Apply for 2 Project Officer Livelihood – Star KOICA Jobs at World Vision Uganda

How to Apply for Project Officer Livelihood – Star KOICA at World Vision Uganda

Job Title: Project Officer Livelihood – Star KOICA (2 Job Vacancies)

Organisation: World Vision Uganda

Duty Station: Aboke and Pader, Uganda

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About the Organisation:

World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development, and Advocacy Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. Operating in over 41 districts, World Vision is committed to child protection and will not employ individuals unsuitable for working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. Our Vision is for every child to experience life in all its fullness, and our prayer is for every heart to have the will to make it so.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Community Engagement and Formation of Producer Groups/Coops:

• Mobilize communities and stakeholders to raise awareness about the project.
• Organize inception meetings with district and lower-level government stakeholders, and other partners.
• Form, reorganize, and identify the required number of producer groups and cooperatives per district.
• Build the institutional capacity of cooperatives on leadership, governance, record-keeping, and contract management through partners and direct training.

Technical Implementation:

• Mobilize target communities for project activities such as trainings and reflection meetings.
• Conduct district-wide campaigns via radio programs on various themes aligned with project objectives.
• Develop annual work plans, budgets, and activity memos.
• Oversee partner-implemented activities and manage the submission of narrative reports.
• Build capacity of project participants and partners on project approaches, models, and practices, including climate-smart agriculture, post-harvest handling, entrepreneurship, business management, financial literacy, and disaster risk reduction.
• Enhance the managerial and operational capacity of local disaster risk management committees.
• Develop and publish IEC materials on common hazards and document good practices.
• Ensure timely and budget-compliant implementation of project activities.
• Connect SMEs to financiers, technology providers, production inputs, and assess SMEs for matching grants.
• Collaborate with community structures to identify technical capacity gaps and plan project activities accordingly.
• Prepare project updates for periodic review meetings.
• Innovate and propose effective ways to improve project implementation.

Strategic Collaboration:

• Utilize market facilitation approaches to strengthen input and output market systems.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including local government, NGOs, and private actors.
• Connect producer groups and SMEs to markets through exhibitions and trade shows.
• Represent World Vision and the project in field-level stakeholder engagements.
• Organize and conduct review meetings with stakeholders to reflect on progress, impact, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies, and action-learning opportunities.
• Facilitate district-level coordination and dialogue through annual meetings.

Monitoring, Documentation, Reporting, and Learning:

• Manage project implementation and finances using results-based management tools.
• Develop internal monitoring and operational plans, and monitor partner activities.
• Conduct field-level spot checks of partner-implemented activities.
• Coordinate regular joint monitoring of project activities.
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of high-quality reports to the donor and World Vision Uganda.
• Maintain transparent, efficient, and effective project data, information, and financial progress.
• Lead the documentation and sharing of project impact, success stories, and best practices.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, agribusiness, climate/environmental science, or a related field.
• Technical skills and/or experience in natural resources, climate change mitigation and adaptation, financial inclusion/micro-finance, value chain development, small enterprise development, and livelihoods programming.
• At least three years of field-based project management and implementation experience.
• Experience in climate-resilient agricultural support and agribusiness management.
• Experience with development institutions and NGOs is desirable.
• Committed Christian able to stand above denominational diversities.
• Computer literacy.
• Willingness to attend and participate in daily devotions and weekly chapel services.
• Motorcycle riding skills and a valid permit.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Experience working with producers and MSMEs.
• Analytical, communication, and reporting skills.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their application and complete Curriculum Vitae online through World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal.

Deadline: 24th June 2024

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