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• Promote the use of modern farming practice and techniques through
  training, advising farmers, farm visits and demonstrations so as to
  transform targeted families from subsistence to commercial farmers in line
  with GoU policy.
• Participatory selection of beneficiaries, prioritization of cash for
  work activities, life skills awareness raising, and capacity building of
  the groups.
• Promote Resilience and Livelihoods programme model for faster
  adoption of improved farming technologies towards building secure
  livelihoods for the marginal poor.
• Participate in Resilience and Livelihood planning, budgeting,
  implementation and monitoring of progress.
• Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during
  planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.

• Identify project beneficiaries in collaboration with Local
  structures and in accordance with the laid down guidelines/rules and
  timeframe.
• Coordinate project activities with sub-county authorities,
  government extension agents and other partners at community level.
• Ensure Small holder farmers’ groups are mobilized, organized and
  strengthened into strong business groups/ for bulk purchase of inputs,
  value addition, bulking and collective marketing of produce
• Develop the farmer’s capacity to improve production and productivity
  of selected enterprises of desired quality

• Document and maintain records pertaining to training, production
  activities forward issues to management for decisions and appropriate
  action in line with WVU policies.
• Write up accurate and timely reports pertaining to all planned
  activities in the required format and submit to the Livelihood
  Officer/Project Coordinator
• Ensure Care givers/Foster parents of unaccompanied Refugee children
  are members of farmer business groups/cooperatives and are accessing
  business developments services.
• Participate in monthly / quarterly reflection meetings with Child
  Monitors and guardians/parents and child protection committees to address
  findings from monitoring.

• Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents
  in line with child protection policy and guidelines.
• Work closely with local leaders to protect children from child
  violations and abuses
• Sensitize children including most vulnerable, guardians/parents and
  other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.

• The ideal candidate for the World Vision Livelihood Assistant job
  opportunity must hold a diploma in agriculture or agribusiness or forestry
  or any other relevant discipline.
• One to two years of experience in community work and engagement
  Agricultural, Economic Development and Livelihood is and added advantage
• Experience of the local context of West Nile is an added advantage
• Experience in Cash for Work, Entrepreneurship, micro finance and
  strong agribusiness skills
• Outstanding knowledge of facilitation/training skills and process
  skills
• Computer literacy skills
• Good writing and reporting skills
• Excellent networking and influencing skills
• Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s) is and added
  advantage
• Passion for children.
• Track record demonstrating high integrity, reliability and
  dependable
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

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