National Project Coordinator – Enterprise Development

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Education: First level university degree in economics, social sciences, or related field, and strong knowledge on development issues particularly in Uganda
  

Experience:

• At least three years of experience in project management, supervision, administration and implementation of grant/cooperative agreement requirements (including meeting deadlines, achieving targets, and overseeing the preparation and submission of required reports to the project donor).
  
• Technical requirements: good knowledge of enterprise development, as well as market systems approach and entrepreneurship promotion tools.
  
• Languages: Excellent knowledge of English and a good knowledge of an official national language of the duty station
  

• Provide advice on analysis of economic and labour market trends in host communities and refugees settlements in order to help design and implement interventions for enterprise development and small business promotion as well as align them with the broader policy frameworks and employment creation potentials through a market system approach.
  
• Provide inputs in the development of knowledge products and tools that support ILO social partners and other project partners to undertake local economic development assessments such as market systems analysis and design, implement appropriate inclusive labour market and market systems development interventions.
  
• Facilitate the effective participation of employers’ organisations and trade unions in enterprise development initiatives and programmes and local economic development opportunities for host communities and refugee settlements.
  
• Provide inputs, advice and lead capacity building measures for local partners including training providers, BDS providers and social partners.
  
• Provide input and support in the design and operationalization of competitive grant schemes for entrepreneurship and business start-up for refugee host communities and refugees, including for local media aimed at promoting peaceful co-existence of host communities and refugees.
  
• Support the effective monitoring and evaluation of project interventions and undertake periodic monitoring and evaluation of project interventions at project field sites and provide support to project partners on effective use of tools and methodologies for planning, monitoring and reporting on project interventions.
  
• Prepare required technical progress reports and ad hoc reports on the status of project planning and implementation for submission to the ILO and the donor.
  
• Support the design and regular update of the project work plan, both from an RBM and a financial perspective; alert and provide recommendations on delays and areas of criticality.
  
• Prepare terms of references for consultants and participate in sourcing and evaluation of local service providers/consultants as appropriate.
  
• Participate in and as appropriate, lead the organization of conferences, seminars, workshops, training sessions and other project events.
  
• Represent the ILO during field level meetings related to the project as well as other related meetings with other UN agencies (including UNDAF processes), donors field visits and thematic donor meetings, district level and regional forums as well as Sector meetings of tripartite partners.
  
• Assist in the programming and control of project resources; prepare budget estimates and expenditure forecasts based on planned activities.
  
• Collaborate with other projects (both within and out of ILO) in the field and take advantage of opportunities for enhanced project synergy and improved outcomes.
  
• Ensure effective planning and implementation of gender activities in conformity with ILO policies and project implementation plan.
  
• Develop and maintain strong links with ILO specialists within the ILO Decent Work Team in CO Dar, DWT Pretoria, and other colleagues in the field and HQ, on specific technical areas requiring comprehensive and collaborative interventions.
  
• Perform other related duties as assigned.