excellence maintaining professional internal and external relationships.
• A
  focus on building staff capacity.

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