USAID ChildFund International Grant Jobs; Household Economic Strengthening Advisor

Job Title:    Household Economic Strengthening Advisor
Job Location:    Kampala, Uganda
Employer:    ChildFund International
Reports to:     ChildFund Uganda's Program Director
About Us:
ChildFund International was founded over seventy years and has provided support to deprived, excluded and vulnerable children to have the capacity to improve their lives and opportunities to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities. We promote societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of children. Our core commitment is child-centered change that will ensure healthy and secure infants, educated and confident children, and youth who are skilled and engaged meaningfully in the affairs and decision making processes within their communities.

Job Description:
The Household Economic Strengthening Advisor will offer technical support to ChildFund's HES portfolio. S/he will be responsible for contributing technical expertise to interventions targeting destitute, struggling growing, and youth-headed households to implement technical and vocational skills training, workforce development programs, and microenterprise activities. The HES Advisor is expected to have a strong background in conducting market analysis, facilitating market linkages and tracking outcomes of HES programming including job placement, post-training earnings and participant satisfaction.

Job Requirements:

•     The prospective employee must hold an advanced degree in Economics, International Affairs, or other relevant field.
•     At least ten years’ experience designing and implementing household economic strengthening interventions. At least five years of experience in a technical advisory role.
•     Detailed knowledge and understanding of market-based household economic strengthening interventions and best practices, including savings, credit and investment groups, basic business skills training (Micro-enterprise selection, planning and management), farmer field schools methodology and youth vocational trainings.
•     Deep understanding of interplay between household economic vulnerabilities and child development and protection issues would be a plus.
•     Firm grasp on relevant safeguards measures appropriate for household economic empowerment programs.
•     Past exposure and experience working successfully with government agencies engaged in promoting improved livelihoods for households and the provision of social protection services.
•     Good familiarity with household economic empowerment programs currently being implemented in Uganda and East Africa.
•     Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-cultural communication, and ability to manage high-level relationships.
•     Strong technical writing in English and oral communication skills.
•     Ugandan candidates highly preferred.

Job Duties:

•     Offer significant inputs to the development and updates of HES training manuals ensuring the inclusion of women, people with disabilities and youth in programming strategies.
•     Take lead in the implementation of HES interventions through the development of work plans, technical reports, oversight of implementing partners, training field staff and offering support supervision.
•     Offer training and oversee implementation of HES activities by project field staff and local implementing partners.
•     Maintain records of project participants. Significantly contribute to the design and consistent use of tools to detect and address unintended effect of HES activities on children's wellbeing.
•     Work closely with government officials and other local stakeholders to propose HES activities and family support strategies that will be sustainable after project close-out.
•     Mentor and build community capacity to manage HES activities.
•     Actively contribute to the development of monitoring and evaluation tools to measure the impact of HES interventions on children's wellbeing.
•     Technically support the continuing programme development through leading in networking and fundraising efforts for HES portfolio.

Deadline Date: 11/04/2014

How to Apply:
If you meet the above job requirements and are interested, please submit your applications including detailed Curriculum Vitae, academic and professional papers and names of 3 work related Referees with their Email/ daytime telephone contacts to:
The National Director, ChildFund International, P.O. Box 3342, Kampala, Uganda. 
Email: hr@uganda.childfund.org
OR Delivers to ChildFund National Office located on Plot 71/72 Namirembe Road, P.O. Box 3341, Kampala.