Business Development Specialist, Technical Lead Gender & Social Inclusion,

Technical Lead Financial Inclusion,

Cluster Coordinators,

MUCOBADI

DFCU Foundation 

Mbale–  (1) Vacancy

Soroti – (1) Vacancy

•  Provide strategic leadership and technical guidance across all program workstreams, ensuring alignment with the YEELD results framework.
• Lead the co-creation and continuous improvement of inclusive, market-led livestock value chain models targeting young women and complementary sectors.
• Serve as an advisor to the Project Director on strategy, innovation, and partner alignment.

Programme Implementation & Delivery

•  Lead planning, execution, coordination, and supervision of YEELD activities at regional level in line with approved work plans and budgets.
• Translate programme strategy into actionable regional implementation plans with clear targets and timelines.
•  Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of interventions across livestock value chains.
• Ensure all workplans, deliverables, and technical milestones are tracked and met using the Management Information System (MIS).
• Monitor progress against work plans and take corrective action where needed
•  Provide field-level technical backstopping and supervise regional consultants and short-term experts.
• Lead quarterly technical reviews, audit follow-ups, and performance assessments.
• Supervise and coordinate field-based and regional implementation teams, ensuring consistency and problem resolution across geographies.
• Lead technical inputs into partner selection, project vetting, conducting DD, capacity assessment.

•  Coordinate implementing partners, local governments, private sector actors, and community stakeholders within the region.
•  Support partner onboarding, planning, and alignment with project objectives and standards.
• Conduct regular partner review meetings to track performance and address challenges.
•  Promote collaboration, learning, and harmonization of activities across partners.
• Oversee rollout of the communication strategy, ensuring visibility, brand alignment, and technical messaging.
• Guide production of quarterly  reports, knowledge briefs, policy notes, and donor communications referencing communications plan.

• Support implementation of the MEL framework at regional level, ensuring accurate data collection and reporting.
•  Monitor outputs, outcomes, and impact indicators, ensuring data quality and integrity.
•  Produce timely regional reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly) in line with Leadership and donor requirements.
• Facilitate quarterly learning reviews and adaptive planning cycles at regional levels.
• Document lessons learned, success stories, and emerging best practices
• Support development of scalable best practices, tools, and technical guidance notes.
• Represent YEELD  in technical learning forums, learning alliances, and sector-wide discussions

•  Collaborate with the finance and operations teams to develop and review annual program budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
•  Manage and monitor regional budgets, ensuring efficient and compliant use of resources and adherence to fincial controls.
•  Track expenditures and ensure alignment with approved budgets and donor requirements.
• Provide quarterly financial performance input during program reviews and recommend adjustments to improve cost-efficiency.
• Support partner financial oversight, including reviewing reports and ensuring accountability.
•  Ensure compliance with procurement, financial, safeguarding, and operational policies.
• Ensure timely reallocation of resources in line with emerging implementation realities and donor-approved protocols

•  Provide day-to-day technical leadership to regional and thematic leads, fostering collaboration and accountability.
•   Supervise and support regional project staff, consultants, and field teams.
•  Set performance objectives, provide mentorship, track KPIs, and conduct monthly performance reviews.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team environment.
•  Ensure staff wellbeing and adherence to organizational values.
•  Promote a learning culture through cross-team exchanges, innovation showcases, and professional development.
• Maintain performance dashboards and recommend structural or capacity adjustments where needed.

• Represent YEELD at regional stakeholder forums, coordination meetings, and relevant platforms.
•  Build and maintain relationships with district local governments, technical agencies, and community leaders.
•  Support engagement with national-level stakeholders as required.

•  Identify implementation risks and develop mitigation measures.
•  Provide timely updates to the Project Director on emerging issues.
• Support adaptive management by providing field-level insights to inform programme adjustments.

•  Ensure safeguarding policies and practices are implemented at regional level.
• Promote safe, inclusive, and respectful engagement with programme participants.
• Report and respond to safeguarding concerns in line with organizational procedures

•  Ensure compliance with Ripple Effect policies and relevant legislation.
•  Contribute to programme learning, reviews, and audits.
•  Perform other duties as reasonably assigned by the Project Director.

• Effective and timely delivery of YEELD programme activities at regional level.
• Achievement of regional targets related to youth employment, inclusion, and livestock productivity.
•   Strong coordination and performance of implementing partners.
•  High-quality, accurate, and timely reporting aligned with donor requirements.
•   Efficient and compliant management of regional project resources.
• Strengthened relationships with regional stakeholders and government actors.
•  Documented lessons, innovations, and success stories from the field.
• Safeguarding standards consistently upheld.