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06 Field Officer job Posts
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 06
Deadline: 31 October 2024
Hiring Organization: Swisscontact
Job Details:
Swisscontact – the Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation, is an independent non-profit foundation based in Zürich, founded in 1959 by leading figures from the Swiss private sector and Swiss universities. It is exclusively involved in international development, active in 41 countries with 133 programs and more than 1,300 staff members. At the heart of all Swisscontact’s work stands the private sector and its crucial role in achieving more inclusive economic growth.
Our development work focuses on unleashing the potential of private initiatives in developing and emerging countries. We foster sustainable and inclusive economic development with the objective of improving living standards, creating jobs, and bettering the quality of life for all people. Our involvement is based on three foundational pillars: We strengthen the competitiveness of individuals so they can improve their opportunities for employment; we enhance the competitiveness of companies to help them grow; and we promote socio-economic systems that favour comprehensive development in the affected regions.
Swisscontact has been operating in Uganda for more than 25 years, establishing its office in the country in April 1998. Building on the wider organization’s regional and global experience, Swisscontact in Uganda strives to support local areas of focus, including skills development, sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship, and trade.
Swisscontact is currently recruiting for key positions for an anticipated project in Uganda under
sustainable agriculture thematic area. The project is expected to be funded by funded by ENABEL-Belgian Development Agency and European Union. The project's ambition is to transform Uganda’s horticultural sector into a driver of sustainable economic growth, particularly for young men and women in rural areas.
It aims to create employment and economic opportunities, with a special focus on green jobs, improve livelihoods, and enhance the economic resilience of 1,600 young Ugandans by facilitating their participation in both on-farm and off-farm activities along selected horticultural value chains.
We are looking for a motivated candidate to fill the role of a Field Facilitator for an anticipated ENABEL funded project. S/he will play an important role in supporting the project’s implementation strategies using market facilitative approach.
Position title: Field Officer (6 positions)
Position type: Staff
Starting date: November 2024
Contract duration: 2 years with possible renewal
Place of duty: Busoga (2 positions), Kampala (2 positions), and Rwenzori/Albertine (2 positions), Uganda
Reports to: Intervention Manager
Purpose
The field facilitator position will support the Intervention Manager in implementation of WeWork project and will be based in the field locations. S/he is a key technical member of the project implementation team and will work directly with the supported businesses and young entrepreneurs in the horticultural value chain.
WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK
Date Posted: 2024-09-30
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