DAI

Access to Finance Senior Specialist job Post

Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: UGX

No. of vacancies: 01

Deadline: 22 August 2024

Hiring Organization: DAI

Job Details:

PROJECT BACKGROUND:
The USAID Feed the Future Uganda Water and Food Systems (WFS) Activity is a five-year activity (2023-2028) implemented by the Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI Global ELC) as a lead partner with funding from USAID Feed the Future in partnership with Catholic Relief Services, Stantec, Market Share Associates, and the International Water Management Institute. The Activity aims to inclusively and equitably improve food and water security in the Kyoga Basin in northeastern Uganda, specifically three watersheds - Lokok, Awoja, and Lokere, by empowering individuals and communities to mitigate and adapt to shocks and stressors in order to improve livelihoods, maintain nutrition and health wellbeing, address drivers of conflict, and reduce reliance on humanitarian assistance.
The activity aims therefore to achieve results under the following development objectives: 1. Improve water supply and integrated water resource management.
2. Increase equitable access to sanitation and hygiene services for households and schools.
3. Improved agriculture-based livelihoods.
4. Increased consumption of nutritious foods among women and children.
5. Expanded access to financial resources for women, men, youth, indigenous people, and marginalized groups.
6. Improve local capacity to manage shocks and stressors.

The Access to Finance Senior Specialist will have a key role in leading the desig implementation, adaptation, reporting, and learning of all Result 5 (Expanded access to financial resources for women, men, youth, indigenous people, and marginalized groups) interventions, as well as advise other technical personnel on relevant cross-cutting interventions with the other project Result Areas. The Access to Finance Senior Specialist reports to the Agriculture and Livelihoods Lead.

Job Requirements:
• Advanced degree Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accountancy, Development Studies, or related field with at least 9 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience with USAID or donor-funded water-related programs in Uganda preferred. Demonstrated skills working in the technical areas of access to finance opportunities and constraints in Uganda and knowledge of Uganda business and economic environment, preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in training and capacity building of financial services providers with excellent knowledge of USAID rules and regulations.
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with local counterparts, grantees, USAID, international donors, private sector partners, and other key stakeholders.
• Professional proficiency in English is required, and proficiency in local languages is preferred