Food for the Hungry Business Development Coordinator Jobs in Uganda

Food for the Hungry Business Development Coordinator Jobs in Uganda

Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, United States of America and Japan.

FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. FH promotes practice of performance, accountability, and risk management in line with FH’s “Transforming Field Experience(TFE)” re-imagination initiative.

In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.

FH Culture:

All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success.

For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values.

External Vacancy Announcement

FH/Uganda is actively seeking for qualified candidates committed to its Heartbeat and Corporate Strategy to fill the career opening below on a rolling basis;

Position Type: Full Time National Staff

Location: Kampala

Number of Positions: 01

Reports to: Country Director

Contract Length: 2 year (Fixed)

Start Date: December, 2022

Job Summary

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Country Director (CD), this role will be part of the Business Development Team. The BDC is responsible for overall leadership in developing and executing strategies for grant acquisition goals in line with Food for the Hungry Uganda’s (FHU) vision and purpose.

Will also promote organizational growth and portfolio diversification and contribute to strategy development, donor cultivation, relations whilst positioning FHU as a partner of choice in both development and humanitarian assistance in Uganda.

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Result #1: Resource Mobilization (30%)

Key Result #2: Strategic partnerships development for business acquisition and growth (20%)

Key Result #3: Proposal Development and Leadership (30%)

Key Result #4: Build FH’s visibility and strengthen the organization’s brand (20%)

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in Internal relations, business development, development studies/social sciences.

Master’s degree in development studies/Social science, Organizational development, Business Administration, project management preferred.

Typically, 6+ years of experience in resource mobilization, marketing and communication.

USAID, UN, EU grant writing is an added advantage.

Non-profit ministry experience is a plus.

Program leadership experience that includes risk and compliance management, financial, and opportunity development

Excellent verbal and written English.

Good presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate and positively influence

How to Apply

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to:

The Human Resources Manager, Food for the Hungry Uganda Email: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.org not later than Friday 25th November, 2022 at 4:30pm.

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