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• Provide administrative support in drafting
  and editing supporting materials (CN, PRs, contracts) to ensure activities
  are implemented on time and within Mercy Corps’ systems
• Keenly track CN, PRs, contracts to ensure
  timely completion and payment
• Build a strong relationship with Finance
  and Operations team to create environment that is supportive and
  effective.
• Connect activities to advocacy work
  conducted by Governance team
• Ensure M&E learning including tracking
  and monitoring of key activities is achieved
• Ensure the 18-month workplan is achieved
  on time and on budget
• Continue to monitor BRACED’s previous
  activities, addressing any challenges that have arisen through capital
  grants
• Other assigned duties as outlined by
  Program Manager and Program Director

• Draft monthly and quarterly workplans with
  associated cash projections and procurement plans
• Record spending and cross check monthly to
  BVAs

• Manage market facilitation activities in
  the livestock and agriculture value chains, through activities such as
  trainings, input subsidies, information sharing and linkages
• Manage large scale agricultural input
  subsidy
• Scale up current climate smart agriculture
  activities, including permagardens, resilience design and sack gardens
  with households, schools and other stakeholders
• Ensure agriculture infrastructure build
  under BRACED is closely monitored, addressing any issues
• Manage Field Agents and ensure they are
  providing high quality support to community members in the areas of
  agriculture and livestock management and care

• Support M&E Officers and Learning
  Officers to help implement BRACED learning agenda
• Work in liaison with the Project Manager
  and M&E Officer to ensure monthly reports are accurate and completed
  online
• Ensure paperwork including distribution
  sheets, activity reports and weekly monitoring sheets are completed by all
  team members and submitted to M&E
• Responsible for updating PM@MC files with
  related sector documents

• Represent Mercy Corps at government,
  donor, NGO and other relevant events in the field, in close coordination
  with the Programme Director.
• Attend key events, committee meetings,
  seminars, etc. as they relate to resilience.

• Ensure close communication across cross
  country field teams and consortium members regarding program activities
  and plans, challenges and obstacles to timely and quality implementation.
• Coordinate with program, finance, and
  administration staff for troubleshooting and problem solving.

• The ideal candidate for the Mercy Corps
  Project Manager (Agriculture and Livestock) job placement should hold a
  Bachelor’s Degree in Development, Social Sciences, Law and Humanities
• A minimum of six years of technical and
  practical work experience in one of the required fields;
• Previous experience and proven track
  record in rural development and participatory methods (including
  participatory integrated development plans)
• Prior exposure and experience working with
  pastoral societies, including dealing with gender issues and complex
  social decision-making structures / conflicts.
• Knowledge of institutional and/or
  administrative aspects relevant to the land in Karamoja.
• Broad knowledge of various Communal land
  protection, land tenure security, rangeland management and collaborative
  land management and administration.
• Experience in organizational analysis and
  partner/project executing agency assessment.
• Experience in conflict sensitive programme
  design and monitoring.
• Ability to effectively land rights
  information to diverse audiences through a variety of media

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