UNHCR Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs

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UNHCR Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

UNHCR Uganda looking for “Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer”.

Applicants with a degree in Advanced University degree may apply on or before November 28, 2023.

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to complete our work and then disband.

The UNHCR has published a job vacancy announcement on November 16, 2023 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer to be based in Kampala, Uganda.

UNHCR Job Vacancy 2023

Duties

– Facilitate the economic inclusion of refugees in coordination with relevant external partners such as line ministries, private sector and development actors in accordance with UNHCR Global and Country level policies, priorities, and strategies, in particular the Global Compact on Refugees.
– Strengthen partnerships with relevant stakeholders to enhance economic inclusion of UNHCR POC. This includes advocating with public and private sector services providers to include UNHCR POC in supporting services (business development, micro-finance, training, saving accounts, poverty alleviation and social protection, etc.).
– Build on UNHCR databases to support regular information sharing and coordination among different humanitarian, developmental and governmental stakeholders. This includes supporting the implementation of socioeconomic and wealth ranking surveys to inform targeting, monitoring and facilitation of development programmes.
– Conduct necessary assessments in collaboration with relevant private and public stakeholders, including impact assessments on local economies and surveys that help to identify investment and funding opportunities that enhance the economic inclusion of UNHCR POC.
– Work with economic development agencies to help adapt their programmes to become inclusive of UNHCR POC and with the private sector to enhance inclusion of UNHCR POC in their labour force and supply chains.
– In case UNHCR is implementing specific livelihoods activities, strengthen, guide and monitor the livelihoods interventions to help ensure they are market-based, and that the role of UNHCR has been strategically determined in consideration of its comparative advantage vis-à-vis other partners.
– Perform other related duties as required.

Position in Organization:

Full time
Posted Yesterday
job requisition id: JR2330061
Location: Kampala, Uganda

Qualification:

6 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 5 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 4 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree.
At least six (6) years of demonstrated experience leading and coordinating the Livelihoods and economic Inclusion sector and activities and partners in varied field contexts
Experience in working in partnership with private sector, NGOs, UN organisations, development actors, and government authorities
Technical Competency and experience in business development services; financial inclusion; agriculture and food security; vocational and technical education and training, etc
Experience in facilitating the economic and financial inclusion of refugees in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders including the private sector.
Knowledge of entrepreneurship building, cash assistance, community contracting, employment services, microfinance, safety net programmes linked to access to employment and self-employment programme
Experience in developing partnership with the private sector companies and/or business organizations
Excellent concept and proposal writing and presentation skills
Knowledge of current approaches and developments in the livelihoods sector, including broader UN processes on the SDGs and the Global Compact on Refugees.

Functional Skills

CO-Drafting and Documentation
MG-Project Management
SO-Networking
LV-Livelihood Project Development and Implementation
LV-Microfinance and Banking sector analysis
MG-Management Planning
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.