Vacancy title:
Program Officer (Fisheries)
Jobs at:
GIZ
Deadline of this Job:
2nd August 2018
Duty Station:
Jinja, Uganda
JOB DETAILS:
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has commissioned the Gesellschatt fiir Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GlZ) with the "Responsible Fisheries Business Chain Project (RFBCP)' which is part of the Global Program on Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture, funded under the special initiative "One World No Hunger". The overall objective of the program is to ensure iood security and to reduce poverty by increasing fish supply and income.
RFBCP is concentrating on sustainable fisheries management of Nile perch at Lake Victoria. Its three main areas of activity are: improvement of the artisanal fisheries leading to better access to fisheries products and employment opportunities, promotion of sustainable fisheries and reduction of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The political partner of the project is the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) and its target groups are vulnerable households and communities, artisanal fishers and small to medium sized enterprises in the fishery sector. The project is largely implemented through grants and service contracts to implementing partners. The project also includes some implementation in Kenya and Tanzania.
RFBCP is seeking for qualified and experienced Program Officers to fill the following 2 positions based in Jinja:
Job Title: Program Officer (Fisheries)
Reports to: Project Leader
Ref. No: Program Officer - (Fisheries)
Under the supervision of the project leader, the tasks will be as follows:
Responsibilities
The Program Officer is responsible for the supervision of the timely and efficient planning, implementation and monitoring of RFBCP activities, coordination of partners and programmatic activities, timely and quality reporting.
The Program Officer performs the following tasks:
Tasks
Management and coordination
Participates in:
Communication and networking
Other duties/additional tasks
Required qualifications, competences and experience
Qualifications
Professional Experience
Other knowledge, additional competences
Job application procedure
All interested and qualified portraits are strongly encouraged to apply by submitting their application and CV to the Human Resource Department through recruitment-uganda@giz.de not later than 2nd August 2018. Please note: only those applications quoting the reference number indicated for each position as the subject heading will be accepted. Application and CV should be in one document. No other attachment is required at this stage
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