Community Enterprise development Officer

Eastern Archdiocesan Development Network (EADEN) is a capacity building organization founded by the Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo, the Diocese of Jinja and community representatives in the geographical coverage of the Ecclesiastical province of Tororo. The organization aims at reducing poverty among marginalized subsistence farmers by increasing their capacity to overcome social economic development challenges that include health, food security and incomes. The organization currently works in partnership with Caritas Denmark, to empower communities in Eastern Uganda move from the state of subsistence individual farming, to organized groups/ associations that are able to engage in specialized production alongside influencing policy change for increased sustainable production and market access. EADEN is inviting applications from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following positions:

Job Title: Community Enterprise development Officer (2 positions)

Location: Tororo/lganga area offices
Job Status: Fulltime Area
Reports to: Manager

Responsibilities
Reporting to Program Area Manager, the Community Enterprise Development Coordinator will be in charge of the Enterprise Development portfolio at area level and will be responsible for development of entrepreneurial skills among farmers and farmer institutions, through a combination of enterprise development approaches with a view of increasing the Farmer Institutions membership entry, growth and competitiveness in the business environment.
Duties and responsibilities
• Carrying out surveys to establish entrepreneurial needs;
• Identifying and recommending appropriate entrepreneurship training needs for the farmers and farmer institutions in EADEN program areas;
• Review and develop training content, manuals and handbooks for use by the organization in building entrepreneurial capacity of the farmers and farmer institutions;
• Coordinating and training farmers as entrepreneurs across the farmer institutions and program area.
• Facilitate farmer groups and farmer institutions development of savings and credit mechanisms
• Facilitate farmer groups and institutions in development of mechanisms for collective marketing
• Facilitate farmer groups and farmer institutions development of mechanisms for collective buying of farm inputs
• Reviewing and advising on the enterprise development strategy within farmer groups and farmer institutions
• Identifying strategic players to collaborate with the organization in development and piloting of new strategies as well as provide continuous mentoring to the upcoming farmers and farmer institutions
• Strengthen and build solidarity amongst Farmer institutions and farmer groups
• Build communities’ knowledge and right awareness on causes and impacts of climate change Support community transition to sustainable agriculture through alternatives, decentralization and resilience
• Ensuring greater control in the hands of food producers through monitoring rights violations and organizing to claim access and control over resources
Requirement:

Minimum Qualification
• Must have a first degree in either Education (business related subjects), Entrepreneurship, business administration, Adult and Community Education, Commerce or a business related field
• Must have experience in Enterprise Development training
• Practical knowledge of training/enterprise needs assessment
• Must have experience in enterprise development, collective marketing, savings and credit
• At least one years experience in training on micro and small business management
• Strong facilitation skills
• Very strong administrative and management skills and knowledge
• Knowledge of financial services industry will be an added advantage
Skills and attributes
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Good analytical skills, ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to perform accurately and methodically following published procedures.
• Ability to work in a team, Good organisation and administrative skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
Added advantage
• Experience with donor funded project accounts.
• Experience with Savings and Loan Associations
• Experience of organising farmer groups for collective marketing
• Ability to ride a Motorcycle with a valid driving permit These positions call for people with good interpersonal and communications skills, self driven and able to work with minimum supervision, build rural women's critical consciousness through right to food, income and gender analysis.

Salary: - USD/month
How to apply:

Qualified and interested candidates should submit their applications letters with C.V and names of the three professional referees, a cover letter and copies of relevant academic documents not later than 21st November 2011. Applications should be sent to the address below; The Executive Director, EADEN,

P. O. Box 337, Iganga.

They should be hand delivered to EADEN Head office, Iganga Municipal council off Kaliro road plot 24 Lubas road, or sent by email to eadenuganda@gmail.com

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Posted on Nov 14, 2011