About US:
Raising The Village International (RTV) is a Canadian non-profit organization which works in works with hard to reach “last-mile” villages in Uganda focused on ending extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of scarcity, nurturing income-generation activities and building local capacity, while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Project Officer works with RTV project partners, prospective villages, coordinates with third parties, and supports all aspects of project as follows:

Assessments and Data Collection:
Conduct the initial project visits for prospective visits
Complete the preliminary assessment report identifying key priorities of community members
Create the recommendations and content for discussion with team for project selection
Conduct the full community assessment and populate necessary data for design and load into Dropbox including;
Stakeholder Assessment
Risk and Issues document
Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
Logframe
Workplan
Budget
Project Viability Models and additional plans
Document key contact information of (LC3, LC1, CDO, and specific individuals)
Community mapping and needs prioritization
Conduct Household income surveys and village data surveys for Design and M&E Team
Complete photographs and sharing for data repository
Create 5 year plan community vision document
Conduct project review with the RPS, OM, NPO, and peer review for approval

Implementation and Facilitation:
On-going Management of Workplan and Budget
Selection of contractors and bids for sign-off by RPS
Management of infrastructure programs
Completion of training and facilitation programs
Implementation of programming
Implement community management and training
Monitor performance of programs and maintenance
Identification of risks and issues
Conduct on-going interviews of leadership and community on performance, participation, and perceptions
Track and review on-going financial reports and progress

Project Management and Expense Reporting: Project management reporting at weekly and monthly intervals:
Weekly Activities:
Report weekly plan of activities and key deliverables to RPS every Friday for coming week
Debrief with RPS on progress on specific tasks on Wednesday, and every Friday full project report (covering deliverables, key issues and risks, key activities in village)
Identify key issues and risks for projects during project reporting
Prepare Kisoro office accountability and ensure bi-weekly (by 14th and 28th) submission to head office of records and receipts.

KEY OUTPUTS: Weekly Report and Status Updates
Monthly Activities

Create forecasted monthly plan of activities as related to the project workplan on 3rd week of month
Provide RPS and with planned trips schedule, key activities to implement, key deliverables on 3rd week of month
Support the Programs Director as requested on project specific activities
Complete the preliminary assessments and data collection of progress for a project pipeline and on-going operation

KEY OUTPUTS: Monthly Forecast of Activities (Trips, Deliverables, Activities), Monthly Actuals Report, Preliminary Assessments and project specific activities.
Monitoring and Evaluation:

Project Officers support the M&E team in data collection, reporting and analysis providing feedback and commendations to RPS, and the programs team.
Quarterly and Annual Activities
Collect Monitoring and Evaluation data for M&E team on a regular and timely basis

KEY OUTPUTS: Project Monitoring and Evaluation Data Reporting

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Raising The Village is seeking a professional with 3 to 5+ years of work experience in community development programs, and a demonstrated long-term passion for community development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:

University Degree in Business, Economics, Community Development, or related fields
Fluent in local languages (Lufumbira/Lukiga)
Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Computer skills
Project management at a village level experience
Energetic and physically able to hike on high terrain, ability to travel 80% of time
Self-starter

Preferred Skills:
Organizes workload effectively while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
Accurately completes multiple tasks while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions,
available resources and multiple reporting relationships.
Strong training & facilitation skills.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written English, and team player
NB: For more information and full job descriptions, please visit our website: http://www.raisingthevillage.org/get-involved/openings/

How to Apply:
All qualified and interested candidates should send a letter of application and curriculum vitae including address, telephone contact and two references to: recruitment@raisingthevillage.org.

NB:
PDF documents are preferred, and include all relevant information in your letter or CV, no other documents will be forwarded to the hiring committee.
Please indicate your position of interest in your email or subject line.
Resumes received after the deadline will still be considered in a future round.

Deadline: Monday, 23rd January, 2017