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Job Title:   Employment Promotion Officer (2 Job Opportunities)

Organisation: Enabel

Duty Station: Jinja and Fort Portal, Uganda

Salary: UGX 84,000,000 and UGX 96,000,000 /=

About US:

Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements the Belgian governmental cooperation. The agency also implements actions for other national and international donors. With its Belgian and international partners, Enabel provides solutions to address urgent global challenges: Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Social and Economic Inequalities and Global Citizenship. With 1,800 staff, Enabel manages about 150 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.

Job Summary:   Enabel in Uganda is seeking to recruit dynamic and competent individuals to fill 2 vacancies for the position of Employment Promotion Officer based either in the Jinja or Fort Portal Office

The employment promotion officer will support the day-to-day implementation, quality assurance and partnership management with the aim to enhance the opportunities for youth and young women to find decent employment.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  Joining Enabel as a Employment Promotion Officer, you will be directly reporting to the Intervention Manager and you will perform the following key tasks:

• You will map and coordinate labour market actors and labour market intelligence systems;
• You will supporting the delivery of inclusive career support services in target regions, with a particular focus on job matching services; and,
• You will lead the implementation of first employment placements for graduates with qualifications in agriculture and TVET.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources Management, Guidance and Counselling, or any other business-related fields.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management; Social Sciences. Vocational Studies; Education; Guidance and Counselling; Business Administration; Industrial Engineering or related fields
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in implementing activities aimed at promoting access to employment for youth;
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in career support services (e.g. career guidance and counselling/coaching/mentorship, job search assistance, CV writing support, work-readiness training, job and skills matching, job placements);
• Experience in carrying out diagnosis or assessments to analyse labour market information or in supporting (local/regional) labour market governance is an added advantage;
• You commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values

We offer you

• An exciting and varied learning experience in an international environment and warm team.
• A 39-month contract or you are included in the recruitment reserve for a period of 3 years.
• You are based in Jinja or Fort Portal Offices
• A salary package comprising an Annual gross salary between UGX 84,000,000 and UGX 96,000,000 that is commensurate with experience and in accordance with our salary scales, medical insurance and a 13th-month paid in December.

How to Apply:

All candidates should submit their applications online at the link below with an updated CV (maximum 3 pages)

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Deadline: 2^nd February 2024

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