Project Officer - Livelihood

Project Officer – Livelihood (3) National Role

Country/Region: Uganda

Location: Kasese

Organization: Save the Children International

Join us to lead sustainable change for children:

• Be part of a GLOBAL and DIVERSE technical community
• Get EXPOSURE in many different contexts
• Test and scale up INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
• Influence policies that affect MILLIONS OF CHILDREN

OVERVIEW

Are you passionate about being an advocate for children? Do you want to use your expertise to bring about lasting change for children and be a part of an inspiring, dynamic global movement?

THE ROLE:

The job holder is primarily responsible for planning and ensuring quality and timely implementation of building the resilience of vulnerable households to impacts of shocks and disasters through improved income and food access within the designated district/ sub-counties. S/he is expected to implement the program in a manner that promotes integrated programming with other core programs of Livelihood and Nutrition and cross cutting themes such as gender, disability, child protection and rights programming. The Job Holder is also expected to liaise with implementing partners, provide input into resilience programme design, monitoring implementation progress; write reports, facilitate project implementation meetings and workshops and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in the district. He/she should implement the project in a manner that fosters networking and collaboration with local government officials, Sub-county stakeholders (i.e. Communities, local capacity meaningful active participation of children, accountability (internal and external to Save the Children).

The job holder may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Sounds interesting? Read more below

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Programme

Responsible for the implementation of Save the Children’s (SC’s) Food Security and Livelihood interventions (including nutrition sensitive livelihoods), ensuring that the highest technical standards are respected

• Liaise regularly with communities/sub-counties and work with the technical extension agents and village agents to build household capacity in managing risks in agriculture/livestock production
• Ensure the local government extension workers (Crops and Livestock staff) and village agents (where possible) on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for local adaptation are equipped with the right skills
• In close collaboration with community leaders, local government and village agents, mobilise households into small, localized producer organization for training and knowledge sharing:
• Ensure technical government extension workers provide periodic training and visits to farming households on CSA including water management, adaptation of farming technologies (selection and development of agriculture/livestock products), pest/parasites and disease management, micro-gardens among others including Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF) sessions for caregivers, mothers of U2
• Ensure provision of training on livestock husbandry, especially small ruminants, poultry and apiary to farmers
• Ensure stakeholders conduct participatory monitoring and evaluation of the climate change adaption plans developed prior to the training
• Facilitate the process of targeted farmers acquiring quality farm inputs
• Ensure establishment of strong and functional farmer’s producer organizations
• Facilitate private sector engagement for marketing services through training for farmers’ organizations to understand and analyze market opportunities
• Facilitate the strengthening of local agricultural financing systems of the community
• Train farming households in savings and credits as a means of improving financial management and investments in agriculture
• Strengthening capacity of Village Savings and Loans Associations and support their activities
• Facilitate the process of exchange visits for learning and experience sharing among farmers
• Ensure field days and graduations of farming households are conducted

Programme Support:

• With the Project Manager/Program Coordinators, finalize implementation plans for each project activity, and draft weekly and monthly work plans in line with the implementation plan
• With the support of the Project Manager/Program Coordinators, lead the implementation of FSN programme through local partners including identification, assessment, capacity building, monitoring
• Liaise regularly with communities/sub-counties and ensure community participation especially children, youth and women in all steps of project cycle, and grant acceptance of SC’s FSN programming
• Participate in training of FSN staff (coordinators, officers and assistants) to ensure they have solid understanding of key programme documents and tools, including MEAL tools
• Work with supply chain and programming staff to select service providers of livelihoods services including private sector providers and technical consultants.
• Produce timely reports for internal use on the status of on-going programming; and contribute to donor reporting

Programme Management:

• Identify institutional capacity building needs for partners and provide training materials to strengthen capacity to implement FSN enhancement activities in line with SC strategies.
• To coordinate all the project activities in the project sub-counties in Moroto as are provided in the project documents and budget
• To link and work with the District Local Governments with respect to district development plans
• Attend to food security working group meetings/ as will be called by the district
• Keep the district abreast with the progress of the project in the district

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

To be a strong supporter and advocate for children in this role you will need to have;

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, Environmental Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies or related field, or equivalent accrued working experience;
• Minimum of three years working experience in Disaster Risk Reduction, food security, and community-based adaptation, livelihoods and Nutrition programming in Uganda (preferably with an International NGO)
• Ability to speak the local language is of added advantage
• Extensive knowledge and experience in application of participatory tools and methodologies in programming
• Experience of working with local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added advantage
• Motorcycle Riding skills are a must
• Sound written and oral presentation skills
• Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team
• Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions
• Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must. Microsoft office especially word, spreadsheet (Excel) and other applications
• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Excellent time management and planning capacity

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document not exceeding 5mbs to https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.

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 October 06, 2026, 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.

OUR DIVERSITY BELIEF

Save the Children International is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We want our people to be truly representative of all sections of society. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, disabilities, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve our beneficiaries better. We are guided by our values in everything we do and recognise that being a diverse and inclusive employer helps us fulfil our responsibility to make a difference for children around the world.

Organization context

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 realise 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 www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.