Project Officer Resilience and Livelihood job at World Vision Uganda | Apply Now

Project planning, implementation and reporting

• Provide expertise and technical assistance in agronomy and agribusiness, climate smart agriculture, marketing, IGA, DRR and Natural Resource Management.

• Take lead in Resilience and Livelihood planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring of progress, and reporting at area programme level.

• Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders at area programme level during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.

• Identify local level partners and support/ facilitate the partners in the implementation of planned activities.

Community engagement and advocacy

• Take overall lead in the coordination of field level activities

• Mobilize, organize and strengthen small holder farmers’ into strong business groups/cooperatives (rural producer cooperatives,  marketing cooperatives,  Savings for transformation groups and Credit Cooperatives)  for  bulk purchase of inputs, value addition, bulking and collective marketing of produce at area programme level

• Develop the farmer’s capacity to improve production and productivity of selected enterprises of desired quality by the market through demonstrations and training of farmers’ on sustainable agricultural practices and/or technologies.

• Ensure Integration of Resilience and Livelihood activities with other internal and external programmes including that of governments at the area program level.

• Build the capacity of farmers’ business groups/cooperatives to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.

• Mobilize communities to participate in annual agricultural events – such as agricultural shows, World Food Day

• Mainstream gender, DRR/NRM, child protection, sponsorship into R and L area programme activities.

• Facilitate small business development at the community level through  business capacity and skills development of the project participants

• Represent World Vision Uganda in food security meetings at the sub county level

• Build strategic linkages, collaborations and networks with partners at the sub county level and coordinate implementation of agreed action plans.

• Management of Resilience and Livelihood performance

• Each supported H/H must have

• Food Security Crop (in garden and/or proper storage or evidence of cash to buy food at all times)

• An income generating enterprise – Organized enterprise as an alternative way of earning income. Earning at least $2 per day

• Practicing all Natural Resource Management technologies (Practicing all NRM technologies (water harvesting, Soil & water conservation, micro irrigation, agroforestry, woodlot, energy saving stove, FMNR)

• Practicing Nutrition SMART agriculture (OFSP, High iron beans, kitchen garden, small livestock e.g. rabbit, local poultry, goat etc.)

• Member of Saving Group

• Member of Cooperative (production, marketing, savings &credit)

• Visited by an extension worker/or have access to M-Omulimisa, market and weather information/Information board with an information business manager.

• The cluster has a disaster preparedness plan and community food store/community seed bank in case of emergencies.

Community engagement and advocacy

• Prepare high quality reports, both narrative and quantitative information. Ensure that all reports are delivered according to high quality standards and are always submitted on time as per WVU standards.

• Organize and conduct monthly and/or quarterly reflection meetings with Child Monitors, guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from monitoring.

• Take lead in documentation and sharing of Impact/success stories and best practices at the area program level to promote learning.

• Organize quarterly review meetings for partners and communities to reflect on programmes/projects approaches, tools, impact of interventions, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies as well as create spaces and opportunities for action-learning and debate

• Take lead of the area program resilience and livelihood output monitoring processes

• Prepare high quality reports, both narrative and quantitative information. Ensure that all reports are delivered according to high quality standards and are always submitted on time as per WVU standards.

• Organize and conduct monthly and/or quarterly reflection meetings with Child Monitors, guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from monitoring.

• Take lead in documentation and sharing of Impact/success stories and best practices at the area program level to promote learning.

• Organize quarterly review meetings for partners and communities to reflect on programmes/projects approaches, tools, impact of interventions, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies as well as create spaces and opportunities for action-learning and debate

• Take lead of the area program resilience and livelihood output monitoring processes