Livelihoods Officer NGO Jobs – American Refugee Committee (ARC International)
Job Title: Livelihoods Officer
Organisation: American Refugee Committee (ARC International)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Team Leader
About US:
The American Refugee Committee (ARC International) is an International nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that provides humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries around the world.
Job Summary: The Livelihoods Officer will serve as the site-level lead on all ARC refugee and host community livelihoods sector activities, ensuring that livelihoods activities are conducted as planned, present real and sustainable opportunities to refugees and host communities, and retain links with local and regional markets in a bid to increase sustainability and scalability of ARC livelihoods activities, particularly business development and promotion.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the American Refugee Committee (ARC International) Livelihoods Officer job must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Community or Rural Development, Agricultural Development, Business, or related field.
- A Master’s degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
- A minimum of five years of working experience in Livelihoods programming, microenterprise development, market-oriented livelihoods promotion, and other innovative approaches to humanitarian livelihoods service delivery is an advantage;
- Experience contributing to livelihoods strategy development and proposal writing preferred;
- Knowledge of VSLA, SACCO, and other savings and loan models is essential;
- Fluent in written and spoken English. Language skills of populations that ARC serves (e.g. Kiswahili, Kinyarwanda, Kinyabwisha, etc.)
- Motorbike riding experience and permit preferable
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit a one-page Cover letter, an updated CV (max. 3 pages) and Names, Titles and Contacts of three professional referees, to include your current or recent employer/supervisor – via email (ONLY) to UGjobs@arcrelief.org with the POSITION applied for clearly indicated in the subject line.
NB: However due to urgency to fill this position, applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 6th September 2019 by 5:00pm
: List of Current Job Vacancies / Opportunities in Uganda