Altogether, these efforts will help to establish an enduring foundation to reduce vulnerability to climate change for SHFs by facilitating inclusive access and uptake of SWPs coupled with the promotion of best practices in CSA and integrated water resource management.

The project aims to reach 2,220 people with opportunities for increased income and/or improved livelihoods (555 female and 888 youth); create 50 decent jobs (15 female and 30 youth); and support 500 SHFs including women and youth to engage in off-season production.

Pump Up started on July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 for a total duration of three years. The position will be based in Gulu,

General Position Summary

The primary focus of the Program Assistant will be to respond to the needs of communities through the integrated set of activities under Pump-Up. The Program Assistant will focus on mobilizing the different groups/platforms within their community. The Program Assistant will also mobilize the surrounding government and private sector systemic structures and similarly identify capacity building needs of these structures. The Program Assistant will adopt an “adaptive” management approach to understand the needs of the groups within the community and the external support structures.. The Program Assistant will ensure that activities are sequenced, layered and integrated for comprehensive service delivery. The Program Assistant will closely work with staff from local partners in the Pump-Up Activity to strengthen integration. The Program Assistant will work closely with the MEL team to ensure that data capture takes place.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Program Implementation

Assist with the design and implementation of weekly, monthly and quarterly workplans
Conduct participant identification exercises for the different activities in the community.

Mobilize participants for planned activities in respective locations.

Organize and supervise community trainings in line with the approved work plan and budget based.
Coordinate to ensure complementary approaches, monitor implementation of project activities and document learnings and success stories.
Collaborate with fellow Program team members to ensure team success, including but not limited to logistics coordination, temporary support during leave, etc., as advised by Program Officer.
Gender and Youth Integration

Ensure that program activities apply gender equity and empowerment principles
Monitoring and Evaluation

Responsible for data gathering, data validation, quality control and timely data submission including gender and age disaggregated data.
Troubleshoot monitoring and evaluation challenges for proactive problem solving with support of program manager and M&E team.
Utilize qualitative and quantitative data to inform program implementation.
Actively document best practices and lessons learned to share with team during routine monitoring, coordination meetings and other learning opportunities.
Prepare and submit timely and quality weekly and monthly reports.
Influence and Representation

Promote Pump-up Activity visibility at both Community and Sub County level.
Ensure establishment and maintenance of relationships with communities, village councils and local government in the target areas.
Coordination of field activities with partners and local government to avoid duplication of services. eCwtpQT veHaV
When needed, support visits from district and sub-county government, regional and HQ based staff and external visitors, such as donors and media, in collaboration with the Program Officer.
Support Pump-up activities with key stakeholders, ensuring collaboration with counterparts in partner organization in relevant meetings, internal and external.
Ethics and Integrity

All Mercy Corps staff are expected to behave ethically and demonstrate highest integrity in their professional and personal life. Mercy Corps has zero tolerance to any form of fraud, corruption, abuse, harassment or exploitation. Any breach of our policies or misconduct will lead to disciplinary action or may lead to termination.
Security

Ensure data protection policies are adhered to, establishing security controls for software, hardware and archive beneficiary databases.
Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.