Country: Uganda
Closing date: 28 Jan 2018
15 January 2018
Terms of Reference
Livelihood/Gender Officer
Duty Station:
This position is based in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement and will be providing support to the implementation of DRC Program. The job is field based with frequent movement within the project Area.
Position and Reporting Line:
The Livelihood / Gender Officer reports to the Area/Program Manager with a technical reporting line to the Livelihood Manager in Kampala.
General Objectives
The post refers to a trained DRC staff with vast knowledge of the contextual area of operation and responsible for the day to day operations in the beneficiary communities.
Specific tasks:
Coordination/ Representation
- Under the supervision of the Area/Program Manager, coordinate with stakeholders, all DRC livelihood/gender related linkages representing the organization within its internal guidelines/standards and those of donors/partners in the districts of jurisdiction.
- Attend and represent the interests of DRC in all Livelihood/Gender related meetings with the District Local Governments, lower local governments, and other stakeholders
- Actively coordinate within the jurisdiction of your responsibility
- Contribute and actively participate in internal and sector coordination meetings
Project development, implementation and reporting
- Contribute to concept and proposal development in the livelihood/gender thematic areas
- Contribute to the gap analysis in the areas of Livelihoods and contribute in the development of new thematic areas according to analysis
- Responsible for day to day activity implementation through efficient and effective ways
- Contribute to the design of capacity building syllabi and materials and effectively implement the trainings at all levels
- Manage the day-to-day livelihood activities, including activity finances while bearing in mind DRC’s/Donor financial regulations.
- Monitor and document DRC’s livelihood activities, ensuring all processes, results and lessons learnt are documented and shared within the sector and with Management
- Prepare/contribute to weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, donor and other reports in the area of livelihoods
Staff management
- Supervise and mentor Livelihood / Gender Assistants in the district of jurisdiction, providing hands-on and real time training to ensure growth and development in performance of the Assistants
- Uphold DRC’s code of conduct and principles of accountability. Provide technical and informed programmatic leadership for the livelihood staff members and community based mechanisms in Kiryandongo operational area as needed.
- Develop staff performance measurement and targets for staff under direct supervision and appraise them based on the set targets.
- Conduct daily field visits to support field staffs - mentoring - through technical back stopping and to train duty bearers
Logistics /Finance
- Monitor financial commitments and expenditures against budgets and provide timely feedback on budget follow ups.
- Plan and coordinate proactively logistics and movements of staff from and to different activity locations.
- Initiate procurements and ensure their timely execution
- Ensure the delivery of supplies in the right quantity and quality
- Contribute to grants management of all livelihood / Gender projects through management of day to day project expenditures with strict adherence to internal finance policies and donor guidelines
Required Qualifications and Experience
- At least 4 years experience working with community development and livelihoods, preferably in a refugee setting
- Ability to speak local languages
- Proven experience managing community dialogues and working directly with beneficiaries
- Desirable: experience working with or implementing UNHCR projects
How to apply:
Applications should be in English and include the following:
- A cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria and salary expectations.
Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about your qualification, relevant training courses, Work experience, name and contact details of 3 relevant references.
Please send your Cover letter, CV and Academic certificates by email to administrator@drcuganda.org by 28th January 2018 5:00pm clearly indicating position name in the subject line. We thank applicants for their interest in the position however; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted