GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

The NRM Team Leader will be responsible for overseeing program activities aimed at strengthening the horizontal and vertical linkages that support good governance of community assets and resources derived from the natural environment, including the land and the naturally occurring elements above and below it. The NRM Team Leader will lead the PROGRESS processes for engaging communities, governments and private sector actors in collective action plans that support household and community access to and management natural, physical environment and the socio-ecological systems supported by it. This can include access to land and water resources for both human consumption and livestock range-land and watering, plus innovative methods for land restoration, watershed and water resource management, energy conservation and alternative energy solutions, and climate-smart agriculture

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Program Implementation:

Engage pastoralists in inter-community dialogue around access to land and water for livestock management

· Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and Reporting:

Support Programme Manager in the achievement of program targets and objectives and support efforts towards the design effective M&E systems and operations. Facilitate the coordination, scheduling and production of formal and informal reports and documentation and communication of reports and learning materials. Actively record, document and demonstrate all aspects of governance activities for impact measurement and learning purposes.

· Coordination and Representation:

Represent Mercy Corps at government, donor, NGO and other relevant events in the field, in close coordination with the Programme Director. Attend key events, committee meetings, fora, seminars, etc. as they relate to resilience. Coordinate activities with consortium partners, sub grantees, local government and other implementers, as well as with other Mercy Corps programs.

· Staff Management, Professional Development and Team building:

Contribute to country team-building efforts, and ensure the integration of all team and consortium members into relevant decision-making processes.

· Program Support Operations: Ensure close communication across cross-country field teams and consortium members regarding program activities and plans, challenges and obstacles to timely and quality implementation. Coordinate with program, finance, and administration staff for troubleshooting and problem solving.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

SUCCESS FACTORS:

The successful candidate will have the following ;

Applications: Submit your E-mailed application including a cover letter clearly stating your salary requirements, CV (with 3 referees), and copies of academic qualifications/certificates through the Human Resource Manager to mcuganda@ug.mercycorps.org . Deadline for Submission: Close of business on Friday October 10, 2014 Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by Mercy Corps. Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer; female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

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GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

The Market Systems Team Leader is responsible for leading the implementation of facilitation projects that make market dynamics, actors, institutions and services accessible to households within the PROGRESS focus areas. These activities will work through public sector enabling strategies and private sector actors, seeking to crowd in provision rather than displace or replicate private actors with donor-funded services. Facilitation projects increasing access to technical services, improving access to locally appropriate products, developing agent input and aggregator networks, improving service offerings and profitable provision of community animal health services, commercializing access innovative energy products and methods, and expanding the role and relationship of line Ministries in strategic prioritization of investment for economic vitality that contributes to household and community resilience.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

With support from the PROGRESS Programme Manager and fellow sector-focused Team Leaders, carry out assessments in the target geographic areas to assess current situation, economic opportunities and resources, needs and potential programs as well as obstacles that could be mitigated through PROGRESS engagement with public and private sector actors;

Recommend program priorities and explore, evaluate and present new opportunities that leverage impact and/ or complement core activities.

Emphasize the role of, and opportunities for women and girls in the economic realm in both rural roles and in the urban sphere;

Highlight market-based skills which are emerging with urban growth and work with public, private and development actors on efforts to match skills of people transitioning out of pastoralism and urban poor for urban livelihoods and services;

Introduce the program to relevant stakeholders including local business owners, local representatives and community members. Foster ongoing positive cooperation with these stakeholders and forge links between market actors, producers, end users, etc.;

Ensure an integrated approach to program implementation in order to maximize resource utilization and synergy between the staff and different MC programs where relevant and feasible.

Provide direct and ongoing field supervision to provide quality advise and technical review in areas related to economic development.

Identify small business activities for seed support through basic improvements or inputs;

Identify value-addition opportunities that strengthen economic opportunities, especially for rural women and urban poor, in the livestock and agriculture sectors as identified by local and national government as well as independent market studies and needs assessments; these will focus on urbanized areas such as Moroto and Kotido and districts that are heavily engaged in agriculture development;

Identify opportunities within the long-term plans for Karamoja County that can be fostered through progress, such as activating initiatives in designated livelihoods zones;

Establish and maintain productive working relationships with sub-county and district leaders and local government departments, representing Mercy Corps in coordination meetings and soliciting their participation in all activities where appropriate and as directed by the line manager;

Ensure close coordination and sharing of information with relevant stakeholders such as local government departments, NGO’s and local authorities, as appropriate and advised by the line manager; Identify opportunities for social innovation and enterprise that could be launched through catalytic investments from PROGRESS, or public and private sector initiatives;

Guide Shared Learning Dialogue series that are thematically focused on enabling environment for market activity, including long-term infrastructure strategy and prioritization and identification of potential investors and innovators.

Lead the planning of Karamoja-based and Kampala-based learning events, exhibits, workshops that bring private and public sector entities together to collectively review and discuss technology developments and innovation and to examine private sector approaches to household and community challenges that can be incubated through public sector incentives;

Engage with PROGRESS Consortium members such as local civil society and the University of Nairobi around innovation and best practices for new technologies in climate-smart practice, renewable energy and energy saving methods;

Take primary responsibility for district data gathering and documentation of program activities

Comply to M&E systems that will be established to measure program impacts and desired results

Analyze project implementation strategies to identify constraints to program success and provide timely recommendations;

· Submit timely weekly, monthly, and quarterly report that will be indicative of program progress during implementation.

· Where needed support external evaluations by research partner Feinstein International Center and other organizations;

· Work with the M &E to ensure accurate and timely flow of information from the field for entry in the database and for preparation of PR materials

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

· A degree, preferably graduate level, in Business Administration, Economics or Finance is required;

· Minimum of five to seven years working for a formal financial institution with orientation to mass markets or within the private sector is required;

SUCCESS FACTORS:

The successful candidate will have the following

· A strong team player, with good communication and diplomatic skills.

· Proven ability to work independently as part of a regional team and with international professionals.

· Excellent analytical and information management skills.

· Good organizational skills and ability to work under stress and in austere contexts of remote locations.

· Flexible and creative in planning and problem solving.

· Attention to detail, ability to follow procedures and meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.

· Proven excellence maintaining professional internal and external relationships.

· A focus on building staff capacity.

Applications: Submit your E-mailed application including a cover letter clearly stating your salary requirements, CV (with 3 referees), and copies of academic qualifications/certificates through the Human Resource Manager to mcuganda@ug.mercycorps.org. Deadline for Submission:Close of business on Friday October 10, 2014Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by Mercy Corps. Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer; female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.