Project Officer NGO Job Careers – Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO)
Organization: Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Head of Programmes
About US:
Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO) is a National Non-Government organization which was founded in 1986 by Ugandan mothers committed to providing relief aid to needy children left parentless by the civil turbulence of the mid-1980s and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Its vision is to have “a society where all children live a full life “and a mission to” promote survival, development, participation & protection of orphans& vulnerable children in Uganda.”
About Project:
General Food Assistance and Nutrition in Refugee Settlements is a World Food Funded Project and will be implemented by Hunger Fighters in Consortium with UWESO in Oruchinga, Nakivale and Kyangwali refugee settlements.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate implementation of all planned project activities with expertise and in a manner that leads to the attainment of the project goal and outcomes.
- Participate in the identification/assessment and profiling of groups to be trained. This includes both the already mapped and new groups to be identified.
- Keep records of all project activities including project assets under custody/use, beneficiary list, partner list, assets or inputs provided, activity and monitoring reports, lists of children benefiting from the project.
- Regularly develop and share monthly activity plans with the Head of Programmes.
- Ensure 100% implementation of the planned project activities on a monthly basis and that budgets are not under and overspent.
- Develop activity and budget tracking tool, and use on a monthly basis to track and report on activity and budget management.
- Map or identify key stakeholders/actors in the targeted community(s) to work with or support in the implementation of the planned field activities h) Community engagement and advocacy.
- Take the overall lead in the coordination of field level activities.
- Mobilize, organize and strengthen the identified and interested groups in fruit tree planting.
- Develop the capacity of each group to improve production and productivity of selected enterprise(s) through demonstrations and training on the technical aspects of livelihoods and nutrition.
- Ensure Integration of the project activities with other internal and external programmes including that of governments at the area program level/district.
- Build the capacity of community-based facilitators to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.
- Mobilize project participants to participate in annual agricultural events – such as the national agricultural show in Jinja, World Food Day.
- Mainstream gender, child protection, disability and sponsorship into the project activities.
- Facilitate small business development at the community level through business capacity and skills development of the project participants.
- Represent UWESO in food security meetings at the sub-county level when required.
- Build strategic linkages, collaborations and networks with partners at the sub-county/district level including strategically linking the groups with other value chains.
- Documentation, Reporting and knowledge management.
- Prepare high-quality progress reports, both narrative and quantitative information. Ensure that all reports are delivered according to high-quality standards and are always submitted on time as per UWESO and donor requirements.
- Organize and conduct monthly and/or quarterly reflection meetings with project participants to address keys issues that will be emerging from the community related to the project and child well-being issues.
- Document and sharing of stories of transformation/success stories and best practices on a monthly basis to promote learning.
- Organize quarterly review meetings for partners and communities to reflect on progress on project activities and sustainability strategies as well as create spaces and opportunities for action-learning and debate.
- Monitor and report on achievement of output and outcome indicators as planned.
- Facilitate monitoring processes of the project activities with partners and communities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social work and Social Administration, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Project Planning & Management or any other related field.
- Three years’ experience working with community-based projects.
- Willing to reside within the area of jurisdiction after the appointment
- Knowing the local language will be an added advantage.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications with copies of academic transcripts, detailed CVs, contact addresses of three professional referees to:
Human Resource Officer, Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans, Plot 2 Tagore Crescent, Kamwokya, P.O. BOX 8419, Kampala. Tell: 0392 777 448
Or Email to: jobs@uweso.org (All email applications should be in a single PDF file of maximum size – 5MB)
Deadline: 11th December, 2019 by 5 pm.
NB: We shall respond to shortlisted candidates. All invitations for interviews will be done formally.