Field Officer – Marketing, Advocacy and Value Addition Jobs –...
Ugandan Jobline
အလုပ်တည်နေရာ
Kampala
အလုပ်ခန့်သည့်ပုံစံ
အချိန်ပြည့်
အလုပ်ခေါ်စာအသေးစိတ်
Job Title:
Organization: Caritas
Kampala
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About US:
Caritas Uganda is
the Social Services and Development Commission of the Uganda Episcopal
Conference, a corporate body under the Trustees Incorporation Act. Founded in
0, Caritas Ugandas main function is in the areas of social services and
development, research and advocacy and organization coordination and
development with the main goal of poverty eradication, peace building, good governance,
and empowerment of the marginalized.
About Program:
Sustainable
Agriculture Programme (SAP) is one of the agriculture development programmes
promoted by Caritas Kampala (Social and Economic Development Department of
Kampala Archdiocese). This Programme employs an environmentally friendly
sustainable approach toward farming that promotes food security and increased
incomes but targeting the rural and peri urban sub counties of Kampala,
Wakiso and Mpigi districts. At Diocesan level, SAP targets over 1 farmer
households with an average size of 8 members (,) as direct beneficiaries
composed of Small holder farmers in Old category households, small
holder Medium category households and smallholder New Category.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Training farmer groups in Sustainable Agriculture, collective
marketing, FaaB
• Train farmer groups in lobby and advocacy skills
• Train and mentor group focal marketing persons in collective
marketing
• Networking and linking farmers to relevant markets within and
outside the country
• Network with likeminded stakeholders
• Carry out extension and follow up among beneficiaries
• Ability to organize events and people
• Be a focal person for the project on different fora / platforms
• Writing of reports
• Project proposal writing
• Develop proposals and coordinate with SAP networks in and outside
Uganda to raise resources from international funding/donor agencies for
livelihood promotion/ enhancement projects.
• Perform other duties as requested by the project Coordinator
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant must hold aBSC in Agriculture Economics, Agribusiness and Agriculture marketing related
discipline
• Three years of working experience with NGOs in implementation of
agriculture-related project including facilitation and fundraising
• Proven experience of working with agriculture marketing groups
• Experience in implementing sustainable agriculture projects is an
added advantage
• Basic skills in sustainable agriculture techniques
• Basic skills in value addition skills
• Have excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills
in English
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to develop public relations
and networking
• Be proficient in computing skills
• Be proficient in both written and oral English
• Ability to ride a motorcycle is mandatory
• Self motivated and Innovative
• Ability to work for long hours in field conditions with minimum
supervision
• Age: Below
years
