Vacancy title:
Coffee Project Manager-(SOCY)
Jobs at:
Catholic Relief Services ( CRS )
Deadline of this Job:
July 31st, 2017, at 5:00pm
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Job details:
Title: Coffee Project Manager-(SOCY)
Dept/ Location: Programming, Uganda Country Program
Reports to: HES Senior Technical Advisor
Catholic Relief Services ( CRS ) carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners, people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS is an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) supporting relief and development Work in over 93 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons based on need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs. CRS has worked in Uganda since 1965, initially providing emergency assistance to Sudanese refugees living in the north. Over the years, CRS has expanded its programming to also address development needs in western, central and eastern Uganda. CRS‘ projects in Uganda currently include agriculture. Child protection, health, microfinance, peace building, system strengthening, and OVC
Job Summary
As part of a growing agriculture/value chain portfolio, CRS Uganda is in the processes of hiring a Coffee Technical Coordinator (CTC), who will work with Household Economic Strengthening, livelihood and farmer2farmer teams. He will engage directly with the Coffee Specialists at partner level as well CRS staff. He will oversee the designing and implementation of the Coffee Value chain model contributing towards the economic strengthening of OVC households. Working in close collaboration with HRNS, he is expected to build capacity of the CRS staff, and partners in improved coffee production, value addition market linkages and coffee-enterprise development. This capacity will cascade down to the household through the SILC and Youth groups. The CTC will also ensure that monitoring and evaluation tools for the Value Chain are developed, integrated at SOCY level and administered.
Specific Responsibilities
Agency-Wide Competences (for all CR5 Staff):
These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each fulfill member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.
Supervisory Responsibility: None
Key Working Relationships:
Internal to CRS: All Country Program staff, TAs in the Economic Strengthening Working Group, SOCY Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Director, (IRS East Africa Regional Technical Advisor for Livelihoods, other CRS Uganda microfinance staff and other microfinance project staff at SOCY partner level.
External to CRS: HRNS, Peer organizations, partners and Government.
Qualifications/skills/Experience
Job application procedure
This job description is not an exhaustive list of skills, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position. CR5’ recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation. "l understand that CR5 takes all allegations of abuse and exploitation seriously. Abuse or exploitation of children or vulnerable adults is grounds for immediate dismissal." Q0155 Please submit cover letter, CV, testimonials and three work references (name: and contact Information only) to ug_recruitment@crs.org or submit hard copy to Catholic Relief Services, Plot 577, Block 15, Nsambya Road. R0 Box: 30086 Kampala. Deadline for submitting applications is July 31st, 2017, at 5:00pm.
ONLY SELECTED CANDIDATES THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED. EOE/MIF/D/V
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