USAID’s Integrated Community Agriculture and Nutrition Activity Field Officer Jobs in Uganda
USAID’s Integrated Community Agriculture and Nutrition Activity Field Officer Jobs in Uganda
Job Summary: The Field Officer will support the day to today implementation of USAID ICAN activities in the districts of Kotido or Kaabong.
The role shall involve, planning, implementation and reporting on progress to the program coordination consultant.
The successful candidate shall work with community-based structures such as Village Health Teams, Business Service Providers, Elder’s councils, Governance Champions and also provide oversight to other local civil social organizations engaged by USAID ICAN.
Specifically, it shall include the following;
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Prepare and submit timely plans for district of jurisdiction to the Program Coordinator.
Provide technical backstopping to community-based resource person engaged by ICAN in implementation of activities. The community resource persons shall include; VHTs, BSPs, governance champions and ere leaders.
In consultation with the Regional Team Lead and respective thematic area technical leads, monitor the day to day implementation of work done by private partners and other CSOs engaged by ICAN.
Identify technologies, practices, tools, equipment, and partners that have the greatest potential to improve the resilience capacities of the target households and communities.
Facilitate participatory disaster risk mapping; training of stakeholders on resilience; development of community resilience plans; monitoring of the implementation of resilience plans and Early Warning Systems strengthening of ICAN beneficiaries.
In consultation with the M&E Coordinator, ensure timely submission of all required data.
Ensure that BSPs, VHTs and Governance Champions understand and implement the ICAN activities as per approved approaches. The Field Officers shall provide regular updates on the functionality and effectiveness of this community resource persons on their day today implementation of activities.
Organize review meetings with community resource persons under area of jurisdiction to inform implementation progress, share lessons learnt and updates from management.
Provide accurate, effective and timely reports that closely track implementation of approved work plans.
Represent USAID ICAN in the relevant sub county meetings e.g. budget conferences and sub county disaster Management meetings.
Directly supervise and provide leadership to trainings of community groups at sub county level to ensure effective use of resources and successful targeting
of services to the beneficiary farmers.
Perform any other duties as assigned as assigned by the Program Coordinator.
Key Deliverables
Monthly and Quarterly reports
Weekly briefs to line manager
Weekly schedule of activities
Meeting minutes and briefs
Monthly M&E data files
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate for this vacancy should hold a relevant diploma or degree in areas to include; agriculture, business administration social work, nutrition, good governance, community psychology etc. In addition, Diploma holders should have Minimum of 3 years’ experience in community level development interventions while degree holders should have minimum of 1 years’ experience. Preference shall be those experience in the areas of food security, nutrition, good governance, market development and livelihoods in Karamoja region
Good leadership skills with ability to take personal initiatives to achieve results with minimal supervision. Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, and Power Point), Web Conferencing applications and information management systems.
Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively in an environment of cultural diversities.
Strong written and verbal communication skill
Possession of a valid riding permit is a must.
Practical ability to ride a motorcycle is A must.
Ability to communicate in the Ngakarimojong is a must
How to Apply:
All candidates should submit an updated CV and short cover letter outlining your suitability for the role, Academic documents and recommendation letter from your pastor, priest or religious leader. Please email your applications to
diocesan.developmentservicesnk@gmail.com with a reference “ICAN –Karamoja /Indicate position applied for”
Or Submit hand delivered applications to:
The Executive Director,
Diocesan Development Services – North Karamoja,
P.O. Box 26, Kotido. Uganda
Deadline: 14th August 2020
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