Program Officer Livelihoods DRA

Program Officer Livelihoods DRA (Kiryandongo)

The Program Officer Livelihoods shall fulfil various duties and responsibilities while working closely with Livelihood Coordinator and Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Coordinator to create comprehensive Environmental action plans concerning resources, budgets and timeframe for the project. The Program Officer Livelihoods will ensure that, all deliverables related to clean energy, natural resources management assessments are delivered in a timely fashion and key lessons learned and best practices captured based specific environmental practices. The Program Officer (PO) provides ongoing implementation, monitoring & evaluation and reporting in regard to the execution of environmental; in particular, innovative energy clean activities and child protection. Activities will ensure children (and their care givers/families) in the refugee settlement regain access to safe living environments and are protected from harmful practices and abuse.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential:

• Degree level qualification in agriculture, economics, Environment Management, Community forestry, Forestry entrepreneurship and other related fields.

• At least 2 years’ experience in environmental/livelihoods programmes.

• Track record of supporting community based intervention through use of cash/vouchers

• Experience in delivering training to community based structures

• Performance and quality management of youth/women programmes.
• Experience in working with local NGO partners.
• Strong understanding of group dynamics and working with women in a rural setting.
• Experience in advocacy and promotion of clean energy products

Desirable

• Ability to influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to forge excellent relationships with communities, specifically women
• Experience in working with persons of disability
• A good understanding of best practices, techniques for achieving and sustaining positive environmental protection.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work as part of field team and successfully join up work with partner staffs.
• Excellent professional use of oral and written English.

The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Application closes on 5th February 2021 at midnight Uganda time.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents