SOS Children’s Villages Programme Officer (Economic Empowerment) – Mayuge Jobs in Uganda

SOS Children’s Villages Programme Officer (Economic Empowerment) – Mayuge Jobs in Uganda

Job Summary

The Programme Officer is responsible for building the economic capacities of FSP supported families,
communities and duty bearers to effectively increase income at both community and household level to enable community member appropriately meet children’s basic needs.

To sustain our impact, the officer will work in collaboration with local authorities and other service providers, enabling children who are at risk of losing the care of their families to grown within a caring family environment.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

Programme Participation and Implementation of Set Plans

Facilitate the formation and development of Community Economic Empowerment Task Force to
spearhead the programme;

Organize and Facilitate training of Community Economic Empowerment Task Force on economic
vulnerability assessment and work with them to develop durable actions to address the situation
both at family and community levels.

Support Community Economic Empowerment Task Forces in the identification of programme
participants.

Ensure community members access economic empowerment services from the established
Community Economic Empowerment Hubs

Support Economically Vulnerable Household to access income generation interventions to
eventually increase household income.

Ensure economically empowered Household and communities provide appropriate care to
children.

Link care givers operating businesses to market opportunities and value chain.

Ensure Value addition to all products to enable program target beneficiaries to earn more profits.

Facilitate active participation of children in all FSP processes

Facilitate the identification and training of community facilitators in Family Development Planning.

Support the formation of loans and saving associations and build communities ‘capacity on their operationalization.

Ensure sustainability of established economic empowerment interventions

Facilitate and support the timely implementation of programme plans as per the approved annual plans and Budgets;

Facilitate families’ access to essential services required to fulfill their children’s developmental needs and rights

Ensure the realistic mainstreaming of Green economy and GBV in all our works.

Programme Planning and Budgeting

Vividly Participate in periodic project planning and budgeting including timely planning for project activities.

Support Community Economic Empowerment Task Force, families and communities in the
assessment of root causes leading to economic vulnerability at family and community levels
through use of appropriate participatory tools.

Support the preparation of individualized family development plans.

Support the preparation of community development plans

Facilitate the planning of ensuring gender balance in decision-making and in all programme
processes for all economic empowerment actions.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Facilitate participatory monitoring and evaluation of the programme interventions.

Organize and facilitate regular project reviews with

Community Family Development Planning
Facilitators and other service providers on FSP.

Carry out regular home visits to families on the programme and write home visit reports.

Carry out regular visits to CBOs, family support groups and other partners in the respective community for timely and relevant programme support

Work closely with the M&E officers to timely update SOS CV Program Data Base.

Work closely with the M&E team to analyze data and make meaning out of it to inform future
decisions

Participate in the development of realistic project tool and facilitate their utilization

Reporting and Documentation

Prepare and submit timely progress reports to the Project Coordinator on programme interventions.

Ensuring that relevant community development structures have documented programme processes.

Timely documentation of the project progress including periodic change/ success stories, lesson
learned, recommendation and challenges throughout the project life.

Required Qualification, Experience and Competencies

Bachelor’s Degree in, Economics, Business administration, Development studies, social
sciences, social work and any other relevant field largely biased to community economic development.

Training certificates in Economic strengthening, Child protection, GBV case management etc.

Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in development work with a bias in the field of Community and Household Economic Empowerment

How to Apply

If you believe you are the right candidate for this position, only electronic application are accepted.

Please send your application letter, detailed curriculum vitae (CV), and photocopies of academic
certificates, and names and contact details of three traceable referees to the address below to reach not later than Friday, 18th November 2022

To The Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development
SOS Children’s Villages Uganda
Plot 53 Ntinda II Road
Kampala, Uganda

All Applications must be sent electronically as one Single PDF Document not exceeding eight
pages to: jobs@sosuganda.org

Applications that are late, do not have CV or certificates or exceeds eight pages or electronically submitted as images will be disqualified.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

For more information and job application details, see: SOS Children’s Villages Programme Officer (Economic Empowerment) – Mayuge Jobs in Uganda

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