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Job Title ⇒ Livelihoods Officer 2 Job Placements
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Organization ⇒ ALIGHT American Refugee Committee
Duty Station Uganda
Reports to ⇒ Program Manager
About US ⇒
ALIGHT, formerly the American Refugee Committee ARC, is an international
nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance
and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years. In 2011,
Alight helped nearly 2.5 million people get essential services to regain their
health and take back control of their lives. Alight works with its partners
and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to communities of
refugees and internally displaced persons in seven countries in Africa, Asia
and Europe, including Iraq, Kosovo, and in the Darfur region of Sudan and is
currently providing for emergency relief and recovery in Haiti. Alight
provides shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training,
microcredit education, protection to help survivors of war and natural
disasters to rebuild their lives with dignity, health care, security and self-
sufficiency.
Job Summary ⇒ Reporting to the Program Manager, the Livelihoods Officer
serves as the site-level lead on all ALIGHT refugee and host community
livelihoods sector activities, ensuring that livelihoods activities are
conducted as planned, present real and sustainable opportunities to refugees
and host communities, and retain links to local and regional markets in a bid
to increase sustainability and scalability of ALIGHT livelihoods activities,
particularly business development and promotion. The Livelihoods Officer is
also the focal point on site for ensuring that all livelihoods activities are
inclusive, benefiting of a diversity of potential beneficiaries, and, where
possible, integrated with host community members for the development of joint
host-community-refugee community livelihoods programming
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Keenly monitor and evaluate livelihoods activities planning and
implementation, with a focus on identification of potential markets for
livelihoods beneficiaries and the regular and active monitoring of livelihoods
group income level, savings plans, and reinvestment planning to promote
business growth and increased income for beneficiaries;
⇗ Oversee the processes by which livelihoods groups develop viable business,
savings, and expenses plans, with heavy focus on integration of livelihoods
activities in local markets, both refugee and host community, and, where
relevant, regional markets;
⇗ Provide direct supervision to Livelihoods Assistant / Assistants, ensuring
active supervision, capacity building, and sharing of knowledge / best
practices;
⇗ Lead at the site level the development and implementation of livelihoods
assessments, rapid surveys, and provide insight on opportunities for
livelihoods promotion which reflect local capacities, resources, and
aspirations of beneficiaries;
⇗ Oversee the use of materials provided to livelihoods beneficiaries, and
ensure via frequent site visits the proper application of livelihoods
implements by beneficiaries;
⇗ Ensure, in consultation with community-level leadership, that livelihoods
activities slated for implementation are culturally relevant, effective, and
reflective of community-level planning for livelihoods promotion;
⇗ Develop effective work and procurement plan for the sector, ensuring
hitting of targets and deadlines;
⇗ Write quality monthly and quarterly progress reports for submission to
donors and stakeholders, with an emphasis on concise quality reporting of both
challenges and achievements within the sector works;
⇗ Participate actively in livelihoods proposal development;
⇗ Ensure ALIGHT active participation at any and all livelihoods working
groups / coordination groups at site level, and, when requested, at national
or regional level;
⇗ At site-level, lead livelihoods strategy formation, constantly pushing to
maximize both value for dollar of livelihoods activities as well as pushing
for innovation within the sector works;
⇗ Any other duties assigned by the Supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Community or Rural
Development, Agricultural Development, Business, or related field. Master’s
degree or equivalent experience is preferred;
⇗ Five years working experience in Livelihoods programming. Specific
experience in micro-enterprise development, market-oriented livelihoods
promotion, and other innovative approached to humanitarian livelihoods service
delivery is an advantage;
⇗ Experience contributing to livelihoods strategy development and proposal
writing preferred;
⇗ Experience in project report writing, as well as tracking relevant
livelihoods promotion indicators in real time to permit project modification /
redirection to increase viability and output of livelihoods activities, is
required;
⇗ Experience working with the forming and monitoring of livelihoods groups
and activities essential;
⇗ Knowledge of VSLA, SACCO, and other savings and loan models is essential;
⇗ surrounding host communities extremely beneficial e.g. Kiswahili, Luo,
Nuer, Kinyarwanda, Somali, etc.
⇗ Motorbike riding experience and permit preferable.
⇗ Strong analytical, written and verbal skills;
⇗ High level of integrity, accountability and responsibility;
⇗ Good interpersonal skills and ability and inclination to work in / with
teams;
⇗ High level of self-drive, discipline and desire to achieve;
⇗ Ability to work with minimal supervision, hit deadlines, and produce high-
quality outputs.
⇗ Must be fluent in written and spoken English. Language skills of
populations ARC serves
How to Apply ⇒
All candidates should send their applications online at the link below.
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Deadline 15 th September 2020
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