World Vision International Jobs – Food Security & Community Resilience Specialist

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Organisation: World Vision Uganda
Reports to:                   Quality Assurance Director
Duty Station:          Kampala,
Uganda
About WVU:
World Vision Uganda is a
Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization
dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome
poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 40 districts in Uganda. World
Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people
whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is
conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks,
including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child,
Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”
Job Summary: The Food Security & Community Resilience
Specialist will offer technical guidance and expert advice to WV Uganda
programs/ projects in designing, planning, monitoring and evaluation of food
security and community resilience/ livelihoods interventions.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. Support Strategic
Planning: Support WVU National Office in developing
sustainable livelihoods security strategies and community resilience/
livelihoods security technical approaches (strategies).
2. Support Programs
Development and Implementation:
  • Provide technical advice on best practices and approaches to
    sustainable food security and community resilience/ livelihoods
    programming.
  • Provide technical backstopping on food security and community
    resilience/livelihoods intervention/program implementation and document
    lessons learned.
3. Monitoring and
Evaluation:
  • Support WVU to develop and use innovative approaches to monitor
    and evaluate the performance, effectiveness/impacts of livelihoods
    interventions.
  • Assist in monitoring the implementation of the food security and
    community resilience / livelihoods security strategies.
4. Support Fundraising and
Networking:
  • Support fund raising activities through networking, proposal and
    concepts development (as necessary) for food security and community
    resilience /livelihoods interventions.
  • Build and strengthen effective relations and partnerships between
    WVU and actors on food security and community resilience/ livelihoods for
    networking and cross learning to enrich WV livelihoods programs/
    interventions.
5. Emergency Food Security
and Livelihood Response: Support food Security and
livelihood response programming in emergency contexts
6. Capacity Building:
  • Identify the needs and organize trainings to develop the capacity
    of WVU staff and partners to increase their competence in sustainable food
    security and community resilience/ livelihood approaches
  • Participate in the recruitment, selection and induction of food
    security and community resilience/ livelihoods program/project staff.
  • Assist in developing terms of reference (TOR) as well as provide
    technical supervision to consultants for WVU for food security and
    community resilience/livelihoods studies/ evaluations.
7. Representation:
  • Represent WVU in food security and community resilience
    /livelihoods forums- meetings, workshops, conferences and contribute to
    technical interactions and discussions on the same.
 Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should hold a     Bachelor degree in
    Agriculture or related fields and post graduate qualification in rural
    economy (agricultural economics, agribusiness, or other development
    oriented fields)
  • At least five year hands-on experience in
    designing and managing sustainable food security/livelihood interventions
  • Project proposal writing and documentation
    skills
  • Good communication and networking skills
  • Training facilitation and coordination
    skills
  • Research, monitoring and evaluation skills
  • Be a mature Christian, able to stand above
    denominational diversities
How to Apply: 
All suitably qualified candidates
must send their applications with complete Curriculum Vitae, via email
to: wvujobs@wvi.org.  Please address the application to the People
and Culture Specialist (Recruitment) and do indicate the post title in the
email subject line.
NB: Qualified female candidates are
particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 1st
November, 2013.  

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