Job description Project Officer
Duty Station: Kikuube – Uganda
Reporting: Project Manager

General Duties:

The Project Officer is responsible for the operation and implementation of CSU Project produces documentation, and coordinates and disseminates information in support of the project. He will manage / coordinate the training, placement and see to their employment.

1. Identification and Mobilization
   • Identify and mobilize persons with disabilities in the refugee and host communities;
   • Oversee rehabilitation
   • Work with families to support their family members with Disabilities and raise awareness of disability issues;
   • Involve communities and Persons with Disabilities in the planning and implementation of community and project activities;
2. Placement and Training;
   • Conduct training needs assessment of beneficiaries in collaboration with the Project Manager and other field teams
   • Offer career guidance and enrolment
   • Identify and contact potential employers in public, private, NGO or the government sector and establish linkages for training, placement, apprenticeship, job shadowing working closely with the training officer.
   • Plan and organize various training programmes for beneficiaries on wage and self-employment either through the LRC or via external institutions – specifically catering to job-oriented courses
   • Develop inventory of resource institutions and resource persons to carry out various training in and out
   • Plan and organize training programmes – Pre-vocational and vocational training;
   • Work with the Project Manager and training institutes to adapt the trainings to meet the needs of beneficiaries with different backgrounds including disability, gender, youth, refugees among others
   • Develop and conduct life skills, basic IT skills and communication skill sessions for the
   beneficiaries.
   • Establish linkages with financial institutions, MFIs and government departments for training, placement, apprenticeship and job shadowing.
3. Employability:
   • Collect information on various livelihoods and career /job opportunities available in various sectors and create a database of the same.
   • Work with the project manager in employment profiling of each candidate and placement
   • Identify and contact potential employers in public, private, NGO or the government sector and establish linkages for training, placement, apprenticeship, job shadowing working closely with the training officer.
   • Refer trainees to suitable vacancies
   • Provide regular follow-up with candidates and employers to ensure successful placements.
   • Provide regular follow-up with self employed trainees and provide support as needed
   • Manage start-up and grants for trained persons with disabilities
   • Map and Identify existing social protection schemes and link them to Persons with Disabilities
   • Liaise with families of persons with disabilities to support transition from training to employment
4. Administration
   • Maintains the project’s pipeline of activities throughout the year, including tracking of allocation targets.
   • Files documents according to the required protocol.
   • Acts as gatekeeper of the project’s documents to ensure that key documents are available and accessible.
   • Using available resources and applications retrieves and aggregates project information in support of the project’s reporting requirements.
   • Generates and provides information as requested, often on an urgent basis, for both
   internal and external audiences.
   • Prepare and submit monthly progress report;
5. Safeguarding
   • Adhere to Safeguarding policies and related policies and standards
   • Identify, report and document cases of safeguarding
   • Creating awareness on Safeguarding and child protection for all beneficiaries and in the community.
   • Liaise with the safeguarding designate focal person on any emerging safeguarding issues.
   • Plan, integrate and implement safeguarding activities.
   • Follow up all cases of abuse as well as timely response and resolution of the cases of abuse.
   • Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time in the interest of the organization.

   QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
   (a) Bachelor’s degree in development studies, Social Sciences or related field.
   (b) Three (3) years of experience in community development.
   (c) Project M&E support and compile/review quality donor reports.

   PERSON SPECIFICATIONS:
   (i) Developing others
   (ii) Strong ethical standards and high levels of integrity
   (iii) Teamwork
   (iv) Self-management
   (v) Strategic networking
   (vi) Analytical
   (vii) Results orientated
   (viii) Managing resources

   Knowledge of the local language is desired
   • ** Significant experience of financial planning, management, control and reporting
   • Excellent written and spoken communication skills (English)
   • Computer literacy skills
   • Possess excellent interpersonal skills
   • Working knowledge of local language is desired