Community Livelihoods Officer

• PositionCommunity Livelihoods Officer
• CompanyChild's i Foundation Limited
• LocationMpigi, Uganda
• Job TypeNot stated in the advert.
• CategoryNGO, International Development, Agriculture Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryInternational development and community livelihoods
• DepartmentProgrammes
• DeadlineWednesday, 11 November 2026, 5:00 PM EAT

Child’s i Foundation works towards children in Uganda growing up in safe and loving families. Its website describes community-based alternatives to orphanages and work with governments, national partners and supporters to strengthen families and advance children’s rights.

The Foundation’s published strategy sets a 2030 goal of Uganda being fully committed to children growing up in families rather than orphanages. The organisation says its work includes foster-carer training, community child-protection structures and support for orphanages seeking to become community hubs, using practice-based evidence to inform care reform.

Based in Mpigi, the Community Livelihoods Officer plans and delivers microfinance work with the programme team and community groups, with particular attention to grandmothers and vulnerable households. The work connects savings and revolving funds with small businesses, income-generating activities and agricultural investment. It includes organising groups, appraising applicants, arranging training and monitoring whether beneficiaries apply practices in their activities. The Officer also supports the procurement and delivery of microfinance kits, maintains group and loan records, and gathers evidence for reporting and learning.

The post combines field engagement and operational coordination: regular follow-up visits and beneficiary meetings sit alongside work plans, budgets, progress reports and committee records. The Officer works with microfinance colleagues, programme leadership, procurement staff, local authorities, social workers and government support programmes. By linking savings groups with skills development and livelihood opportunities, the position supports a resilience-focused microfinance initiative in Mpigi District. The advert also assigns the post secretary and records-custodian responsibilities for the Revolving Fund Planning Committee.

• Develop work plans for effective implementation of microfinance activities, working with other microfinance staff and undertaking supervisory duties as assigned by the Programme Coordinator.
• Technically lead the mobilisation and establishment of microfinance groups in selected communities.
• Participate in beneficiary selection with relevant stakeholders.
• Facilitate identification and formation of microfinance groups among grandmothers and the wider community.
• Facilitate establishment of village savings and loan groups (VSLAs) as a sustainability measure for the microfinance project.
• Plan and assess grandmothers’ microfinance needs, including appraising applicants for loan eligibility and qualification.
• Work with the Procurement Officer to ensure timely procurement and delivery of microfinance kits and logistics of the right quality and quantity.
• Witness and capture all data required on disbursement of revolving funds to grandmothers and other community groups.
• Identify vulnerable groups’ technical capacity and challenges, and their skills and knowledge in microfinance management, business development and income-generating activities.
• Train grandmothers and communities in VSLA methodology, including group governance and leadership.
• Manage and maintain the microfinance loan performer application.
• Oversee and monitor grandmother groups’ share purchases, social contributions, borrowing and loan repayment, ensuring documentation and record-keeping.
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of microfinance activity budgets, work plans and progress reports to the Grandmother Coordinator.
• Conduct regular follow-up visits to grandmother groups, their income-generating activities and members, providing technical advice and mentoring on application of practices.
• Track the progress of grandmother groups and keep records.
• Hold regular meetings with beneficiary groups to assess performance at group and project levels.
• Consolidate and compile monthly, quarterly and annual reports, including success stories and lessons learned.
• Serve as secretary to the Revolving Fund Planning Committee (RPFC).
• Keep the minutes of microfinance meetings and all microfinance records.
• Coordinate microfinance programmes in Mpigi District.
• Help resolve conflicts among microfinance group members together with social workers.
• Facilitate and link microfinance groups to life-skills training, including basic literacy and numeracy, household financial affairs, risk management and planning.
• Link groups and vulnerable families with government programmes and technical support staff.
• Facilitate and link microfinance groups to economic development and income-generating activities.
• Attend team meetings.
• Carry out any other duties assigned by the Manager.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in community development, business administration, accounts, microfinance, economics or a related field.

Work Experience

• Minimum one-year experience in VSLA methodology, livelihoods and income-generating activity methodology.

Additional Requirements

• Experienced facilitator and trainer, with training materials development skills.
• Working experience in resilience initiatives is highly preferred.
• Willingness to travel and live in several rural project locations.
• Experience working with non-governmental organisations, local communities and authorities.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and achieve results.
• Ability to use standard computing packages.
• Knowledge of languages spoken in Central Uganda, such as Luganda and English.

Technical Skills

• VSLA, livelihoods and IGA methodology: Apply the specified methodologies in work with savings groups and income-generating activities.
• Facilitation and training: Facilitate and train groups, with training-materials development experience.
• Standard computing packages: Use standard computing packages.

Soft Skills

• Workload organisation: Organise workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines.
• Self-motivation: The advert describes a self-starter who is highly self-motivated.
• Critical thinking and results focus: Think critically through challenges and remain results-oriented.
• Communication: Communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Adaptability: Work flexibly and adaptively in a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Leadership and integrity: Demonstrate leadership, versatility and integrity.

Benefits are not stated in the advert.

• Plan and deliver community microfinance activities in Mpigi District.
• Work directly with grandmothers and community groups forming VSLAs.
• Connect savings and revolving funds with small businesses and income-generating activities.
• Train groups in VSLA methodology, governance and leadership.
• Combine field visits and mentoring with monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting.
• Coordinate with social workers, local authorities, procurement colleagues and government support programmes.

Send your updated application letter and CV only to [email protected] by November 11, 2026 at 17:00 EAT.

• Checked on 10 November 2026 against Child's i Foundation Limited's official advert.
• Closing date confirmed as 11 November 2026. NextRoleHub closes the listing at 23:59 Kampala time that day.
• The application link goes to the employer's own page or email. Applying is free; report anyone who asks for money.
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