Uganda

Required training/degree (eliminatory on CV):
Master or Professional Bachelor’s Degree

• Agronomy/Bio-engineer
• Biology/Environment
• Educational Sciences

Required specific knowledge (eliminatory on CV):

Experience in working with illiterate/low literate groups and participatory approaches (3 months)

Preferred assets (not eliminatory on CV):

• Knowledge of or experience with agroecology and permaculture are real assets
• Farmer Field School methodologies and development of educational materials
• Have good skills in communication and documentation
• Be an open person, willing to learn and invest in expanding his/her own knowledge for the program
• Be culturally and gender sensitive
• Be open to a very practical working method in which he/she also gives trainings to staff and to farmers
• Have networking skills

Language skills:

• English: essential
• Dutch: is an asset but not necessar

You are younger than 31 and you want to give meaning to your talents?

The Junior Programme and the Belgian development agency (Enabel) offer you the opportunity to work for 1 to 2 years in a development project implemented by Enabel or one of 26  Belgian Non-Governmental Actors (NGAs) affiliated to the Junior Programme.

You are assigned to one of the 14 partner counties of the Belgian Development Cooperation and contribute actively to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through your field work you develop your competences, focus on innovation, experience local realities and help develop networks and partnerships.

We are looking for a junior Expert in Education in Agro-ecology for Broederlijk Delen:

In Northern Uganda’s Lango sub-region, Broederlijk Delen supports 5 partner organisations in their collective aim to increase food security and income of 13.780 households. The program focuses on production increase and farm resilience through agro-ecological agriculture and climate adaptation. It also aims to raise awareness about healthy food, a balanced diet and food stock management. The partners work toghether in this program with a collective approach, but all with their own expertise so they complement each other.

The main activities of the program are developing educational material on the farmers level regarding the 8 agro-ecological techniques, food stock management, healthy diets, etc. Training and guidance of farmers groups to improve agro-ecological understanding and practices in order to improve productivity and resilience of different selected crops, conservation and food stock management, training about healthy diets, etc.

The JE will guide and train the technical staff of the partners (gathered in the agro-ecology working group) and lead farmers to deepen their knowledge of the whole concept of agro-ecology, and develop educational modules and training for farmers to transfer this knowledge to farmers groups and bringing it into practice (upscaling) in order to be able to tackle the problems of unsustainable farming, degredation of land and inadequate post-harvest handling to improve farm resilience and food security (also after the support of the JE).

Discover the full job description here.

Interested?

If you fulfil the general admission conditions and the specific criteria of this job opening, please apply online until 23th September at 12:00 (noon - Brussels time).

Required training (Master or Professional Bachelor - eliminatory on CV) :

• Sociology/Anthropology/Social Work
• Educational Sciences
• Communication/Public relations/Journalism
• Development Studies

Necessary Professional Experience (internships included - eliminatory on CV) :

• Professional experience in communication (6 months)
• Professional experience in video shooting (3 months)

Preferred assets (not eliminatory on CV) :

• Certification/Experience in knowledge management or organizational learning
• Experience in Action research
• Background / Experience in one of the following sectors: institutional development, infrastructure, education (pedagogy, teacher training…),
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (excel, outlook, word, PowerPoint, Publisher) and internet
• Ability to produce a wide range of communication materials, including PowerPoint presentations, document layouts for both web and print.

Language skills :

• English: essential (excellent verbal and written skills)

You are younger than 31 and you want to give meaning to your talents!

The Junior Programme and the Belgian development agency (Enabel) offer you the opportunity to work for 1 to 2 years in a development project implemented by Enabel or one of 24 Belgian Non-Governmental Actors (NGAs) affiliated to the Junior Programme.

You are assigned to one of the 14 partner counties of the Belgian Development Cooperation and contribute actively to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through your field work you develop your competences, focus on innovation, experience local realities and help develop networks and partnerships.

We are looking for a "Junior Expert in Knowledge management in Education" for the Enabel TTE’s project in Uganda :

The Teacher Training and Education (TTE) Project is jointly implemented by Enabel and the Ministry of Education in Uganda. The objective of the project is improving secondary teacher education in the National Teachers’ Colleges in Uganda. The project is working in coordination with the Teachers and Instructors Training and Education (TIET) Department of the Ministry of Education and the direct project beneficiaries are the 5 public National Teachers’ Colleges (Mubende, Kabale, Kaliro, Unyama and Muni) and 17 partner secondary schools surrounding the NTCs. 

Together with the project team, the Junior Expert will have an active role in supporting the project to document its lessons learnt. The knowledge products will feed into the sector dialogue as part of the project completion strategy. It will provide to Enabel a portfolio of best practices, which is instrumental to the identification of new opportunities in the framework of Global Partnerships. Therefore this job position will be of immediate added value for the project itself and for the project partner (Ministry of Education/Teacher and Instructor Education and Training- TIET- Department), in implementing the midterm review recommendations. The job position will also be an added value to Enabel (HQ and country). The position will finally allow Junior Expert him/herself to be involved in the development of lessons learnt for an international project in the Ugandan education context.

Discover the full job description here.

Interested?

If you fulfil the general admission conditions and the specific criteria of this job opening, please apply online from Monday 25 March at 12:00 (noon - Brussels time) to Monday 8 April 2019 at 12:00 (noon - Brussels time).

Required training (Master or Professional Bachelor - eliminatory on CV) :

• All profiles

Necessary Professional Experience (internships included - eliminatory on CV) :

• Professional experience in management of digital tools for data collection (eg KoboToolBox) (6 months minimum)
• Professional experience in guiding learning processes (3 months minimum)

Preferred assets (not eliminatory on CV) :

• Hands on
• Pro active
• Problem solver
• Critical

Language skills :

• English: essential
• French: preferable (to facilitate communication with other countries where Protos is active and to read strategic Protos documents)

You are younger than 31 and you want to give meaning to your talents!

The Junior Programme and the Belgian development agency (Enabel) offer you the opportunity to work for 1 to 2 years in a development project implemented by Enabel or one of 24 Belgian Non-Governmental Actors (NGAs) affiliated to the Junior Programme.

You are assigned to one of the 14 partner counties of the Belgian Development Cooperation and contribute actively to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through your field work you develop your competences, focus on innovation, experience local realities and help develop networks and partnerships.

We are looking for a "Junior Expert Monitoring & Evaluation and Digitalisation in Water Management" for the NGO Protos in Uganda :

The program of Protos in Uganda hopes to achieve 4 objectives:

1. The communities in 2 water catchments inUganda have improved access to water and sanitation by availability of improved and innovative operational public facilities,
2. Local governance of water resources is improved thanks to better planning methods of and better cooperation between the relevant actors and thanks to their enforced capacities,
3. The planning and implementation of the land use activities by the households in the hotspots is sustainably improved and guided by community based IWRM plans at micro catchment level,
4. The experiences and lessons learned/ best practices are documented and used for advocacy at national level.

This Junior Expert will have to support the regional Protos team and the Ugandan synergy partners to reinforce their monitoring and evaluation systems by improved use of the digital tool called Kobotoolbox. This includes coordination (incl helpdesk function) and training, primary data analysis and elaborating tools for easier reporting and feedback for decision making.

Discover the full job description here.

Interested?

If you fulfil the general admission conditions and the specific criteria of this job opening, please apply online from Monday 25 March at 12:00 (noon - Brussels time) to Monday 8 April 2019 at 12:00 (noon - Brussels time).

YOUR PROFILE : • You hold a Bachelor degree in Logistics, Business Administration • You have at least 2 years’ experience in NGO as Logistics • You have a strong experience in the related field (min. 5 years) • You have strong knowledge of all support services procedures • English speaking skills are mandatory (oral and written skills) • You have a strong ability in team management with a focus on the capacity and autonomy building • You have a high capacity to organize your work and manage priorities • A knowledge of support services procedures of Humanity & Inclusion is preferable • You have strong interpersonal and intercultural skills

Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity. Handicap International is changing his name and becomes « Humanity & Inclusion ». HI, Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. HI has offices in 63 countries; for further information about the association: www.hi.org. JOB CONTEXT : Between 2009 and 2013, Humanity and Inclusion (HI) was present in Uganda implementing Mine Risk Education activities. These activities concluded in 2013 when Uganda was declared free of mines in 2012. In October 2017, HI launched its new programme directed at the refugee response in Arua District, West Nile region. HI is currently implementing psychosocial support services, community-based rehabilitation, protection of persons with specific needs, and disability inclusion. These actions are implemented in Omugo Settlement, the extension of Rhino Camp Settlement where most new refugees are being settled, and Imvepi Settlement. HI is now expanding it’s rehabilitation project under BPRM funding from September 2018, in consortia with Medical Teams International (MTI) to cover all three settlements in Arua District (Omugo, Imvepi and Rhino). In January 2019, HI is launching an innovative project under DFID funding under the Global Disability Innovation Fund: 3D Printing through Emergency Tele Rehab Access (3D-PETRA) which will bring appropriate, life changing orthopedic devices to people in need in Arua District. HI also will launch an Inclusive Education project in West Nile, as well as expand to the Congolese Refugee Response in Southwest Uganda to deliver MHPSS services under ECHO funding. These actions comprise the four components of HI’s Uganda Refugee Response Strategy. The total mission portfolio is 2.3 million EURO, implemented by a staff of over 50 and 20 volunteers. YOUR MISSION: With the rapid expansion of HI Uganda’s mission over the past 1,5 years, the demands on the Logistics Department have become increasing more complex, particularly in the Arua field office. This situation, in combination with low capacity levels among national staff related to Logistics, lack of training on HI procedures, and overall demands by the programme teams due to rapid expansion requires a dedicated Log Support for 3 months to provide adequate technical inputs, training and importantly oversight on the Logistics procedures and requirements. This situation was a key recommendation by the recently concluded internal Logistics Audit conducted by the HI Regional Log Referent in September 2018. Due to various anticipated changes within the Logistics Department in Arua, the Log Support should be prepared to pay a Managerial role in addition to the responsibilities below. You are based in Arua, under the responsibility of the Field Coordinator and the Finance Logistics Manager at the Coordination. As Logistics Support, your main duties are: • Steering the field office’s logistics management • Planning and guaranteeing efficient supply chain management • Supervising the management and use of the vehicle fleet and other means of transport in compliance with internal regulations and the security plan • Managing equipment and storage • Managing/overseeing the management of general services (expatriate staff accommodation, offices and facilities) • Participating in the analysis and implementation of the field’s security rules • Managing the program’s logistics team • Reporting CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION : • HI’s Head Office is in Kampala, and field operations are based in the office in Arua Town. In May, HI will set-up a deep field station in Omugo settlement were field staff will reside and operate. • Arua is considered a relatively safe city, with few options for entertainment, sports and health facilities. HI has a field office in the town and a guest house in the suburbs of Arua, and a sub-base (accommodation and office) in the Omugo refugee settlement where the field staff is located. CONDITIONS: • Starting date: February, 11th 2019 • Length of the contract: 3 months • Employee status, according to experience : - Salary from 2031 € gross/month regarding the experience of the candidate - Perdiem : 467 € net/month - Hardship allowance : 250 € net/month - Insurances : medical hearth coverage, retirement planning, repatriation - Paid holiday : 25 days per year - R&R : 5 days every 3 months - Status : this position is unaccompanied - Housing : Collective taken in charge by HI TO APPLY: Only online by joining a CV and cover letter via the following link: https://hi.profilsearch.com/recrute/fr/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=3085&idpartenaire=142