Policy Advocacy Specialist , Uganda

CARE International in Uganda (CARE) seeks to recruit two qualified Ugandan nationals for positions in a new Forest Resources Sector Transparency (FOREST) Programme that is launched by CARE in 2013 for a 5 year period. CARE works with national partners to make sustainable improvements in the lives of the very poor. An important area of engagement is to improve transparency, accountability and responsiveness in governance of Uganda’s natural resources. Uganda’s forest cover is reducing at an alarming rate and if this trend continues unabated, Uganda will within a few decades be without any significant forest cover. The forests are essential for the Ugandan economy and livelihoods and deforestation and forest degradation contribute significantly to global greenhouse emissions, Efforts to arrest the situation are clearly insufficient and ineffective. There are connections between forest degradation, illegal logging, encroachment and corruption. The FOREST programme sees civil society as the key actor in effecting change in the forestry sector. The programme is lead by a CARE FOREST Programme Manager and will be implemented in partnership with a handful of key strategic civil society partners. Policy Advocacy Specialist Job Summary: Oversee and guide partnership relations and processes within the programme. Negotiate agreements and budgets with partner organisations. Technical programmatic capacity building of partners within areas of forest governance, policy advocacy and organisational development. Facilitate cross partner experience sharing and scaling up of best practices. Facilitate partners’ annual reviews of progress and work plans together with key stakeholders Facilitate coalition building from local to national and international level, linking local and national experiences to global campaigns and processes.

Requirement: Master's degree or higher in social sciences, economics, development studies, environmental or forest-related discipline Minimum of five years of experience from policy advocacy work in Uganda and preferably also regionally/internationally  Experiences from natural resources governance and management work Experiences with working in a partnership approach and supporting civil society Excellent verbal and written  Bachelor's degree or higher in social sciences, development studies or similar A post graduate qualification in monitoring and evaluation and/ or project planning and management is required Minimum of five years of experience from managing data collection, monitoring and reporting systems in a development programme Experiences with working in a partnership approach and supporting civil society -Good verbal and written communication skills in English Computer skills (email, word processing, spreadsheets) Availability: 1 April 2013 Duty station: Kampala, CARE'S office in Nakasero Contract: Open with 6 months probation period. Salary in accordance with CARE terms and conditions

How to apply: Please submit your application in English by accessing www.infomania.co.ug and applying for the job online. You can also email your application to recruit@co.care.org mentioning the title of job applied for in the email subject field no later than Monday, 28th January, 2013. Only motivated applications that address the stipulated duties and meet the required qualifications, sent together with a CV, will be considered. Please provide references, but do not attach any written recommendations. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who do not receive any response within three weeks of the closing date should consider their application unsuccessful. Also check out website on www.careuganda.org for more details. CARE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, GENDER SENSITIVE & CORRUPTION INTOLERANT EMPLOYER