Organisation: Mercy Corps
Project
Name: Growth, Health and Governance (GHG) Program
Mercy Corps
is an international non-profit organization which implements high-quality,
analytical development work in very difficult places. We have been operating in
Uganda since 2006 and currently implement development programs in the Acholi
and Karamoja sub-regions of Uganda with funding from USAID, EC, SDC, and USDA.
We were recently awarded a market-development focused 5-year USAID/Food for
Peace-funded program working in the northern half of Karamoja.
The project,
called the Northern Karamoja Growth, Health and Governance (GHG) program, aims
to support the immediate needs of program beneficiaries while promoting
long-term development by spurring systemic improvements in key economic sectors
of northern Karamoja.
Job Summary: The Mercy Corps Economic Development
Officer will work to improve the economic future and quality of life of program
beneficiaries. The ability of the Economic Development Officer to push forward
market-driven approaches at all stages of programming will be one of the
position’s three success factors. The second will be the degree to which the
person promotes and captures learning with her/his team, institutionalizing
activity reviews, identifying and evaluating preconceptions and promoting a
culture of inquisition. The third success factor will be the degree to which
that person drives results, making critical decisions and producing scheduled
outputs at deadline and to the expected quality.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work
in consultation with the Mercy Corps livestock health services and
Marketing teams, national drug companies, district veterinary officers and
other key partners in planning and implementation of veterinary service
extension activities of GHG program according to the approved work plans
and budgets; - Work
closely with agrovet shops and livestock traders to identify capacity gaps
of CAHWs and farmers’ challenges and provide technical support, design
tools and activities for improvement and follow up the implementation; - Work
in liaison with the district veterinary officers and agrovets shops, the
EDO will design and implement a supervisory plan for CAHWs to ensure
quality service delivery to farmers; - Build
and maintain close coordination and co-operation with district veterinary
department, ministry of agriculture, research institutions, sector working
groups and development agencies to ensure synergy and improved
coordination among programs/interventions; - Work
closely with NDA to oversee the work to control the illegal sale of animal
drugs in the markets; - Work
with DVOs to plan and support disease surveillance activities and
vaccination campaigns – including poultry and Newcastle disease, foot and
mouth disease etc; - Offer
technical support to national drug companies, agrovets shops and CAHWs to
promote herd health programme at kraal and household levels
2. Partnership Management:
- Identify,
assess and develop partnership strategies for potential private sector
partners with GHG - Establish
and maintain productive working relationships with sub-county and district
leaders and DVOs and soliciting their participation in all activities
where appropriate - Carry
out on-site field visits regularly to monitor progress of activities and
provide strategic measures for progress to maximize the programmes’
economic and social impacts to the community - Work
with team leader(s) and Mercy Corps technical staff in order to bring
synergy among different components of the project
3. Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Create
a dynamic program environment that promotes inquiry; - Take
primary responsibility for sector-focused data gathering; - Establish
procedures and guidelines to monitor and evaluate the progress and impact
of economic development support work including setting and measuring
benchmarks along results chains; - Keenly
analyze project implementation strategies to identify constraints to
program success and provide timely recommendations; - Provide
data in support of team’s submission of timely weekly, monthly and quarterly
reports that will be indicative of program progress during implementation.
- Conduct
himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner that
brings credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian
mission; - Perform
any other duties as assigned by the line manager.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The
ideal candidate should preferably hold a degree in Agriculture (animal
husbandry; production and marketing) or its equivalent; - At
least three years of relevant experience with proven technical experience
in the field; - Willingness
to work in the field with agrovets shops, Community animal health workers,
kraal leaders and communities; - Possess
the ability to interact effectively with a wide range of partners; private
sector, government and civil society; - Skills
in team work, holding community consultations and organizational
development; - Excellent
reporting, communication and representation skills - Skills
in networking, team-working, and community consultations - Good
spoken and written English. Fluency in Ngakarimojong and Ethurr is an
advantage.
All suitably
qualified and interested Ugandan candidates should send their applications
including a cover letter clearly stating the salary requirements, updated CV
(with three professional referees), and copies of academic
qualifications/certificates to the HR/Admin Manager, Kampala Head Office on 4th
Floor Embassy Plaza, Plot 1188-1190 Ggaba Road. The E-mail applications with
cover letter should be sent to: tomcjobs@ug.mercycorps.org
Deadline: 30th June 2015
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