Assistant Project Officer

• Professional experience with management in delivering community-facing technology solutions in a humanitarian context;

• Experience working with refugees in displacement settings and coordinating, implementing programmes;

• Strong experience in humanitarian coordination and interacting with and building partnerships and synergies with Government, UN agencies, NGOs and civil society organizations.

• Prior Experience working on issues of digital skills development and livelihoods desired

• Fluency in English with excellent drafting reports, budgeting and analytical skills is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

• Professional experience with management in delivering community-facing technology solutions in a humanitarian context;

• Experience working with refugees in displacement settings and coordinating, implementing programmes;

• Strong experience in humanitarian coordination and interacting with and building partnerships and synergies with Government, UN agencies, NGOs and civil society organizations.

• Prior Experience working on issues of digital skills development and livelihoods desired

• Fluency in English with excellent drafting reports, budgeting and analytical skills is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.

• Manage project implementation at the District/settlement level, including facilitating consultations with the Government representative and relevant partners; The contractor will:

• Ensure that 15 digital access and learning centres 2 are equipped and operationalized to support refugee and host communities with access to formal curriculum-aligned complementary learning; this will include of solar panel, tablets, computers, library, conferencing facilities etc.

• Conduct frequent field visits with relevant team members to monitor and follow up on activities implementation and assess community's interest and satisfaction (with special focus on girls}.

• Assist management in ensuring that activities are implemented effectively (aligned with project objectives} and efficiently (economically and timely}.

• Report on progress of activities and resources utilization.

• Contribute to the preparation of quarterly and annual progress report.

• Coordinate community engagement efforts, and work with local communities to identify proper outreach tools to ensure dissemination of information about the project activities to the local community, also to encourage community participation and engagement, particularly for girls.

• Pro-actively offer suggestions and advice to management regarding improvements in implementation and procedures.

• Collect success stories and lesson learnt to support UNHCR sections related to donor liaison, project development, and public information/press outreach for wide dissemination.

• Support joint advocacy and visibility activities of project achievements.

• Coordination and partnership

• Coordinate with all project parties and partners involved in project implementation at settlement level;

• Participate in forums held by local government entities, UN Agencies, NGOs, and other parties in the District and/or settlement to facilitate project implementation, create partnerships and ensure proper coordination and information sharing;

• 2Each position will cover only half of the locations. Kampala project will be under the Mbarara focal point. The two filed officers should coordinate together to ensure all 15 are equipped and operational in a timely manner.

• Maintain close relationship with key stakeholder at District and settlement level (state and nonstate) and ensure adequate information flow on related activities in coordination with the project manager.