NGO Careers – Community Enterprise Development Officer at EADEN

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Organisation: The Eastern Archdiocesan Development Network
(EADEN)
Duty Station: Tororo, Uganda.
Reports to: Area Manager
Tororo
About EADEN:
The Eastern Archdiocesan Development Network (EADEN) is the network of
Caritas organizations of the Catholic Church in the Province of Tororo. It
covers the Dioceses of Jinja, Tororo, Soroti, Kotido and Moroto. It was
established to coordinate development initiatives in the Province and link
network members and partners locally, nationally and internationally.
Job Summary: The Community
Enterprise Development Officer will be in charge of the Enterprise Development
portfolio at area level and will be primarily responsible for the development
of entrepreneurial skills among farmers and farmer institutions, through a
combination of enterprise development approaches with a view of increasing the
Farmer Institutions membership entry, growth and competitiveness in the
business environment.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities: 
  • Conducting surveys to establish
    entrepreneurial needs;
  • Identifying and recommending appropriate
    entrepreneurship training needs for the farmers and farmer institutions in
    EADEN program areas;
  • Review and develop training content,
    manuals and handbooks for use by the organization in building
    entrepreneurial capacity of the farmers and farmer institutions;
  • Coordinating and training farmers as
    entrepreneurs across the farmer institutions and program area.
  • Facilitate farmer groups and farmer
    institutions development of savings and credit mechanisms
  • Pro-actively facilitate farmer groups and
    institutions in development of mechanisms for collective marketing
  • Facilitate farmer groups and farmer
    institutions development of mechanisms for collective buying of farm
    inputs
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate should possess a first
    degree in either Education (business – related subjects),
    Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Adult and Community Education,
    Commerce or a business related field
  • Prior experience in Enterprise Development
    training
  • Practical knowledge of training/enterprise
    needs assessment
  • Past experience in enterprise development,
    collective marketing, savings and credit
  • At least a year’s experience in training
    on micro and small business management
  • Excellent oral and written communication
    skills.
  • Excellent analytical skills, ability to
    work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
  • Experience with donor funded project
    accounts is an added advantage
  • Prior experience with Savings and Loan
    Associations
  • Past experience of organising farmer
    groups for collective marketing
  • Possess the ability to ride a Motorcycle
    with a valid driving permit
How to Apply: 
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their
applications, updated CVs, relevant supporting documents to the following
address:
The Chairman, Board of Directors,
Eastern Archdiocesan Development Network (EADEN)
P. O. Box 295, Mbale
And emailed to: eadenuganda@gmail.com or hand deliver to the EADEN
Offices on: Plot 14, Bufumbo Road, after the High Court in Mbale Town, and/or
in Iganga Town, on Plot 24 Lubas Road, Off Kaliro Road, Iganga Municipality.
Uganda
Deadline: Friday, 25 April, 2014
by 12 noon.

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