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Technoserve
Kampala, Uganda
Closing: May 31, 2022
7 days remainingPublished: May 23, 2022 (1 day ago)
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Education and Experience:
• Master’s Degree in forestry, or relevant natural resource management degree required.
• Minimum of three years relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of two years relevant field-based experience in agro-forestry.
• Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in agro-forestry (i.e. woodlots, bamboo value-chain, etc.), in additional to familiarity with principles of social cohesion and/or conflict management and mitigation. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.
• Experience in project design and proposal development. Experience in writing content for proposals.
• Knowledge of capacity strengthening best practices. • Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and analysis.
• Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles
Preferred Qualifications:
• Relevant technical experience in the context of refugee settlements and their host communities in Uganda.
• Experience working with stakeholders at various levels and strengthening community partnerships.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Strong relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings
• Good strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
• Good technical writing skills
• Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
• Proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented
Required/Desired Foreign Language: English fluency, including excellent oral and written skills, required
Travel Required: Must be willing and able to travel up to 70%.
Education and Experience:
• Master’s Degree in forestry, or relevant natural resource management degree required.
• Minimum of three years relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of two years relevant field-based experience in agro-forestry.
• Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in agro-forestry (i.e. woodlots, bamboo value-chain, etc.), in additional to familiarity with principles of social cohesion and/or conflict management and mitigation. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.
• Experience in project design and proposal development. Experience in writing content for proposals.
• Knowledge of capacity strengthening best practices. • Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and analysis.
• Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles
Preferred Qualifications:
• Relevant technical experience in the context of refugee settlements and their host communities in Uganda.
• Experience working with stakeholders at various levels and strengthening community partnerships.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Strong relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings
• Good strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
• Good technical writing skills
• Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
• Proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented
Required/Desired Foreign Language: English fluency, including excellent oral and written skills, required
Travel Required: Must be willing and able to travel up to 70%.
• Support the development and contribute to the implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools and best practices in agro-forestry and social cohesion that effectively engage partners, donors, and governments. Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction.
• Provide technical solutions to CP teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and M&E, helping to ensure high-quality implementation.
• Contribute to, and in some cases lead, the development of the technical design for proposals. Support the process of preparation, design, submission and approval of project concepts and full-fledged proposals. As needed, act as a technical writer on proposal development teams. Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities, and technical requirements into CRS’ approach.
• Support capacity strengthening initiatives in agro-forestry and social cohesion programming for staff and partner through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and coaching. • Collect and analyze program data, capture, and share lessons learned and best practices for specific projects to facilitate improvements in decision-making and contribute to the agro-forestry and social cohesion learning agenda.
• Contribute to maintaining relationships with donors, peer organizations, research, and other institutions, participate in forums in the area of agro-forestry and social cohesion to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work.
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