Entry Level Project Officer Job Opportunities – Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED)
Job Title: Project Officer
Organisation: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED)
Duty Station: Kyagegwa, Uganda
Reports to: Field Coordinator
About US:
ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is a non-governmental organization created in 1993. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED respects a strict political and religious impartiality and operates according to non-discrimination and transparency principles. ACTED’s vocation is to support vulnerable populations worldwide and to accompany them in the construction of a better future. The programmes implemented by ACTED in Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America/Caribbean, aim at addressing the needs of the populations affected by wars, natural catastrophes and/or economic and social crisis. ACTED has been present in Uganda since 2007, and currently implements its interventions in Karamoja, WestNile, South West and Northern Uganda.
Job Summary: The Project Officer is responsible for assisting the daily Programme implementation of ACTED activities in Kyegegwa District (Kyaka II refugee settlement) and the surrounding host community. The Project Officer being based in the area office, with daily travel to activity locations, his main and most important objective will be to undertake community based activities to ensure the delivery of the agreed project objectives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Activity Planning:
- Draft and coordinate weekly and monthly work plans and share with the field coordinator according to weekly/monthly objectives
- Maintain relevant files of all activity plans, beneficiary lists, and other records
- Coordinate with group leaders in all activity planning processes and ensure maximum participation
- Consult and coordinate with staffs of other development projects to ensure efficiency in resource use and strong synergy in planning and implementation for maximum impact
Activity Implementation:
- Carry out the mobilization, sensitization, identification and registration of group project beneficiaries
- Identify, train and support community based facilitators, from within the beneficiary community
- Carry out profiling of all the beneficiary groups and group members selected to benefit under the programme
- Organize and conduct all planned trainings in a professional and quality manner
- Support the tree nursery group executive committees in areas of business development, coordination, lobbying and advocacy,
- Mentor community based facilitators and model beneficiaries in areas of leadership, management, good agricultural practices.
- Carry out needs assessments and communicate any development needs to the senior officer while copying the project officer.
- Support the beneficiaries to fully participate in the cash for work activities
- Ensure cash transfers are made in a compliant manner, including following up with all beneficiaries, liaising with project manager and supporting all methods used to mitigate fraud
Reporting:
- Compile and submit quality daily, weekly and monthly reports in a timely manner.
- Provide briefs of all external engagements including meetings and other functions
- Document best practices, success stories and share with the line manager
- Ensure quality photographic documentation is included in all reports (including upload of a minimum of 10 pictures per week onto project whatsapp group)
Networking with relevant stakeholders:
- Attend all relevant stakeholder meetings especially at the sub-county and district levels including coordination meetings, budget conferences, etc
- Coordinate with all other livelihoods working groups/ partners in your area of work to eliminate duplication of activities
- Incorporate documented innovations into the implementation so as to improve programme quality and strategy
- Be effective partnership manager with field level stakeholders
Asset Management:
- Ensure all assets entrusted under your custody are safe and secure
- Update logistics officer and the senior field officer/project officer on state of the motorcycles in use on regular basis
- Ensure accurate filling and timely sub-mission of log books to logistics
- Ensure data in the laptops are regularly backed up for safety
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the ACTED Project Officer job placement should possess a Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in an Agriculture-related field
- Two years of experience with NGO in similar field
- Knowledge of Permaculture will be a strong advantage
- Languages fluency in English, Kiswahili and local language
- Local recruits from Kyegegwa district will be prioritized for this recruitment
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are invited to send their applications accompanied by detailed CV and daytime telephone numbers of three professional referees to Uganda.jobs@acted.org. The subject line should read Project Officer
Deadline: 18th June 2018 by 5.00pm
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