Field Officer (Several Forester Entry Level Job Opportunities) – ACTED
Job Title: Field Officer (Several Forester Entry Level Job Opportunities)
Organization: ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development)
Duty Station: Kyegegwa, Uganda
Reports to: Programme 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, West Nile, South West and Northern Uganda
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:
- Carryout 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 Field Officer job must hold a forestry based academic qualification (diploma or bachelors)
- Demonstrated Knowledge in nursery bed and tree planting activity management will be a strong advantage
- Two years of experience with NGO in similar field
- 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 Field Officer.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 6th February 2019 by 5.00pm.
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