JOB DETAILS:
Knowledge, Skills & Competences
• Good knowledge of approaches to promote gender equality and green transformation

Responsibilities
A. Key Responsibilities
The WE4A is in charge of:
• Coordination between the local team, the project management unit at HQ and partner institutions in Uganda.

• Liaise and coordinate with the sub-implementing partner’s team in Uganda on entrepreneurship trainings and access to finance ensuring quality management.

• Coordinate and conduct activities with entrepreneurship supporting organisations and relevant actors in the entrepreneurship ecosystem to improve the support to women entrepreneurs with green business models.

• Supporting the project management in managing activities in coordination with internal and external partners, especially the GIZ country teams, country offices, etc.
• Supporting the project management in monitoring and reporting the project objectives and achievements to clients, customers, and commissioning parties.

B. Specific Tasks
Project Management
• Stakeholder engagement and management
• Project oversight and quality assurance to ensure project activities are in line with agreed objectives (including support to M&E and reporting)
• Contract management (including financial monitoring and engagement with the procurement department).
• Organizing public events jointly with relevant stakeholders (launch, closing or information sessions for specific projects)
• Project conceptualization and design (i.e. development of ToRs and project proposals)

Networking and cooperation
• Supports cooperation with partners, assists with PR work in the project/programme environment to improve and maintain good working relationships.
• Communicates local interests and efforts, forwards these and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the project.

Knowledge management
• Ensures knowledge transfer to project/ programme information.
• Prepares appropriate input for various project/ programme reports including annual reports and presentation documents
• Assists with research activities and studies on political issues which benefit joint programmes.

Qualifications
• University degree in a relevant subject (economics with a focus on entrepreneurship, finance, business administration, or similar disciplines).

Details of experience
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in technical/international cooperation in a relevant field (private sector development, entrepreneurship).

Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply to the Head of Human Resources by email to vacancy@futureoptions.org
• Applications and CVs should be in one document and a maximum of 5 pages only and sent electronically, quoting the position and reference number.
• Please include the name and contact of three references. One official reference from your current workplace or previous company where you had your internship is a MUST.
• Please note: This is a national position. Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.