Overview
The Livelihoods and Climate Adaptive Programming Specialist will define and deliver strategic ambition for child poverty in Uganda, leading strategy development and the technical design and implementation of high-quality programmes. The role supports national advocacy, influencing, and strategic partnerships for new business development.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership for the child poverty portfolio, including livelihoods, climate adaptive programming and social protection.
- Build capacity of national staff and partners in key technical approaches.
- Lead high quality technical livelihoods and climate adaptive programming programme design.
- Promote a systems strengthening approach and provide oversight to programme implementation teams.
- Undertake field visits to project sites and contribute to strengthening the use of equality-focused programme principles.
- Support the development of MEAL frameworks and plans.
- Generate, document and disseminate evidence and learning.
- Support programme implementation teams to prevent and response to safeguarding risks.
- Support New Business Development colleagues through technical inputs.
- Represent Save the Children in donor engagements and national technical coordination and networking bodies.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years’ experience of leading the design and implementation of humanitarian and development programmes focused on livelihoods, climate change/climate adaptive programming and social protection, including in refugee response contexts.
- Understanding of the livelihoods, climate and social protection sector in Uganda.
- Experience in climate smart agriculture, natural resource management, social protection and climate change.
- Experience with cash programming is desirable.
- Track record in successful business development/fundraising with institutional, philanthropic and corporate donors.
- Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills.
- Experience of strategy development and planning.
- Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level.
- Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement; climate change.
- Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery.
- Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in relevant discipline
