Organisation: Mercy Corps
Mercy
Corps is an International NGO that exists to alleviate poverty and oppression
by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Mercy Corps
has been fully registered in Uganda as an operational NGO. Currently Mercy
Corps has an office in Kampala and is implementing Food Security programs which
comprise of Water and Sanitation, Livelihood and Agriculture and Conflict
Mitigation Management Program in North and North Eastern Uganda. We implement programs in the northern
districts of Pader, Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Kaabong, Abim and Kotido with funding
from USAID, USDA, Walmart Foundation, SDC, DFID as well as other private
donations.
Job Summary: The Community
Mobilizer – Gender will coordinate, monitor and supervise the community based
promotion and mobilization activities under PROGRESS. The person will lead
community mobilization and engagement efforts, promoting engagement of local
government departments, and advocate for strengthening of policies within the
PROGRESS practice areas (water resources management, livestock and rangeland
management, climate-smart agriculture, urban economic linkages).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Offering
research, review, advocacy, coordination and support to policy formulation
between remote communities in select districts of Karamoja, district-level
government departments, and village level leaders. - Conduct
community sensitization meetings in targeted communities. - Encourage
full participation by all community members, paying special attention to
women. - Develop
and maintain strong community relationships. - Assess
and report on community needs with the rest of the team to achieve set
objectives under Progress. - In
charge of conducting community mobilization and supporting the team in
capacity building activities with community members, elders etc - Build
and maintain good working relations and detailed information on partner
communities. - Incorporate
participatory principles into community-level activities. - Ensure
non-partisan, culturally and socially to advise the team in appropriate
implementation of project. - Develop
and maintain community-related files. - Actively
participate in training and development activities as needed or requested - Conduct
community-based mobilization and other related activities,
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicant should possess a Bachelor degree in development studies, gender,
or any related discipline - At
least two to three years’ experience with grassroots initiatives in rural
areas and interacting with community member - Past
exposure and experience with participatory community development
principles and practices preferred - Possess
the ability to show initiative and function effectively in loosely
structured, complex work environment that is constantly and rapidly
changing - Patient
and optimistic approach to problem-solving, good communication and
facilitation skills - Possess
the ability to carry out responsibilities independently with minimal
technical support from within the program organization and ability to
travel in the field
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates should send their applications including a cover
letter clearly stating your salary requirements, CV (with 3 referees), and
copies of academic qualifications/certificates to the Human Resource
Manager via E-mail to: mcuganda@ug.mercycorps.org will also be
accepted.
NB: Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted by Mercy Corps. Female Candidates are
encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 6th March, 2015
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