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Job Title: Project Officer – CYCC

Organisation: Food for the Hungry (FH/U)

Duty Station: Adjumani, Uganda

Reports to: Project Coordinator- CYCC

About US:

Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, United States of America and Japan. FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.

Job Summary: Under the guidance and supervision of the project Coordinator, supervise all activities of the TAI project with main emphasis on children and Youth engagement, participation Initiative for community change project activities to ensure the project stays on budget, scope and time; Ensure the project is implemented in line with FH’s Youth and Adolescent technical program and strategy as well as the requirement of Children and Youth for community change (CYCC) approaches. Provide undertake all correspondence works, training and technical assistance to children, youth clubs, businesses, VSLAs and monitor project implementation. This includes conducting child surveys, assessments to determine training needs, mobilizing and sensitizing communities and stakeholders, forming participants’ groups, designing and conducting training of project participants in different thematic areas as per project requirements, mentorship, financial literacy and inclusion. Visit/follow to periodically advise/support beneficiaries to ensure successful implementation of the project according to project design document and result framework.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Project planning and implementation
• Sponsor-child communication
• Child, Adolescent and youth participation
• Stakeholders Engagement, networking and collaboration
• Monitoring, reporting and documentation

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant must hold Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, agriculture, nutrition, Education, Social work, Community development, Development studies or another approved field of study from a recognized university.
• A post graduate diploma in project planning and management, Early Child development is added advantage. required,
• Typically, 4+ years of experience in program management, compliance, financial management experience. Experience working with private and institutional donors.
• Non-profit ministry experience is a plus. Program leadership experience that includes risk and compliance management, financial, and opportunity development
• Knowledge and experience in project cycle management is a plus
• Experience implementing youth related programs/project is required.
• Knowledge of the local language is an added advantage

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to:

The Human Resources Manager, Food for the Hungry Uganda Email: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.org

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

Deadline: Friday 25^th November 2022 at 4:30pm

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