Fresher Junior Development Officer NGO Job Careers – GIZ
Job Title: Junior Development Officer
Organization: GIZ
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Project Leader
About US:
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH or GIZ in short is a German development agency headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn that provides services in the field of international development cooperation. GIZ mainly implements technical cooperation projects of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), its main commissioning party, although it also works with the private sector and other national and supranational government organizations (but usually not with non-governmental organizations) on a public benefit basis.
About Project:
The Responsible Fisheries Business Chain Project (RFBCP) is part of the Global Program on Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture and funded under the special initiative “One World – No Hunger” of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The overall objective of the program is to ensure food security and to reduce poverty by increasing fish supply and income. The political partner of the project is the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) and its target groups are vulnerable households and communities, artisanal fishers and small to medium sized enterprises in the fishery sector.
Job Summary: The Junior Development Officer assists in the supervision of the timely and efficient planning, implementation and monitoring of RFBCP activities. The incumbent will also be tasked with the coordination of partners and programmatic activities. The jobholder will ensure timely and quality reporting.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Management and coordination
- Planning, coordination and implementation of project activities
- Preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual work plans and budgets, including mile stones
- implementation of activities as indicated in work plans
- Preparation of concept papers, technical documents and presentations
- Preparation of detailed budgets for project activities and supervision/control of the timely provision of funds, materials and services for the implementation of project activities
- Backstopping / advising of partners and grantees on technical issues
- Provision of technical inputs and facilitation of meetings with project partners
- Monitoring and evaluation of partners activities
- Writing of reports and project documentations
- Local, regional I national coordination meetings with government and development partners
- Identifying the needs for assistance and funding of partner institutions and NGOs
- Contributes knowledge, ideas, feedback and lessons learned to the programme team for continuous learning, improvement and innovation.
Communication and networking
- Develops and maintains contact with all important stakeholders
- Provides technical assistance to local and international experts engaged by RFBCP
- Ensures knowledge management by collecting, processing and distributing relevant information
- Promotes and represents the programme, its activities and the organisation in relevant fora
- Other duties/additional tasks
- Performs other duties and tasks at the request of the Project leader.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Economics, Project Management, Business Administration or other relevant areas. Professional experience
- One to three years of relevant professional experience
- Strong communication and report writing skills
- Good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
- Flexibility in carrying out assigned tasks
How to Apply:
All interested and qualified persons are strongly encouraged to apply by submitting their application and CV along with the names of three professional referees to The Director, Future Options Consulting Ltd, by email: hr@futureoptionsug.com; quoting the position you are applying for and the reference N0. as the subject.
Deadline: 13th January 2020 by 5.00pm
Please note: This is a national position. Application and CV should be in one document and a maximum of 4 pages only. No other attachments are required at this stage.
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