Livelihood and Resilience Specialist at Food for the Hungry

Food for the Hungry (FH) is a Christian international relief and development organization with a vision to end all forms of poverty. FH globally currently has programs in 26 countries and support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, South Korea, United States of America and Japan. FH that has been working in Uganda since 1989, with its head office in Kampala and operations in the districts of; Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, 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/Uganda is actively seeking for qualified candidates who is committed to its Heartbeat and Corporate Strategy to fill the career openings of;
Job title: Livelihood and Resilience Specialist
Position type: Full Time National Staff
Location: Kampala Office
Reports to: Business Development
Contract length: 2 years (Fixed contract) fixed term depending on performance and availability of funding
Start Date: immediate

Position Summary:
The Livelihood and Resilience Specialist is a full member of the Business Development Team. S/he will oversee the development of a strategic resilience- building initiative in Uganda. Under the supervision of the Business Development Manager, the L&R Specialist will be responsible for Contextualizing and aligning the Livelihoods and Resilience strategies to the required FH and Government standard, resource development, program design. representation, monitoring, and training the staff for the appropriate implementation of the sectoral strategies and modules. The Livelihoods and resilience Specialist will identify specific growth opportunities for resilient programs and support the realization of the FH 2021 strategic priority. And integration of resilience in key sectors and cross—cutting thematic areas, such as agricultural systems, rural livelihoods, and economic recovery for refugees including digital Cash Transfer interventions; nutrition and food security; natural resource management and climate change adaptation; peace building; and gender and social inclusion. .

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Result 1: Livelihoods and Resilience strategy development (20%)
Key Result 2: Proposal development and Acquisition (35%) ‘
Key Result 3: Program Quality and impact (20%)
Key Result 4: Networking and External Engagement with technical working groups, donors, potential partners (15%)
Key Result 5: Capacity Building and staff development (10%)
Note: Percentages are approximate and other duties may be assigned.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
• Master’s degree in Agriculture, International Development, Rural Development, Business Administration, Economics, Management, Humanitarian Response. A post-graduate diploma in Project Planning and Management is an added advantage.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant work experience in Livelihoods and Resilience including cash transfers, climate change adaptation, and market interventions. Additional experience in early recovery and/or emergency programming with refugees and host communities and digital technology is a plus.
• Thorough understanding of resilience thinking and systems approaches required. Demonstrated experience with the application of a resilience approach within the humanitarian-development nexus preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and/or facilitating complex multi-sectoral assessment design processes and translating analysis into resilience program approaches.
• Proven leadership and strategic planning capabilities with demonstrated budget management ability.
• Knowledge and experience of market analysis private sector engagement, and livelihoods, and DRR mapping and assessments.
• Knowledge of all regulatory, contractual. legal, and financial compliance requirements associated with international donor funding.
• Willingness to travel to the field and occasionally at field sites with rustic conditions and various levels of privation.
• Good Office Suite skills and experience with ICT-based livelihoods solutions a plus
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers’ clients, customers, and the general public.
• Designs the monitoring and evaluation tools considering the requirements and criteria for each sector and project.

Method of Application

The Job openings will be filled on rolling basis. Employment with FH offers an attractive package which includes; a good salary commensurate to one‘s role, a good medical insurance package for staff and dependents, provident fund, GPA and provision for other statutory requirements.
Safeguarding & Protection Clause:
FH strives to provide an environment free from Sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and Fraud in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against Sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and Fraud. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat, Anti -Fraud, Safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.
Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Food for the Hungry Safeguarding, Anti-Fraud & HR policy. In line with this we will request information from applicants‘ previous employers about any findings of fraud, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
FHU is an equal opportunity employer. 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 14th May, 2021 at 4:30pm.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from FH by 28th May, 2021. FHU has policies including a child protection policy that every staff is required to sign.

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