3 World Vision Careers – Agriculture and Food Security Programme Officer

Organisation: World Vision Uganda
Reports
to:             
Senior Programme Manager (Rakai and Kibaale)
and Programme Manager (Oyam)
Duty
station:          
Kibaale, Rakai and Oyam, 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 in over 40 districts of Uganda. World Vision
is committed to the protection of children and does 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 Agriculture and Food Security Programme Officer will
drive WVU’s child wellbeing targets in designated cluster through planning,
monitoring and implementing Agriculture and Food Security programme in line
with applicable technical approaches and WVU national strategy.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
1. Project Planning and Implementation: 
  • Ensure that
    the cluster designs are in line with the Food security and community
    resilience national office strategy
  • Ensure that
    Cluster Agriculture & food security project activities are integrated
    with other sectors and with the District development plan
  • Supervise and
    monitor ongoing activities under the Cluster Agriculture & food
    security projects
  • Ensure
    quality in the roll out of the Food security and community resilience
    project  models
  • Coordinate
    Cluster Agriculture & food security projects being implemented by
    partners and technical resource persons.
  • Initiate and
    participate in Food security district Advocacy initiatives
  • Liaise with
    the National office Food security technical specialist for quality
    implementation of Agriculture and food security projects.
  • Ensure cross
    cutting themes are mainstreamed in Agriculture and food security projects.
  • Ensure
    Agriculture and Food security projects integrate and address child
    protection
  • Work with
    CSDO to ensure Registered Children and their households are participating
    and benefiting from Agriculture and Food Security programme interventions
2. Capacity Building and Training:
  • Mobilization
    of farmer groups and conducting trainings to build capacities on
    Agriculture & food security improved methodologies.
  • Provide
    mentoring and coaching to community groups to build local capacity for
    understanding and connecting with community linkages.
  • Identify
    technical experts to train community groups
  • Liaise with
    the National Office Food security technical specialist on staff capacity
    building in Agriculture and food security.
3. Partnership and Networking:
  • Identify and
    build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with
    partners and other stakeholders in implementation at the District level.
  • Participate
    and represent WVU in key donor engagements and technical working forums at
    district, region and National level when applicable
  • Point of
    contact for consultation on issues to do with Cluster ADP Agriculture
    & food security and related issues.
  • Identify
    market development opportunities that present through networks and
    relationships with other institutions and organizations and NGOs working
    in the agriculture and food security.
  • Work closely
    with District initiatives through the District production Office on
    constraints of targeted crops and Agricultural initiatives
4. Research, M&E and Documentation:
  • Effectively
    document all information related to project successes, innovations and
    promising practices and disseminate through appropriate mechanisms.
  • Responsible
    for capturing child well being indicators related to Agriculture &
    food security projects in the cluster
  • Ensure
    identification of  research areas, conduct research and document
    learnings
  • Spear head
    the Cluster Agriculture & food security project in output &
    outcome monitoring processes
  • Support
    processes of project baselines and evaluation of Agriculture & food
    security projects and interventions
5. Project Management and Coordination:
  • Track and
    manage budgets allocated for the project
  • Prepare
    timely, accurate, compliant and quality reports.
  • Charged with
    good stewardship of all project assets at ADP & cluster office
6. Resource Acquisition:
  • Identify and
    initiate viable funding proposals for resource acquisition to support
    agriculture and food security interventions.
  • Participate
    in resource mobilization through concept papers/proposal writing for fund
    raising and market them with support offices and other donors.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
  • The Agriculture and Livelihood
    Specialists should possess Bachelor’s degrees in; Agricultural Economics,
    Agribusiness, or Agriculture
  • At least five years’ experience in
    implementing agriculture projects.
  • Strong experience in networking,
    community mobilization and facilitation.
  • Demonstrated experience and skill in
    research, analysis and report writing
  • Prior experience in proposal writing and
    development
  • Exhibit commitment to implementing WV’s
    vision and mission at all levels
  • Excellent interpersonal and
    communication skills.
  • Ability to work sensitively with people
    from a variety of social backgrounds.
  • All applicants must be mature and
    committed Christians who possess the ability to demonstrate an active
    involvement with their faith and are also able to appreciate and 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: 10th January, 2014
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