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Employer: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Duties:
Assume the role of UNHCR Uganda livelihoods focal point
Manage the inter-agency co-ordination and consultation mechanisms at country and sub-office levels, including UNHCR staff, government, partner NGOs and the private sector related to and involved in livelihoods in a humanitarian context.
Regularly review and finalize the existing TORs formulated for the Refugee and Host Communities Livelihood Technical Working Group (LTWG), and chair the Livelihoods Sector Working Group meetings at national level.
Take lead and facilitate the development processes and relevant workshops towards elaborating UNHCR Ugandan livelihoods strategy. This will include development of priority actions, milestones, targets, indicators, operational work plans and budgets, logical frameworks, anticipated budgets, highlighting linkages with other UNHCR mandate areas (Protection, CBI, E&E etc.) as well as identifying roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders
Provide strategic leadership and technical guidance towards the implementation of UNHCR Ugandans livelihoods strategy, to include identification of market based opportunities for self and wage employment, vocational and skills training, entrepreneurship, financial services (grants, VSLAs, microfinance, loans etc.) private sector driven value chains in camps and settlements as well as undertaking cost to benefit analysis of the different technologies
Education
The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNHCR Livelihoods Officer job opportunity should hold a Master’s degree in Economics, socio-economic development, development planning, rural development, or other related fields
Experience
At least eight years’ experience (with at least 4 years at international level) of previous job experience relevant to the function, both in humanitarian and development contexts.
Strategic planning as well as field experience in similar settings is essential
Working knowledge and experience with agricultural production and marketing, and non-farm income generating activities
Previous experience in planning, implementing, and monitoring livelihoods programmes in an international context and managing multiple projects
Previous exposure and experience in planning for results and measuring results in livelihoods programmes, preferably with experience in designing livelihoods survey instruments
Knowledge of latest developments in the livelihoods sector, and in-depth knowledge of at least 2 technical sub-sectors in livelihoods in addition to agriculture and rural development (e.g. microfinance, vocational training and technical education, entrepreneurship building, cash assistance, community development, employment services, etc)
Previous experience in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of livelihoods and development projects
Prior experience in coordinating and undertaking assessments, surveys and facilitating strategic planning processes
Previous exposure and experience in managing, supervising and providing technical leadership to field based project staff is highly desired
Experience working with the private sector and entrepreneurship is an added advantage
Excellent communication (both written and spoken) skills and networking abilities in communicating relevant information to a variety of audiences for advocating UNHCRs mandate Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision while delivering high quality results for UNHCR Uganda
Previous work experience in East Africa or Uganda highly desired
Fluent in written and spoken English; knowledge of local languages will be an added advantage
How to Apply:
All interested Ugandan nationals who wish to join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to click on the link below and follow the application instructions after reviewing the job details.
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Deadline: 15th June 2017