Project Assistant- Kakumiro
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Raising The Village is hiring a Project Assistant for its Implementation team based in Kakumiro, Uganda. The role involves coordinating project design reviews, facilitating community training, implementing poverty-reduction methodologies, and supporting field reporting and monitoring. A university degree in a related field and at least two years of experience are required.
- Role based in Kakumiro with 80% travel required
- Full-time position with 8 to 5 working hours
- Requires a university degree in Community Development, Project Management, or related fields
- Minimum 2 years of work experience needed
- Local language skills in Runyoro and related languages are required
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Experience
Level:
No
Length:
No Experience/Less than 1 year
Language Requirement:
English
Working Hours:
Full Time - 8 to 5
Applicant
Location:
Uganda
Job descriptions &
2+ Years
Travel Required:
80%
Languages:
Kibaale: Runyoro (Other Languages - Rukiga, Rutooro); Kagadi: Runyoro (Other Languages - Rutooro, Runyankore, Rukiga, Kinyarwanda); Kyegegwa: Rutooro (Other Languages - Rukiga, Runyankore); Rubanda: Rukiga/Runyankole (Other Language – Rutooro); Kakumiro: Runyoro (Other Language - Runyankore)
About Raising The Village
At Raising The Village (RTV), we are dedicated to eradicating ultra-poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a dynamic, rapidly growing international development organization, we’ve assembled a team of over 350+ passionate individuals in Uganda, Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania, alongside an additional 15+ professionals in North America. Together, we are committed to elevating communities out of ultra-poverty by implementing innovative solutions and leveraging advanced data analytics to drive impact. To date, our holistic approach has positively impacted over 1,000,000 lives since 2012, and we’re poised to achieve even greater milestones, aiming to assist 1 million individuals annually by 2027.
Roles and
in community development programs, project management, facilitation and leadership or related field
Technical and Administrative Skills
Strong training & facilitation skills
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written English
Fluent in local languages where RTV works
Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs i.e. Word and Excel
Understanding of Community Based Development Principles
Organizes work effectively while remaining aware of changing priorities and deadlines
Able to work independently to accomplish tasks, but also as part of a team to achieve mutual goals and objectives
Able to think outside of the box to provide plausible solutions to issues and challenges
Strong work ethic, flexible, and able to build relationships with various stakeholders most notably colleagues, and community members
Able to keep a positive attitude in a fast-paced and challenging environment
Energetic and physically able to hike high terrain
Able to travel approximately 80% of time
RTV is committed to equal opportunities and diversity of perspective at the workplace.
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Requirements
- Job Title:
- Project Assistant (Several vacancies)
- Department/Group:
- Implementation
- Reporting To:
- Project Officer
- Years of
- as required by their direct supervisor and/or management
- Required Qualifications
- University Degree in Community Development, Project Management, Project Planning, Development, Development Studies and Social work, and social administration or related fields
- A minimum of 2 years of work
Responsibilities
- Project Implementation
- Conduct project design review meetings with respective partner villages and provide feedback as required to update project designs and budgets prior to implementation
- Coordinate and co-facilitate training activities including but not limited to financial literacy and behavior and mindset change, water and health sanitation, village savings and loans associations, agriculture, livestock care and management and health outreaches, etc.
- Responsible to implement RTV’s project methodologies with the purpose of increasing household income and reducing extreme poverty as per project designs
- Develop and submit list of required goods and services for project implementation to the procurement and logistics officer
- Responsible to verify goods/inputs prior to distribution
- Conduct project follow-up and provide support and guidance to community groups and individual households to ensure project compliance and continuation
- Identify potential risks and issues and provide mitigation measures and recommendations for improvements
- Conduct regular meetings with leadership and community members on performance, participation, and perceptions of RTV based projects
- Reporting and Administration
- Develop and manage work plans
- Complete field reporting on a weekly basis and provide support with information sharing for donor reporting and proposal writing as might be required
- Attend and participate in weekly staff meetings as well as cluster team meetings to highlight issues and success and outline next steps
- Complete weekly financial request, submissions and accountabilities to the Project Manager
- Take photographs and share them for data repository
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Providing feedback and recommendations to the Project Officer and Project Manager, and the program team to improve RTV’s way of work
- Provide suggestions to management on potential activities that need to be redone, reviewed or introduced to ensure sustainability of RTV projects, methodologies and improvement in the lives of community members
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