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Assistant Project Officer job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 20 March 2024
Hiring Organization: UNHCR
Job Details:
General Background
(Brief description of national sector-specifics or other relevant context in which the individual contractor will operate)
Uganda continues to be Africa's largest refugee hosting country with over 1,5 million refugees from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia, Rwanda and Burundi. Children make up 59% of the population while women and children account for 81% of the population. The vast majority 94% lives in settlements alongside the local communities, located across thirteen districts, including 57% in northern Uganda or West Nile (Adjumani, Yumbe, Arua, Obongi, Lamwo and Koboko),24% in southwestern Uganda or South West (Kyegegwa, Kamwenge and lsingiro) and 13% in central Uganda or Mid-West (Kiryandongo and Kikuube). The remaining 6% of the refugee population lives in Kampala. Uganda's progressive refugee policy grants refugee's freedom of movement, the right to seek employment and establish businesses, and to access public services such as education, health care and justice.
Despite the positive policy environment, poverty remains high in both refugee and host communities. There are 8.3 million people in Uganda who are living in poverty with 84% of them living in rural areas. Amongst the refugee population, 91% of refugees are considered highly economically vulnerable, with refugees in West Nile having the highest level of economic vulnerability at 96% compared to those in the Southwest at 84%. The situation has been exacerbated by COVID-19 which has increased economic hardship, loss of livelihoods, competition over resources, idleness of youth, stress, and limited opportunities for interaction between and among communities.
In Uganda, 90 percent of households do not have internet access due to an underdeveloped Internet infrastructure and there is a gap in basic and advanced digital skills. Moreover, the Internet is unequally distributed with a 19.5 percent Internet penetration rate in urban areas compared to 7.1 percent in rural areas. Among refugees, digital access and even access to mobile phones is a challenge. To date, 68 percent of the refugee population have SIM cards, but often rely on cheap feature phones. For example, in the large Bidibidi settlement in northern Uganda 15 percent of men and only four percent of women own a smartphone.
Furthermore, only 24 percent of refugees in settlements have used the Internet and 17 percent are active Internet users. For 73 percent of refugees, the cost of an Internet-enabled device is the key barrier.
The digital economy can unlock new pathways for inclusive growth, innovation, decent job creation and poverty reduction in Africa and Uganda. The digital economy offers opportunities for young refugee and host community members to improve livelihoods, including access to digital training and education, Information Communications Technology (ICT) jobs, digital remote work (online outsourcing jobs), and better market connectivity for micro- small- and medium-enterprises. Despite the growth and spread of the digital economy in many parts of Africa, persistent inequalities, exacerbated further by COVID-19 impacts, pose significant challenges for economic inclusion and decent job creation.
Purpose and Scope of Assignment
(Concise and detailed description of activities, tasks and responsibilities to be undertaken, including expected travel, if applicable)
The Sub Office Mbarara is in dire need for an Assistant Project Officer, dedicated to the on-going PROSPECTS project activities in addition to the European Union - INTPA Programme a multi-sectoral multi-Partner project that commenced and only covers Southwest Operation.
WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK
Date Posted: 2024-03-14
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