Advocacy and Capacity Building Officer

Major Functions:

• Coordination and management of WWF capacity building programme on environmental conservation, energy and climate issues at the local government level throughout the Albertine Rift;

• Leads, implements, monitors the reporting on all processes related to WWF contribution to civil society organisational development, capacity Building and advocacy at the Local Government, with support from the Kampala-based core office team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in energy and climate studies, development studies, Social Sciences, Communication, Environmental and Natural Resource Management;

• At least 3 years of professional experience,

• Experience in petroleum development is an added advantage;

• Experience in civil society organizational capacity development, lobbying, advocacy, natural resources management is a must;

• Fluency in English and at least one other major language spoken (Swahili, Luo and/or Runyakitara) in the Albertine Rift.

Required Skills and Competences

• Applicant must not be more than 30 years of age

• Highly developed conceptual, analytical and innovative problem-solving ability;

• Demonstrated ability to handle complex process and information integration issues;

• Extensive theoretical background and practical experience in organization development, civil society engagement, communication, lobbying and advocacy.

• Ability to coordinate major capacity building needs assessment, planning, development and implementation of capacity building initiatives;

• Ability to maintain effective working relations both as a team member and team leader;

• Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan and those under his/her supervision.

• Proven interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-interest, multi-ethnic environment;

• Capacity of assuming a leading role, often in situations under pressure, in defining and implementing projects with teams of individuals of different culture and background;

• Excellent organization skills;

• Superb oral and written communications skills;

• Must be detail-oriented and have the ability to multi-task under limited supervision

Candidates meeting the required qualifications, skills and experience should send a letter of application and a detailed CV, telephone contacts and addresses of at least 3 referees to the People Development Manager, WWF Uganda Country Office, P. O. Box 8758, Kampala OR email kampala@wwfuganda.org not later than 6th March 2012.

Note: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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