Recruiter: Living Earth Uganda (LEU)
Project Name: Improving Access to youth employment in Western Uganda
Funding Source: DfiD and European Union
Duty Station: Hoima & Buliisa,
Country Uganda
Reports to: Business Development Coordinator
About LEU:
Living Earth Uganda (LEU) a natural resources and environmental management NGO based in Uganda in partnership with Living Earth Foundation, UK, have secured funding from European Union and DFID to deliver a project titled Jobs and Oil: Improving Access to youth employment in Western Uganda. The project is designed to support the access to employment of disadvantaged groups, particularly the youth in Hoima and Buliisa Districts through targeted vocational and technical training and the promotion of local enterprise to supply workforce and service needs of the burgeoning oil sector.
Job Summary: The Project Officer will be responsible for the implementation of the LEU project activities and support the project coordinators in facilitating, monitoring, and supervising the implementation of project activities, brief the project coordinators, on biweekly basis, about the progress, constraints, challenges, lessons learned and achievements encountered during the course of implementing the project activities, responsible for several MSEs and other social enterprises.
Responsibilities:
Implementation of project activities
Support the project coordinators in monitoring and supervision the implementation of activities
Provide briefs to the Coordinators about the progress, constraints, challenges, lessons learned and achievements encountered during the course of implementing the project activities
In charge of the several MSEs and other social enterprises assigned to him/her at the discretion of coordinators and/or the project manager where they will provide:
Training and capacity building of MSEs
Provision of business advisory services in business planning, marketing, record keeping, marketing, cashflow management, raising investment funds( capital funds) for their businesses
Responsible for database management and research
Fostering, building and growing partnerships between these business and other stakeholders
Timely report writing and proposal development
Creating and strengthening existing linkages will all stakeholders to ensure successful project implementation
Collection of materials that can be used for documentation purposes and media programme
Perform any other duties assigned to him from time to time by management.
Qualifications,
The Project Officer should hold a bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Studies, Commerce, Business Administration, Economics, Development studies or other relevant field. Additional post graduate qualifications in the related fields will be an added advantage.
Skills and Experience:
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines
Posses skills in report writing, and documentation
Ability to work in a rural environment and frequent travel on rough roads.
Excellent interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skills
Possess the ability to speak fluently the local language Runyakitara.
Good working knowledge of computer programmes including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Apply:
All suitably qualified job seekers should send their applications and resumes to: The attention of the Executive Director, Living Earth Uganda, Plot 11 Tayali Drive, Hoima Town and Plot 409, Canon Njuba Road Nakulabye, P. O. Box 28694. Kampala, Uganda or via E-mail to hkisembo@gmail.com copied to livingearthuganda@yahoo.com
Deadline: Friday 28th February 2014 by 5PM
