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UNHCR Assistant Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer Jobs 2024 – Uganda NGO Jobs.
UNHCR Uganda looking for “Assistant Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer”.
Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before February 29, 2024.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a UN agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
The UNHCR has published a job vacancy announcement on February 23, 2024 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Assistant Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
UNHCR Job Vacancy 2024
Purpose and Scope of Assignment
UNHCR requires a Assistant Livelihoods Specialist to strengthen the MGLSD’s technical capacity to rollout the JLIRP and steer its implementation in collaboration with relevant Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, UN agencies, Development Partners, Local and International NGOs, the private sector, and the refugee Livelihoods and Resilience Sector Working Group (LRSWG). The Assistant Livelihoods Specialist at the JLRIP secretariat will strengthen JLRIP’s coordination and support the integration of the plan into national and district-level development plans and priorities. He/she will also monitor the implementation of the plan and strengthen linkages and collaboration with the LRSWG and settlement-level coordination structures. The specific roles and responsibilities of the Assistant Livelihood Specialist include but not limited to:
- Facilitating the development of Annual plans for the JLIRP in consultation with staff at MGLSD
- Organizing quarterly meetings of the National Steering Committee of the JLIRP and follow up on agreed actions.
- Collaborating with the LRSWG and its thematic coordination structures.
- Exploring entry points to enhance the legal, policy, regulatory, and administrative environment for economic inclusion of refugees and host communities.
- Organizing workshops and systemic engagements to integrate the JLIRP into sectoral priorities and district development plans and budgets.
- Establishing a robust stakeholder engagement and partnership mechanism to enhance collaboration for implementation of the JLRIP.
- In collaboration with UNHCR, other UN agencies, and the LRSWG, undertake a comprehensive analysis of sector performance and monitor the implementation of the JLIRP. Qualifications and Experience
- Master’s degree or equivalent in development, human rights, Law, gender equality, social sciences or other related areas.
Position in Organization:
- Position: Assistant Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer
- Posted Today
- job requisition id: JR2436942
- Location: Kampala, Uganda
Qualification:
- 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree.
Essential
- Experience in facilitating the economic inclusion of vulnerable and marginalized groups in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, ideally in varied field contexts.
- Experience in working in partnership with private sector, NGOs, UN organisations, development actors, and government authorities in sub-sectors relevant to livelihood programming e.g. financial inclusion, employment, entrepreneurship, private sector development, local economic development, poverty reduction, agriculture, livestock, vocational and technical education and training, etc.
Desirable
- Knowledge about latest development in the livelihoods sector, including broader UN processes on the SDGs and the Global Compact on Refugees.
How to Apply UNHCR Assistant Livelihood and Economic Inclusion Officer Jobs 2024
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/AWF115-Livelihood-Economic-Inclusion-_JR2436942?locationCountry=db69e6f2446c11de98360015c5e6daf6
The Closing Date: February 29, 2024.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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