DanChurchAid NGO Jobs in Yumbe Uganda - Financial Inclusion Officer Vacancies

DanChurchAid NGO Jobs in Yumbe Uganda - Financial Inclusion Officer Vacancies

DanChurchAid (DCA) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Financial Inclusion Officer in Yumbe, West Nile, Uganda.

Position Summary:

The Financial Inclusion Officer will work under the supervision of the Humanitarian Team Leader and will be based in Yumbe, West Nile.

S/he will have a broad range of tasks and responsibilities related to programs; design, monitoring and evaluation, partnerships’ creation, and support of field operations.

S/he will be responsible for supporting field operations with the screening and implementation of financial inclusion projects and partnerships; identifying new areas of work for DCA to promote access to finance for both refugees and host community members in West Nile; establish key partnerships with financial inclusion actors, in particular investors, financial service providers and specialized development agencies.

S/he will also ensure DCA representation in appropriate regional coordination mechanisms and networks.

S/he will promote awareness about the needs for access to finance for both refugees and host community members and disseminate findings of DCA work in this area by planning and delivering on a research agenda and writing/editing relevant communication pieces and papers as needs arise.

The Financial Inclusion Officer will champion program implementation at partner/ field level, while focusing on integration of financial inclusion as well as DCA’s transformative programming approaches to the other key components of the program i.e. agricultural production and market access, environment and energy as well as inclusive participation and decision making.

The job holder will directly work with partners on the ground and carry out capacity building of partner organizations and follow up implementation of field activities in as far as financial inclusion is concerned.

His/her responsibilities will focus on activity planning and implementation, organizational training needs assessment; training, mentoring and coaching, monitoring and assuring program quality, report writing, documentation of stories of change and reporting to the key prime partner organization under this program.

S/he will work closely with the Humanitarian Team Leader to ensure all targets are met, ensure high quality of work on the ground, identify and address programmatic and partner relations challenges and issues in timely and effectively manner.

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