CARE International has been active in Uganda since 1969 and working in the country continuously since 1979, implementing a diverse portfolio of programs and projects ranging from emergency services to economic development and civil society building. Our current programming targets Women, Girls and youth as well as vulnerable groups such as the extreme poor, internally displaced people, children to provide assistance and opportunities for empowerment and sustainable development through addressing the underlying causes of poverty grounded on careful and thorough analysis of power relations between different groups in society and the local context in which they live and work. Our programming is guided by our core values of transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality and excellence.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- For planning, designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting the Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and Financial Linkages (FL) components of the project.
- S/he will design strategies for selecting new VSLAs, YSLAs, strengthening existing VSLAs, and linkages of mature VSLAs to formal financial institutions and other private sector institutions.
- The Coordinator will provide technical oversight in all capacity development interventions, needs assessment, mentorship and support supervision to partners on VSLAs and financial inclusion of the DINU project.
- The position holder will work with the Livelihood Specialist to build capacities of consortium members and relevant local government staff to promote successful delivery of the core aspects of the project.
- S/he will ensure periodic project reviews, documentation, and timely reporting. The position holder is expected to have in-depth understanding of the financial inclusion sector in Uganda and more specifically Karamoja region.
- S/he shall be a dynamic team player with strong technical skills in entrepreneurship and
- economic empowerment.
- S/he must be familiar with the plight of girls and the inherent social norms and traditions that tend to marginalise their economic capacity and capabilities.
- S/he must have a passion for youth and girls’ economic empowerment, promoting gender equality and diversity, engaging men and boys and curbing gender based violence.
- S/he will have strong mobilisation, networking and relationship building skills and familiar with working in various partnership frameworks at local Government and National levels.
- S/he will work closely with the livelihood specialist and SRH to strengthen coordination and team work.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Degree in micro finance, business administration, business development, adult or relevant Postgraduate qualification
- A minimum of five years of hands on professional experience in financial inclusion, community development work.
- Experience working in consortiums and large teams with multiple deliverables is desirable.
- Advanced knowledge and at least five years of proved practical experience technically supporting financial inclusion programs.
- Experience and skills in effectively delivering and supervising technical implementation of the DINU targeted financial inclusion interventions.
- Strong inter-personal communication and facilitation skills; sound judgment and decision-making skills.
- Ability to network, build relationships and establish collaboration with different partners, agencies local and international networks.
- Ability to link with community activists and social movements
- Knowledge and strong skills in M&E, report writing and documentation.
- Unshakable commitment to gender equality.
- Knowledge of languages used in the participating districts are considered an added value.
Method of Application
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit their application letters and most updated CVs including the names, day time telephone contact and email addresses of three work related referees through our recruitment email (ugarecruitment@care.org) Please indicate the job title in the email subject line.
Deadline: 24th March 2020