Uganda: Resilience Advisor | Uganda Jobs Vacancies, Employment, Career Opportunities in Uganda. - 2015

Organization: GOAL

Country: Uganda

Closing date: 23 Jan 2015

OVERALL DESCRIPTION

GOAL

Founded in 1977, GOAL works to promote the realization of the fundamental rights of the poor, the vulnerable, and those affected by humanitarian crisis. GOAL currently works in 15 countries; Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Iraq, Philippines and Zimbabwe. GOAL’s head office is in Dublin, Ireland with support offices in London and New York.

General description of the programme

Operational in Uganda since the late 70’s, the current country programme focuses on two of GOAL’s three strategic sectors, namely: Health (including WASH and Health Accountability programming); and a market based approach to improving agricultural livelihoods and WASH. GOAL Uganda mainstreams HIV, gender, child protection and the resilience strategies across all programming. GOAL works on a district focused approach, and uses a mixture of direct implementation and partnerships with national and international civil society organizations, local government, the private sector and communities to give effect to our mission.

GOAL Uganda has a skilled team of approximately 110 personnel and manages an annual operating budget of approximately €4.6 million (2015). GOAL is currently operational in the North, South, East and West of Uganda with five offices in Kampala, Bugiri, Abim, Kaabong and Agago Districts. With a new livelihood programming planned we will open a new office in Lira in 2015.

The current GOAL Uganda country programme operational areas:

1. The Bugiri / Namayingo District Programme, South Eastern Uganda, established in 2001, currently implements WASH and Health Accountability programme, both are implemented through national partners.


2. The Agago District Programme, North Eastern Uganda, established in 2003 has transitioned from an emergency programme to a development programme. Implementation is through partners in WASH and directly in Health Accountability and both directly and through private sector partners in Livelihood.


3. The Abim District Programme, North Eastern Uganda (Western Karamoja) was established in 2008. This development programme implements through partners in WASH and both directly and through private sector partners in Livelihood.


4. The Kaabong District programme began in 2014 with a small WASH programme implemented through a national partner.


5. The ACT Health programme, an accountability programme spanning 16 districts implemented both directly and through four national partners and in collaboration with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), our research partner who are leading the Randomised Control Trial (RCT).

General Position Summary

GOAL Uganda is seeking a dynamic person to support the strategic design and development of resilience programming. We wish to develop a clear resilience strategy across the country programme, support better understanding across our teams in this new approach; source new resources to scale up resilience programming and hand over to a national candidate at the end of a year.

Specific deliverables include:

1. Research, design and implementation of a resilience strategy and tools to encompass the country programme.


2. Increased understanding of resilience approaches through-out the country team.


3. Design appropriate resilience programming for Kaabong.


4. Source new funding for resilience programming.


5. Identify appropriate networking fora for GOAL Uganda’s longer term engagement.


6. Identify appropriate partners to engage in advocacy for land rights.


7. Identification, recruitment and induction of a National Resilience Advisor before end of contract

Requirements

Essential:

1. Relevant degree in environment, development or related subject


2. A minimum of five years’ experience in broad resilience programming including DRR


3. Knowledge and experience of Ugandan resilience networks


4. Demonstrated experience in successful fund raising


5. Excellent analytical and writing skills (English)


6. Excellent communication skills (written, spoken, facilitation, mentoring and influencing)


7. An individual with initiative, who is performance driven and has considerable planning and organizational skills.


8. Ability to travel up to 50% from base

Highly Desirable

1. Experience in research, design or implementation of resilience programming for pastoral communities


2. Established donor relationships in the sector

Job Location:Kampala based, with extensive travel

Reporting to: Livelihood Advisor (with significant collaboration with WASH Advisor, ACD P and CD)

Contract Length: One year (Nonrenewable)

How to apply:

http://www.candidatemanager.net/cm/Micro/JobDetails.aspx?&mid=YGTYD&sid=BEVGTAZ&jid=UFWWFCX&site=Goal