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USAID GHG Program Jobs – Financial Access – Enterprise Development Advisor at Mercy Corps
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Organisation: Mercy Corps
Project Name: Growth, Health
and Governance (GHG) Program
and Governance (GHG) Program
Funding Source: USAID
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Mercy Corps is an international
non-profit organization which implements high-quality, analytical development
work in very difficult places. We have been operating in Uganda since 2006 and
currently implement development programs in the Acholi and Karamoja sub-regions
of Uganda with funding from USAID, EC, SDC, and USDA. We were recently awarded
a market-development focused 5-year USAID/Food for Peace-funded program working
in the northern half of Karamoja. The program has three strategic objectives
(SO):
non-profit organization which implements high-quality, analytical development
work in very difficult places. We have been operating in Uganda since 2006 and
currently implement development programs in the Acholi and Karamoja sub-regions
of Uganda with funding from USAID, EC, SDC, and USDA. We were recently awarded
a market-development focused 5-year USAID/Food for Peace-funded program working
in the northern half of Karamoja. The program has three strategic objectives
(SO):
- Pro-poor
market development (SO1) - Improved
health for children under five years of age (SO2) - Improved
security and governance (SO3)
About USAID GHG Program:
The project,
called the Northern Karamoja Growth, Health and Governance (GHG) program, aims
to support the immediate needs of program beneficiaries while promoting
long-term development by spurring systemic improvements in key economic sectors
of northern Karamoja. Mercy Corps is the prime grantee, leading the
implementation of SO1 and supporting SO2 and SO3, with accountability for all
project interventions. World Vision Inc. is the technical lead for SO2, while
Karamoja Peace and Development Agency (KAPDA) plus other local civil society
agencies lead the implementation of SO3. A research partner, Tufts University’s
Feinstein International Centre (FIC), performs annual impact evaluations to
inform ongoing programming.
called the Northern Karamoja Growth, Health and Governance (GHG) program, aims
to support the immediate needs of program beneficiaries while promoting
long-term development by spurring systemic improvements in key economic sectors
of northern Karamoja. Mercy Corps is the prime grantee, leading the
implementation of SO1 and supporting SO2 and SO3, with accountability for all
project interventions. World Vision Inc. is the technical lead for SO2, while
Karamoja Peace and Development Agency (KAPDA) plus other local civil society
agencies lead the implementation of SO3. A research partner, Tufts University’s
Feinstein International Centre (FIC), performs annual impact evaluations to
inform ongoing programming.
Job Summary: The Mercy Corps Financial Access-Enterprise
Development Advisor will mainly steer program initiatives aimed at building an
Inclusive Financial Environment and a Business Enabling Environment. The incumbent
will provide direct technical support and assistance to pro-poor economic
initiatives developing innovative business models to strengthen service and
product delivery across all the SO1 sectors of Financial Inclusion, Business
Enabling environment, Animal Livestock Health and Marketing, and Ag-input and
commodity marketing.
Development Advisor will mainly steer program initiatives aimed at building an
Inclusive Financial Environment and a Business Enabling Environment. The incumbent
will provide direct technical support and assistance to pro-poor economic
initiatives developing innovative business models to strengthen service and
product delivery across all the SO1 sectors of Financial Inclusion, Business
Enabling environment, Animal Livestock Health and Marketing, and Ag-input and
commodity marketing.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. General Management:
- Technically
support the design and acceleration of innovative interventions to crowd
in formal financial institutions into GHG’s economic development
activities. - Work
in liaison with the Financial Inclusion team and all other GHG teams in
planning and implementation of financial inclusion/ business enabling
environment components of the project according to the approved work plan
and budgets, project document and implementation strategies. - Work
closely with all other program teams at the local level to identify
clients for financial services and to support service extension as well as
to ensure synergy and to maximize program impact. - Take
part in the periodic program planning, review and reflection meetings and
sessions.
2. Technical Advisory:
- Work
with the Financial Inclusion technical team to capture learning from the
field and to support strategy and tactic adjustment as needed. - Write
and edit reports, assessments, analytical reports/ stories for learning
and to articulate GHG’s work in building an inclusive economic
environment. - Oversee
the planning, monitoring, technical advisory and delivery of all
components of the GHG Project that focus on Financial Inclusion. - Work
closely with the Deputy Chief of Party and Chief of Party, counterparts
with other donor funded programs, private and public sector actors to
design and implement innovative, and predominantly systems-level,
interventions in these areas. - Carry
out assessments, project design and strategy of the Financial Inclusion
and Business Enabling environments. - Technically
support and facilitate the Business Forums in Karamoja to become
sustainable - Identify
the capacity gaps of financial services and GHG Micro Small and Medium
Enterprise (MSME) partner actors, design and implement most feasible
capacity building activities based on identified gaps. - Carry
out light due-diligence on potential partners and support the negotiation
process, as requested, in finalizing teaming and partnership agreements. - Ensure
consistent quality and effectiveness of all Financial Inclusion activities
in the project; and - Lead
thinking and practice in innovative approaches to NGO-Private sector
partnership models, and ensure that experience is well-documented and
contributing to thinking of the country program.
3. Monitoring &
Evaluation:
Evaluation:
- Technically
support the development and implementation of project monitoring and
evaluation processes that meet the basic monitoring and outcome reporting
requirements of the GHG program. - Work
in liaison with MEL team ensure that lessons learned are built into future
planning. - Prepare
periodic work plans and progress reports. - In
charge of preparing accurate and timely reports and other project
documentation and communication that contribute to a learning organization;
good understanding of DPMELC is essential.
4. Administrative
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate
with other Mercy Corps programs and local government bodies to ensure
coherent program implementation and to capitalize on business
opportunities in Mercy Corps’ target communities. - Carry
himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to
bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its mission. - Assists
in all other tasks and duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicant should preferably hold a Master’s Degree in Economics, Business
Administration, International Development or relevant field. - A
minimum of three years’ experience providing technical support to
agribusinesses, preferably in developing countries. - Prior
exposure and experience in MSME finance, value chain finance, access to
finance and technical assistance in inclusive finance. - Past
experience in Business Development Services, Business Strengthening and
Enterprise Development - The
successful candidate must have excellent technical and leadership
experience in areas such as; financial inclusion, business development
services, capacity building, creative and innovative solutions in
expanding access to finance, enterprise development, and market systems
development. - Prior
experience building public-private partnerships - Proven
project management skills. - Significant
experience in Value chain Analysis and Market systems Market development - Excellent
analytical and quantitative skills as well as familiarity with financial
accounting required; - Demonstrated
flexibility, creativity and enthusiasm as well as a willingness to learn
and to be continually adaptive within a dynamic and often self-directed
working environment - Demonstrated
capacity to generate and to translate innovative ideas into practical
development approaches as well as marketable investment proposals and
concepts. - Team
Management and excellent interpersonal skills (communication and ability
to work in multi culture teams) - Prior
experience working with USAID program - Excellent
written and oral communication skills.
Personal Competencies:
- Organizational
Learning: As part of our
commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding
that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to
the communities they serve – we expect all team members to commit 5% of
their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as
themselves. - Accountability
to Beneficiaries: Mercy
Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards
accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international
standards guiding international relief and development work, while
actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design,
monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates who wish to join USAID’s Mercy Corps GHG
Program should apply online by visiting the web link below.
qualified and interested candidates who wish to join USAID’s Mercy Corps GHG
Program should apply online by visiting the web link below.
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