Program Focus Area - Coordinator Sustainable Livelihoods at ActionAid Uganda

Job Title:     Program Focus Area - Coordinator Sustainable Livelihoods
Job Location:     Kampala, Uganda
Employer:     ActionAid Uganda
Reports to:    Policy and Campaigns Manager
Department:     Programmes

About Us:
ActionAid is an International Development Agency working in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. ActionAid’s mission is to work with the poor and the excluded people in the world to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustices and the inequity that cause it.
ActionAid Uganda (AAU), a national development organization registered under the laws of Uganda and with a local Board seeks to recruit suitably qualified, self-driven, result-oriented candidates for the following positions: Projects Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, Program Coordinator Sustainable Livelihoods, Project Coordinator Public Financing and Agriculture, Graduate Trainee and Driver. The successful candidates will be based at ActionAid Head Office in Kampala with frequent travels to our field offices.

Job Overview:
The successful candidate will provide overall leadership in Planning, implementation, Monitoring and evaluation of sustainable livelihoods work in line with CSP-IV and relevant organizational policies.

Job Requirements:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Economics, Development Studies or any other relevant degree from a reputable institution.
• A relevant post graduate qualification and training in rights based approaches, food security, participatory methods and policy analysis is an added advantage.
• At least 3-4 years of relevant working experience from a recognized institution
Knowledge of;
• Sustainable livelihoods approaches
• Food security
• Integrated Climate change approaches
• Planning and budgeting
• Participatory methods PVA, TDI
• Governance, Women rights, gender and poverty analysis
• Project proposal development and Resource mobilization
• Human rights and democracy
• Civic education and empowerment
• Knowledge of International Humanitarian Sector Skills and Abilities:
• Good Communication skill
• Youth programming skills
• Report writing and Record keeping
• Awareness raisin skills
• Team work and team building skills
• High level of confidentially
• Good interpersonal skills
• People Management and team work
• Research methodologies, Policy analysis and formulation
• Partner capacity assessment and development
• Networking, partner mobilization and advocacy skills
• Contracts management
• Emergence assessment, deployment and response skills
• Conflict and Peace analysis/building skills
Language/s:
He/She MUST be fluent in English, Luo and any other Local Language/s

Job Duties:
a) Provide support and undertake resource mobilization tasks in line with CSP IV and organizational Policies
b) Develop, lead the implementation and monitoring of sustainable livelihood strategies for guiding planning and implementation, communicate and provide support to respective units in line with the CSP IV and organizational Policies
c) Monitor livelihoods programmes, communicate and consolidate reports and submit to policy manager in line with the organizational accountability systems’ requirements
d) Provide technical support and strengthen the capacity of staff and partners for quality programming in line with CSP IV and organizational Policies
e) Conduct contextual analysis, research and analyze policies for generation of evidence for policy advocacy and campaigns in line with the CSP and AA theory of change
f) Engage in and coordinate local, national and international policy advocacy and campaign work in line with AA theory of change
g) Mobilize, coordinate and support the building and strengthening networks, coalitions, alliances and relationships with other stakeholders at all levels (local, national, regional and international) in line with AAIU theory of change
h) Plan, coordinate and implement Emergency Response Interventions in line with organizational policies

Deadline Date: 16/05/2014

How to Apply:
Please deliver your application letters, CVs and copies of Academic documents withdetails of at least three (3) referees one of which shall be from your most recent employer.
Applications should be hand delivered or sent to:
Email:  Vacancies.Uganda@actionaid.org,  addressed to:

The
HR OE Director, Actionaid Uganda
Plot no.2514/2515 Ggaba Road,
Opposite Kampala International University

OR

Sent to:
P.O Box 676 Kampala.
N.B: Those who had applied for the Position of Projects Manager should not apply again.
ActionAid Uganda will respond only to short listed candidates. If you do not hear from us within one (1) month after the deadline of submission, consider yourself unsuccessful. Whilst all applicants will be assessed strictly on their individual merits, qualified women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
ActionAid Uganda is an equal opportunities employer.