Save the Children seeks a Graduation Approach Advisor for an anticipated five-year USAID-funded Resilience and Food Security Activity (RFSA) in Uganda. The proposed program will be an integrated, multi-sectoral food and nutrition security intervention. The goal of the Activity is to improve food and nutrition security and resilience among poor and chronically food insecure households and communities. The estimated implementation timeframe 2025-2030.

The Advisor will work with technical staff and leadership to ensure that the Activity design and implementation adheres to the graduation approach (GA). This staff member will provide technical leadership and oversight to ensure high-quality program adherence and implementation of the project’s vision and strategy, ensuring that the Activity follows the key GA components to facilitate targeted programming for vulnerable and marginalized populations effectively.

This is a Key Personnel position, subject to donor approval. It is also subject to project award and funding.

National candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

This position will be based in Kampala.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership in the development and implementation of the Activity’s graduation approach and social protection strategy.  Ensure that the social dimensions of food security and community resilience are effectively addressed across all activity components and at all levels throughout the entire award period.  Ensure that all components of the graduation approach work together to create multiplier effects across and between components.  Contribute to the development, implementation and iteration of sustainability strategies.  Ensure technical interventions are integrated, layered, and sequenced appropriately at all levels of implementation within the Activity, USAID investments, the private sector, other donors, and the government of Uganda.  Ensure high quality of overall technical implementation among all sub-awardees and implementation locations, and strengthen the capacity of partners, civil society and government, in graduation components.  Support the development of program implementation plans as well as recruitment of new staff, provide necessary trainings, develop and adapt tools with MEAL colleagues, and identify opportunities for internal and external collaboration.  Proactively identify challenges to successful implementation and raise these issues with relevant management staff.  Engage in national and sub-national technical working groups.  Build collaborative relationships within Save the Children and externally that facilitate and improve the quality of program implementation.

Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree in international development, social sciences, or another related field. Graduate degree preferred.  Five years of graduation approach experience is required.  Demonstrated experience designing and implementing the five components of the graduation approach.  An in-depth understanding of how gender, age, and other locally relevant socio-cultural factors may play a role in targeting participants.  A strong understanding of local social protection systems and adaptive safety and productive safety nets.  Attention to social inclusion, especially marginalized populations, gender, and youth integration.  Demonstrated capacity to lead the collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a broad range of sources in collaboration with the M&E Advisor and the Strategic Learning Advisor.  Implementation experience in similar low-resource environments. Experience working in Uganda is preferred.  Strong management and interpersonal skills.  Professional working proficiency in English.  Mentoring and facilitation skills.  Commitment to child rights and to the aims and objectives of Save the Children.

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