Community Enterprise Development Officer Job Vacancy at EADEN

Job Title:        Community Enterprise Development Officer
Job Location:   Tororo, Uganda
Employer:    The Eastern Archdiocesan Development Network (EADEN)
Reports to:     Area Manager Tororo

About Us:
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 Overview:
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.

Job Major Requirements:   

• Should possess a first class 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.

Job Duties:

•     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

Deadline Date: 25/04/2014

How to Apply:
Please send your 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

Email: 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