Livelihood Officer job at Finnish Refugee Council (FRC)
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Vacancy title:
Livelihood Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Management Officer ]

Jobs at:

Finnish Refugee Council (FRC)

Deadline of this Job:
30 March 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kikuube , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, March 18, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Finnish Refugee Council (FRC) is an INGO promoting adult education and community development among refugees since 1997 as an operational partner to UNHCR and OPM. FRC is here by seeking suitably qualified and hardworking Ugandans to fill the following positions.

Position : Livelihood Officer
Vacancies : 1
Contract type: Fixed term
Location: Kyangwali Refugee Settlement – Kikube
Reports to: Livelihood Specialist / Project Manager

Job Purpose:
The key purpose of the job is to promote and advocate climate-smart and environmentally friendly agricultural methods and practices under “Enhanced Livelihood Opportunities through Climate-Smart Agriculture” -projects. Main part of this is to develop and implement various agriculture related trainings and provide one-on-one technical support and advise.
In addition, the post holder assists in training of Business Skill facilitators, who are supervised by Adult Education Officers, and acts as technical resource person to “Access to Adult Education” -project in relation to practical agriculture related activities.

Qualifications and competencies:
• Bachelor degree in Agriculture or Agribusiness with strong experience on climate and environmental agriculture related matters.
• Experience in livelihoods, microfinance and IGA methodology.
• Experienced facilitator and trainer, with training material development skills.
• At least 3 years’ professional work experience in agriculture.
• Working experience in resilience initiatives is highly preferred.
• Willingness to travel and live in several rural project locations.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and achieve results.
• Experience working with non-governmental organisations and local communities, authorities and NGOs.
• Ability to use standard computing packages.
• Knowledge of languages spoken by major refugee groups; Kiswahili, Madi, Nuer, Dinka.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Email Application to frcugandaadmin@refugeecouncil.fi by 30th March 2022
Application and CVs Should be one document and a maximum of 5 pages
Include in your application letter:
• Gross salary request,
• Contact details (email and telephone) of 3 professional reference persons.
Please quote the Position and Location in the subject line
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Do not email copies of certificates.
If you do not hear from FRC by 30th April, your application has not been successful.


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Job Info
Job Category: Corporate / Organisation Officer jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 30 March 2022
Duty Station: Kikuube
Posted: 18-03-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 18-03-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 18-03-2065
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