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Job Title:   Economic Empowerment Officer

Organisation: PACHEDO FOUNDATION

Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Start Date:  Immediate

Contract Length: One year renewable.

About US:

PACHEDO FOUNDATION is a development organization duly registered as an NGO with Uganda NGO bureau and has been working in Uganda since 2007. PACHEDO FOUNDATION is operational in the Districts of Gulu, Lamwo, Amuru, Adjumani, Yumbe, Terego and Kole Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Health/Nutrition, Protection; Food Security and Livelihoods; and climate change/Disaster Risk Reduction. The overall goal of the organisation is responding to humanitarian emergencies and development needs

Job Summary:  The Economic Empowerment Officer will be expected to support the enhancement of safe, sustainable and dignified livelihoods and income for vulnerable women and girls affected by GBV, displacement, through economic empowerment. This staff will be responsible for implementation of activities of the project. He/she will work very closely with the community structures including Women Rights Advocacy groups, SASA Activists, Role model men, RWCs, CBTs, Parish chiefs, LC1 and the project beneficiaries. He/she will always update the management through the Project Coordinator about the progress of the project and will provide project activity reports as per the reporting schedules and work plans.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Project planning

• Identify and adopt appropriate strategies for project implementation
• Prepare periodic project specific activity implementation work plans and budgets to guide implementation
• Identify the different project stakeholders to mainstream Gender in all livelihood activities.
• Support the project coordinator in organizing review meetings with the project beneficiaries and other structures.

Project implementation

• Mobilize project Beneficiaries for implementation of activities.
• Conduct refresher training for right holder’s groups on VSLA methodology, business and entrepreneurship skills, and encouraging women to save, borrow to self finance their innovative micro enterprises and value addition.
• Support self help groups to verify and select the micro and value addition enterprises.
• Conduct Market and financial institutions linkages.
• Facilitate groups’ registration at the sub-county and district.
  • Support documentation of lessons and success stories.
  • Support VSLA activities for the beneficiary groups.
  • Prepare activity reports in timely manner and submit to the immediate supervisor.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Support MEAL Officer to map the self help groups, conduct household assessment (administer VAT& NAT) to all the 20 selected groups.
  • Conduct routine monitoring visits with the project coordinator and M&E officer to check progress of the project.
  • Support the project coordinator in organizing project review meetings.
  • Develop and disseminate lessons, good practices and success stories for the project
  • Participate in project evaluation whenever necessary.

Reporting and communication

• Ensure that the project coordinator is regularly updated about the progress of all activities through regular project briefing and meetings.
• Prepare and provide accurate and timely project activity reports
• Take on any other work-related duties as assigned/given by the supervisor or any other member of the senior management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields of Entrepreneurship, Agri Business, Development studies.
• Post graduate qualification in Agri-business will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of the area of operation is an asset.
• Competence in work related experience in SGBV is a must
• The person should be passionate about women and girls’ issues and working with the same
• Competence in computer applications (MS Office and email)
• Highly motivated with desire to work with disadvantaged women and girls
• Ability to manage stress and conduct multiple activities and engagements
• Ability to ride a motorcycle with a valid riding permit

OUR BELIEFS: PACHEDO’s values are very important to us as an employer and they are also very important to our employees. All prospective employees should take some time to carefully consider our values and how they fit with your own personal values before attending interview with PACHEDO. And therefore seeks to employ those who believe, as we do, that vulnerable people themselves can and will play a key role in achieving long-term prosperity and who seek to deliver on those beliefs by: being experts in what we do, being creative with new and old solutions and sharing knowledge with others.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting only electronic copies of not more than 2MB of a cover  letter, a detailed CV (max 3 pages)containing contact details including active telephone numbers of three reference persons of which two must be professional referees, that includes your supervisor of the most recent/previous employer, and copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, by e-mail to office@pachedo.org Please kindly indicate clearly on the application subject line the position applied for. Applications must be addressed to;

The Human Resource Manager,

PACHEDO,

P.O Box 692 Gulu. Uganda

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from PACHEDO in one month’s time after the deadline.

Deadline: 9^th October 2023

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