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Job Title: Coordinator – Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM)

Salary Scale: Grade D Quartile 1

Reports to: Technical Manager – CBNRM

Location: Fort Portal

Tasks & Responsibilities

* Working closely with communities, Civil Society partners and collaborating agencies to plan project activities on a monthly and quarterly basis
* Coordinating field activities between and with different partners and target communities
* Initiating and promoting coordination and collaboration between partners, target communities and local government authorities
* Leading component level monitoring, evaluation, documentation and data/information management
* Support partners to develop and implement their M&E plans and systems.
* Support partnership development and capacity building through dialogue, coaching and learning by doing
* Working with the Advisor for gender, conflict and HIV/AIDS, to facilitate the integration of these cross-cutting issues into all CBNRM activities/plans/agreements.
* Engage in programme-level planning, review and learning meetings to ensure inter-project co-ordination and synergies
* Initiate concepts and strategies for implementing selected site specific activities related to CBNRM.
* Work with the Civil Society and Advocacy Advisor to facilitate and strengthen natural resource/environment thematic groups at community level and District level.
* Take lead in initiating partnership reviews and monitoring emergence of partnership issues.
* Carry out regular monitoring of field activities and document progress on a monthly basis, emphasising areas that need the urgent additional attention of the Technical Manager and Advisors.
* Provide quality assurance to activities and reports of partners under guidance of the Technical Manager.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

* A 3-year good bachelors’ degree in natural resources/environment related field, but a Master degree is an added advantage.
* Minimum of 5 years field experience in conservation and development work, particularly in community conservation/community based natural resource management in a large programme/NGO setting.
* Previous experience in project planning a and managing partnerships
* Experience and knowledge of advocacy and organisational capacity building processes, tools and methodologies
* Knowledge of government structures, policies and laws within the land, forestry, water and wetlands sectors.
* Experience in facilitating participatory natural resource management initiatives and familiarity with stakeholder and conflict analysis tools.
* Experience working in rural communities, local civil society organisations and local government;
* Proven skills in facilitation, communication, documentation, monitoring and evaluation
* Good understanding of the interconnectedness between natural resources, livelihoods, gender, HIV/AIDS, conflict, climate change and land rights.
* Good computer practical skills.

Application Procedures:

Interested persons with the above requirements should submit typed applications together with detailed curriculum vitea (CV) giving day time telephone contacts and names and addresses of 3 (three) referees as well as copies of

professional certificates and transcripts; Within 10 days from the date of advertisement. Only successful candidates will be invited for interviews at short notice, applicants who do not receive any response within two weeks of the closing date should consider their application unsuccessful.

Applications should be addressed to: Human Resource Officer, CARE International in Uganda, P.O. Box 7280, Kampala. or

recruitment@careuganda.org

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