World Education Inc. Bantwana Initiative Economic Strengthening Manager Jobs in Uganda

Job Summary

The Economic Strengthening Manager (ESM) supports and manages the technical implementation of the household economic strengthening (HES) across the four zones and 38 districts of the USAID ICYD Activity national program.

The Manager will lead the ES capacity development of the 4 PLP partners working closely with other technical leads to ensure an integrated service delivery approach.

The Manager will provide technical support to translate household economic strengthening plans into activities, outputs, outcomes that ensure children and families are thriving and resilient.

The Manager will operate out of the national Kampala office and work with zonal teams.

]Specific Responsibilities and Duties]

Major

● Lead the development of tailored economic strengthening packages for beneficiary adolescents and families Responsibilities

● Recommend and support refinement of training materials, ES assessments, and processes to measure progress along the economic strengthening pathway aligned with Graduation benchmarks

● Provide technical oversight for the implementation of all economic strengthening activities with zonal teams and PLPs

● Support development of technical capacity development activities/supports in tandem with the technical teams and institutional development team

● Monitor implementation fidelity of economic strengthening models in PLPs

● Monitor all technical support in livelihood interventions, provided by technical experts to partner organizations

● Analyze and monitor trends, opportunities and challenges related to market linkages and economic strengthening to continuously refine and improve intervention strategies

● Serve as liaison and maintain good relations with the economic strengthening relevant government ministries and technical partners

● Collaborate with the Economic Growth section of USAID and for synergies across their sector programs

● Supervise and manage economic strengthening subcontracting agencies and technical consultancies

● Contribute to documentation of project activities and achievements related to economic strengthening

● Support zonal teams to conduct

site visits and spot checks to district activity locations to monitor implementation of economic strengthening activities

● Liaise with the M&E team in tracking and reporting related targets

● Compile quarterly and annual progress reports and develops other strategic documentation

● Keep abreast with, integrate or document emerging best practices in market linkages and economic strengthening for vulnerable households and AGYW

● Network and represent the project at various forums/stakeholders meetings

Job Specifications Qualifications and Education Requirements

● Advanced degree in a Social Science, Economics or first degree plus a minimum of 5 years relevant working experience

● Substantial experience in stakeholder engagement with government donors, civil society at senior levels of authority

● In-depth knowledge of positive youth development, adult and adolescent learning, and workforce development

● At least five years’ experience in working with vulnerable young people in economic strengthening initiatives, in areas such as small-scale crop and livestock production, value-chain development, business development,
entrepreneurship, financial services

● Experience working under PEPFAR/USAID ES programming preferred

● Familiarity with SAVIX management systems and comfortable with analyzing data

● Working knowledge of excel and/or other data analysis programs

● Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills

● Ability to work independently, take initiative and leadership

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; World Education Inc. Bantwana Initiative Economic Strengthening Manager Jobs in Uganda

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