National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA)Financial Services Specialist Job Vacancy in Uganda

Job Title:  Financial
Services Specialist
Organisation: National Cooperative Business
Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA)
Funding Source: USAID
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About CLUSA:
The National
Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International (NCBA CLUSA) is the trade
association for cooperative businesses in the United States and an
international development organization. NCBA CLUSA provides cross-sector
education, technical a

ssistance, and advocacy that helps cooperatives thrive.
For nearly 100 years, NCBA CLUSA has sought to advance and protect cooperative
enterprises, highlighting the impact that cooperatives have in bettering the
lives of individuals and families. In the last 60 years, NCBA CLUSA has worked
in over 100 countries in the areas of food security, agricultural development,
strengthening of communities and farmer organizations, community-based health,
natural resources management, and empowerment of smallholder farmers, women,
and youth.

About USAID
Programmes:
NCBA CLUSA is
currently recruiting senior and mid-level technical specialists for two
anticipated USAID programs:
  • Uganda’s Improving Youth Livelihoods in Agriculture program is a
    five-year program to increase opportunities for youth in agriculture to
    realize their potential and effectively contribute to Uganda’s social and
    economic development. The program will expand technical, educational and
    leadership opportunities in agriculture for youth ages 15-30 in select
    districts in Uganda, including Northern Uganda, through a market-driven
    approach for increased food security and employment for young men and
    women.
  • Uganda Producer Organizations’ Activity will focus on strengthening
    farmer organizations to become more business-oriented and better advocates
    for their respective members. The approach will focus on training members
    of farmer organizations in such areas as group formation, dynamics and
    cohesion, governance, financial management, trust, access to services and
    markets, and advocacy. The purpose is to create a critical mass of member-owned,
    democratically- governed organizations to meet the specific financial
    and/or social needs of their members, and of the wider farming
    community. 
Job Summary: The USAID Financial Services
Specialist will be in charge of training farmer and youth associations in
financial literacy and management for rural group lending approaches such as
village savings and loan associations (VSLA) and savings and credit
cooperatives (SACCO).
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate should have some related experience in
    financial services.
  • Prior USAID experience in preferred
How to Apply: 
All candidates who
wish to work in USAID’s projects should send their updated CVs along with a
cover letter to jobs@ncba.coop. Please include the position title in the
subject line of the email.
Deadline: 24th
November, 2014
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