Background

DRC is an International Non-governmental Organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world.

In Uganda, DRC assists the refugees from neighboring countries mainly DR Congo and South Sudan in the South West, West and West Nile region of the country. DRC’s assistance to refugees have been both emergency assistance to address the short term influxes from the neighboring countries as well as to address the sustainable solutions for the refugees. DRC is also the lead of a Consortium (Save the Children, ZOA, and CEFORD) for the implementation of an EU Trust Fund project in the refugee settlements in West Nile (Rhino camps, Adjumani and Kiryandongo settlements).

Purpose

The Program Development Officer is responsible to assist in Program Development in the country program and M&E. The Program Development officer is also responsible for communication and visibility of projects in the Uganda country program.

Key Responsibilities

Program Development and Fundraising

• Under guidance from the HOP, be responsible for program development, writing concept notes and developing project proposals.


• Ensure coordination with various components of the program, and receive and collage the information required for projects.


• Draft proposals in response to relevant call for proposals.


• Identify new opportunities for program expansion within the strategic priorities of Uganda program.


• Develop rapport and possibility for partnership with relevant organizations for the longer term cooperation and possible joint programming.


• Liaise with the Program and support teams for quality enhancement of program development.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Be responsible for developing and implementing M&E plan for dedicated projects in Uganda, in coordination with the Head of Program and Area Managers.


• Influence program development in Uganda with timely feedback based on monitoring and impact reports.


• Support the M&E Unit in preparing certain reports

Communication and visibility

• Act as the communication and visibility focal point for Uganda, liaise with Regional Office and HQ on communication and visibility.


• Keep abreast the Communication and visibility plan for Uganda country program and constantly update it


• Develop human stories and other printed materials to assist the visibility of projects


• Regularly update the DRC social media webpage.

Personal Specifications

Essential:

• Postgraduate in international development and/or humanitarian action with at least 1 year work experience in the field


• Possess strong analytical and conceptual skills.


• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Competencies

• Proven commitment to accountable practices.


• Knowledge of working in challenging environments.


• Proven ability to manage large varied workloads and deal constructively with stress and periods with long hours.


• Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision


• Proactive, stable and robust character and a good team player.


• Excellent communication skills, calm and a good sense of humour.


• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations at all levels.

CONDITIONS

Contract: 5 months contract with possibility of extension.

Reporting: This position reports to the Head of Programs and works in close collaboration with the M&E Officer.

Level: This positon is graded as A15 on DRC salary scale available on www.drc.dk/about-drc/vacancies/expatriate-terms-of-employment. Other employment conditions in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Global Expatriates recruited by the Horn of Africa Regional Office. For national staff, employment conditions would be in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National staff in Uganda.

Duty Station: Kampala-Uganda, This is a non-family duty station

Availability: As Soon as possible

Commitments:** DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability committments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework into DRC (http:www.drc.dk/HAF.4265.0.html)

How to apply:

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English.

We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.dk under Vacancies, Applications sent by email will not be considered.

Closing date for applications is 16^th August 2016.

Due to urgency to fill this post, interviews will be on a rolling basis and a candidate may be identified before this advert closes.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk

For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.dk

Project/Consultancy Title:

Project Location(s):

Date Posted:

Closing date:

Submissions to include:

Safety Net & Resilience Program Baseline

Karamoja, Uganda

August 1, 2016

August 10, 2016

1) Qualifications and experience (including CVs)

2) Approach to the SOW

3) References from previous (similar) work

4) Cost proposal

Background:

The purpose of this consultancy is to establish a baseline measurement for a 7 month Safety Net and Resilience (SNR) Program. A clear survey methodology, including tools, will also be established for monitoring purposes as well as for use during the endline assessment. The methodology must include control group sampling.

Purpose / Project Description:

Mercy Corps recently launched a SNR program funded by the World Food Program in Northern Karamoja. The goal of the 7 month program (August 2016 through February 2017) is to enhance the production capacity of the most vulnerable farming communities to improve food security and nutritional outcomes. Activities are implemented in the Karamoja Districts of Kaabong and Kotido.

Mercy Corps is a secular INGO that has worked to alleviate poverty and oppression in transitional environments since 1979. Operational in Uganda since 2006, Mercy Corps implements programs designed to promote good governance, peace, food security, the health and nutrition of women and children, and economic development across Northern Uganda.

Consultant Objectives:

Mercy Corps seeks a consultant who can design and conduct the baseline survey for the SNR Program in close collaboration with the Program Manager, team members, and Mercy Corps M&E staff. The purpose of this is to:

• Design a baseline survey that allows target groups to be compared to control groups, and tools adopting a mixed-method quantitative and qualitative approach;


• Oversee and conduct the baseline survey;


• Produce a baseline report for internal and external communication;

Consultant Activities:

• Define key research questions to be answered considering nutrition and food security indicators,


• Develop implementation plan that completes the data collection in August with final report in September.


• Finalize and design the proposed methodology, sample size, survey protocols and questionnaire


• Train field supervisors and enumerators


• Supervise and actively participate in data collection


• Compile, review and analyze data collected


• Finalize and submit a baseline report to Mercy Corps based on the survey findings

Consultant Deliverables:

• Tools for the baseline survey, including key research questions and survey;


• Implementation plan


• Baseline report in an agreed format based on the data collected;

Timeframe:

• Implementation plan, tools design, data collection – by Sept 16, 2016


• Analysis, final report – September 30, 2016

The Consultant will report to:

Program Manager

The Consultant will work closely with:

SNR team, M&E team, Enumerators

Qualifications

• Technical expertise in data collection and survey design


• Four year university degree in agricultural sciences that includes statistical methods and analysis


• Strong participatory facilitation skills


• Five years previous relevant experience, including designing and conducting baseline and/or endline assessments, development of M&E systems, program startup M&E activities, evaluation of crop production and storage/food security/agricultural/market systems programs, technical assistance, consultancies, etc.


• Fluency in English with highly professional report writing capabilities (samples will be requested)


• Experience with crop production/market systems development programs strongly preferred


• Experience in Uganda, in particular Karamoja, preferred


• Cultural sensitivity Locally based consultants and women are encouraged

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Title : Livestock Pilot Baseline Consultant – GHG

Background:

The purpose of this consultancy is to establish a baseline measurement for a Livestock Pilot‘s projected objectives, results and indicators. A clear survey methodology, including tools, will also be established for monitoring purposes as well as for use during the endline assessment.

Purpose / Project Description:

Mercy Corps recently launched a Livestock Pilot as part of the agency’s USAID funded Growth, Health and Governance program in Karamoja, Uganda. The goal of the 24 month pilot is to identify interventions that can later be scaled to increase productivity and competitiveness of the Karamoja livestock sector, thereby building resilience capacities (Absorptive, Adaptive and Transformational). With this goal there are three strategic objectives:

SO1: Increase livestock productivity and household incomes

SO2: Improve household food security/nutrition from livestock production

SO3: Lay the foundation for a strong enabling environment for the livestock sub-sector

Resilience, gender and youth will be cross-cutting issues throughout each SO. Also embedded across the SOs is a focus on climate-smart agriculture and sustainable natural resource use, noting the importance of bio-diversity and the critical issues surrounding water resources and use.

Activities are implemented in the Karamoja sub-counties of Kalapata and Loleila in Kaabong District, and Kacheri and Renegen sub-counties in Kotido District, and two sub-counties of Amudat and Karita in Amudat District, and Namalu and Nabulatuk in Nakapiripirit District, as well as in the emerging livestock trading nodes of Moroto, Amudat, Kaabong and Kotido Towns.

Mercy Corps is a secular INGO that has worked to alleviate poverty and oppression in transitional environments since 1979. Operational in Uganda since 2006, Mercy Corps implements programs designed to promote, good governance, peace, food security, and economic development across Northern Uganda.

Consultant Objectives:

Mercy Corps seeks a consultant who can design and conduct the baseline survey for the Livestock Pilot in close collaboration with the Livestock Adviser, team members, and Mercy Corps M&E staff. The purpose of this is to:

• Finalize the baseline survey design and tools adopting a mixed-method quantitative and qualitative approach;


• Oversee and conduct the baseline survey;


• Produce a baseline report for internal and external communication;

Consultant Activities:

• Define key research questions to be answered, geographic & beneficiary universe and targets


• Finalize and design the proposed methodology, sample size, survey protocols and questionnaire


• Train field supervisors and enumerators


• Supervise and actively participate in data collection


• Compile, review and analyze data collected


• Finalize and submit a baseline report to Mercy Corps based on the survey findings

Consultant Deliverables:

· Tools for the baseline survey, including key research questions and survey;

· Baseline report in an agreed format based on the data collected and an updated indicator matrix and associated baseline numbers;

Timeframe / Schedule:

Activity

Date

Travel to Kampala

14^th August 2016

Travel to Moroto

15^th August 2016

Develop survey tools & define research questions

16-19^th August 2016

Translation of tools

20^th-21^st August 2016

Train Enumerators & Staff

22^nd-23^rd August 2016

Data collection

24^th-31^st August 2016

Compile, review and analyze data

1^st-4^th September 2016

Travel to Kampala

5^th September 2016

Draft report

6-15^th September 2016

Submit report to Mercy Corps

16^th September 2016

The Consultant will report to:

Tebeje Kibru, Livestock Adviser

The Consultant will work closely with:

Livestock Pilot team, Martin Oloka, M&E Manager, Enumerators

Qualifications

· Technical expertise in data collection and survey design

· Four year university degree in social or biological sciences that includes statistical methods and analysis

· Knowledge of and experience with USAID Feed the Future Indicators including gross margin

· Strong participatory facilitation skills

· Five years previous relevant experience, including designing and conducting baseline and/or endline assessments, development of M&E systems, program startup M&E activities, evaluation of livestock/food security/agricultural/market systems programs, technical assistance, consultancies, etc.

· Fluency in English with highly professional report writing capabilities (samples will be requested)

· Experience with livestock/market systems development programs strongly preferred

· Experience in Uganda, in particular Karamoja, preferred

· Cultural sensitivity Locally based consultants are encouraged to apply.

Safety Net & Resilience Program Baseline

Background:

The purpose of this consultancy is to establish a baseline measurement for a 7 month Safety Net and Resilience (SNR) Program. A clear survey methodology, including tools, will also be established for monitoring purposes as well as for use during the endline assessment. The methodology must include control group sampling.

Purpose / Project Description:

Mercy Corps recently launched a SNR program funded by the World Food Program in Northern Karamoja. The goal of the 7 month program (August 2016 through February 2017) is to enhance the production capacity of the most vulnerable farming communities to improve food security and nutritional outcomes. Activities are implemented in the Karamoja Districts of Kaabong and Kotido.

Mercy Corps is a secular INGO that has worked to alleviate poverty and oppression in transitional environments since 1979. Operational in Uganda since 2006, Mercy Corps implements programs designed to promote good governance, peace, food security, the health and nutrition of women and children, and economic development across Northern Uganda.

Consultant Objectives:

Mercy Corps seeks a consultant who can design and conduct the baseline survey for the SNR Program in close collaboration with the Program Manager, team members, and Mercy Corps M&E staff. The purpose of this is to:

• Design a baseline survey that allows target groups to be compared to control groups, and tools adopting a mixed-method quantitative and qualitative approach;


• Oversee and conduct the baseline survey;


• Produce a baseline report for internal and external communication;

Consultant Activities:

• Define key research questions to be answered considering nutrition and food security indicators,


• Develop implementation plan that completes the data collection in August with final report in September.


• Finalize and design the proposed methodology, sample size, survey protocols and questionnaire


• Train field supervisors and enumerators


• Supervise and actively participate in data collection


• Compile, review and analyze data collected


• Finalize and submit a baseline report to Mercy Corps based on the survey findings

Consultant Deliverables:

· Tools for the baseline survey, including key research questions and survey;

· Implementation plan

· Baseline report in an agreed format based on the data collected;

Timeframe:

· Implementation plan, tools design, data collection – by Sept 16, 2016

· Analysis, final report – September 30, 2016

The Consultant will report to:

Brian Oyugi, Program Manager

The Consultant will work closely with:

SNR team, M&E team, Enumerators

Qualifications

· Technical expertise in data collection and survey design

· Four year university degree in agricultural sciences that includes statistical methods and analysis

· Strong participatory facilitation skills

· Five years previous relevant experience, including designing and conducting baseline and/or endline assessments, development of M&E systems, program startup M&E activities, evaluation of crop production and storage/food security/agricultural/market systems programs, technical assistance, consultancies, etc.

· Fluency in English with highly professional report writing capabilities (samples will be requested)

· Experience with crop production/market systems development programs strongly preferred

· Experience in Uganda, in particular Karamoja, preferred

· Cultural sensitivity

· Locally based consultants and women are encouraged to apply. VI

• Actively participate in specific product campaigns by ensuring that the products are explained to customers.


• Agree, meet and exceed targets for specific sales campaigns.


• Maintain own sales performance statistics for management information usage.


• Own and manage personal product & channel sales targets to contribute towards the outlet sales objectives.


• Refer to the appropriate area of delivery for specialist product help or advice (e.g. Schemes or Home Loans) when uncertain about the product delivery or application process. Respond directly to the customer.


• Build effective relationships with branch staff to ensure that non-sales staff refer customers to the Personal Banker when they identify a particular product or service need.


• In integrated branches, build effective relationships with Customer Advisors to ensure that they refer standard customers who become eligible for Prestige products and services.


• Responsible for complete account opening documentation together with customers and submit to the Branch Manager for review before submitting to operations for processing.


• Call customers when their accounts have been opened, generate welcome pack letters and send to customers.


• When selling loans to Retail prestige customers, complete the financial analysis and statement review on customer accounts. Where customers do not meet the minimum criteria, advise the customer, verbally or in writing as the customer requires. Report such denials to the Branch Manager on a daily basis.

• Own customer queries and complaints around account opening, loans and card applications and resolve in a timely manner. Escalate any unresolved queries, or queries not resolved in a short period of time to the Prestige Branch Manager.


• Build relationships with internal service providers (Operations and KYC Helpdesk) to ensure a quick turnaround time of escalated queries and complaints.


• Guide customers to the appropriate delivery channel to meet their needs e.g. cashiers, drop boxes, ATM etc.


• Guide customers as soon as cheque books, cards and other account items are ready for collection. Follow up with customers that have not collected the items within a reasonable time.


• Guide customers as soon as new loans are approved and encourage draw-downs on the new loans.


• When the branch is busy, walk the queues- resolve quick inquires and direct customers to the correct counters.


• Restocks merchandising materials (pamphlets, forms) in the Prestige Branch and advise the Branch Manager if supplies are running low.

• Ensure accuracy of each new account application, loan document, Barclaycard application and bank account mandate change. Personal Bankers are held personally accountable for accuracy and quality of these and supporting documents that they complete and submit.


• Achieve operational rigour excellence in all aspects of procedures and processes personally undertaken to ensure green audit.


• Follow the Retail end to end account opening ensuring new accounts are authorized and KYC compliant. Escalate any items that exceed the agreed service level time lines or where there are unresolved KYC requirements, to the Branch Manager.


• Comply with all general Barclays operational risk & rigour requirements e.g. KYC and anti-money laundering regulations.


• Occasionally, assist the Branch Manager to open and close cashier tills at the beginning and end of each day.


• Carry out snap checks as allocated by the Branch Manager.

• Work in liaison with the Branch Manager/BOM, open and close Cashier tills at the beginning and end of each day.


• Authorise cashier transactions above their teller limits when called upon.


• Serve as the cash custodian for the Branch. This involves checking cashier cash levels throughout the day, restocking cashiers or repatriating excess funds, and reordering cash from the external provider based on daily limits as set out.

• Identify and participant in community initiatives to support as part of Barclays community initiatives (such as Make a Difference Day, Local community initiative, Financial Literacy)


• Significantly contribute ideas to support the community initiatives agenda in the branch.

• The ideal candidate for the Barclays Bank Personal Banker Job opportunity should hold a Good University degree or diploma or relevant experience in a front-line banking sales/marketing/service environment


• Competitor product sales experience is an added advantage


• The applicant should have comprehensive knowledge of the Bank’s products, services and policies including standard tariffs.


• Broad knowledge and understanding of overall Retail goals & objectives, including the branch’s objectives growth of sales, cost control and income contribution


• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the sales process


• A working knowledge of the procedure manuals


• A thorough knowledge of the bank’s internal departments, systems & procedures as well as risk & rigour requirements


• A good working knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation e.g. KYC, Anti-Money laundering, banking code, service standards, health & safety standards etc


• Possess excellent planning and organizational skills


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Good questioning skills


• Good PC skills


• Excellent numeracy and analytical skills


• Good selling/influencing skills


• Excellent presentation skills


• Influencing & negotiation skills training


• Prior credit training


• Excellent networking skills


• Good listening skills

Deadline:  5th August, 2016