Livelihood and Resilience Specialist Job at FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY - Career Opportunity in Uganda
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Vacancy title:
Livelihood and Resilience Specialist

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Admin & Office ]

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FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY

Deadline of this Job:
22 June 2021  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, June 12, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Food for the Hungry (FH) is a Christian international relief and development organization with a vision to end all forms of poverty. FH globally currently has programs in 26 countries and support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, South Korea, United States of America and Japan. FH that has been working in Uganda since 1989, with its head office in Kampala and operations in the districts of; Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health & Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction with the Head office located in Kampala.
FH/Uganda is actively seeking for qualified candidates who is committed to its Heartbeat and Commited Strategy to fill the career openings of;

Job Title: Livelihood and Resilience Specialist (1 position)
Position Type: Full Time National Staff
Location: Kampala Office
Reports to Business Development
Contract Length: 2 years (Fixed contract) fixed term depending on performance and availability of funding
Start Date: Immediate

Position Summary:
The Livelihood and Resilience Specialist is a full member of the Business Development Team. S/he will oversee the development of a strategic resilience-building initiative in Uganda. Under the supervision of the Business Development Manager, the L&R Specialist will be responsible for Contextualizing and aligning the Livelihoods and Resilience strategies to the required FH and Government standard, resource development, program design, representation, monitoring, and training the staff for the appropriate implementation of the sectoral strategies and modules. The and Livelihoods and resilience Specialist will identify specific growth opportunities for resilient programs and support the realization of the FH 2021 strategic priority. And integration of resilience in key sectors and will cross-cutting thematic areas, such as agricultural systems, rural livelihoods, and economic recovery for refugees including digital Cash Transfer . Goo interventions; nutrition and food security; natural resource management and climate change adaptation; peace building; and gender and social inclusion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Result 1 - Livelihoods and Resilience strategy development (20%)
LAN Key Result 2: Proposal development and Acquisition (35%)
Key Result 3: Program Quality and impact (20%)
Key Result 4: Networking and External Engagement with technical working groups, donors, potential partners (15%)
Key Result 5: Capacity Building and staff development (10%)

Note: Percentages are approximate and other duties may be assigned.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
• Master's degree in Agriculture, International Development, Rural Development, Business Administration, Economics, Management, Humanitarian Response. A post-graduate diploma in Project Planning and Management is an added advantage.
• Minimum of eight(8)years of relevant work experience in Livelihoods and Resilience including cash transfers, climate change adaptation, and market interventions. Additional experience in early recovery and/or emergency programming with refugees and host communities and digital technology is a plus.
• Thorough understanding of resilience thinking and systems approaches required. Demonstrated experience with the application of a resilience ness approach within the humanitarian-development nexus preferred.
Demonstrated experience in leading and/or facilitating complex multi-sec
the toral assessment design processes and translating analysis into resilience e for program approaches.
Proven leadership and strategic planning capabilities with demonstrated budget management ability.
knowledge and experience of market analysis private sector engagement, The and livelihoods, and DRR mapping and assessments.
• Knowledge of all regulatory, contractual, legal, and financial compliance 021 requirements associated with international donor funding. and Willingness to travel to the field and occasionally at field sites with rustic conditions and various levels of privation.
• Good Office Suite skills and experience with ICT-based livelihoods solutions a plus
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers' clients, customers, and the general public.
• Designs the monitoring and evaluation tools considering the requirements and criteria for each sector and project.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Proficiency in spoken and written English

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education:
Professional Certificate

 

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Job application procedure
FHU is an equal opportunity employer. All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to:

The Human Resources Manager, food for the Hungry Uganda
Email: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.org not later than Tuesday 22nd June, 2021 at 4:30pm.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from FH by 12th July, 2021. FHU has policies including a child protection policy that every staff is required to sign.


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Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 22 June 2021
Duty Station: Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat
Posted: 11-06-2021
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 11-06-2021
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 11-06-2049
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