Jobs – Project Authorising Officer needed at Landell Mills

Landell Mills are currently implementing a DFID funded programme: AgriTT (Working in Partnership to Accelerate Agricultural Technology Transfer). One of the three components of the AgriTT  programme is the implementation of two Pilot Development Projects, one in Malawi and the other in Uganda.

The AgriTT project builds on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed between the Department for International Development (DFID), Ministry of Agriculture (MOA, China) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF, Uganda) in Beijing in November 2012 where the parties agreed to work together on agricultural technology transfer to promote food security.

The Uganda Pilot Development Project for AgriTT will bring together Chinese, Ugandan and UK partners to support further development of cassava production, productivity and value addition in Uganda.

• Ensuring forward planning of all activities to be undertaken in the Ugandan Pilot Development Project (PDP), including development of annual and quarterly workplans and budgets
• Establishing and operating a suitable mechanism for oversight of the implementation activities of the Ugandan PDP.  This can take the form of regular planning and reporting meetings intended to assess progress and address bottlenecks
• Approve and authorize all payments required for the conduct of the PDP activities
• Supervision of deployment of PDP funds in accordance with fund management arrangements agreed with partners
• Ensuring that all planned activities are carried out in a manner that provides for value for money
• Work collaboratively with Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and all partners to ensuring that all Reports are submitted in a timely manner
• Organisation and facilitation of missions, stakeholder consultation visits, grantee visits in Uganda
• Organisation and facilitation support to the Targeted Research project, under the AgriTT Research Challenge Fund, in Uganda
• Communication and liaison support – i.e. with public, private sector and institutions
• Relationship building and advocacy with Government and private sector participants.
• Liaising on a weekly basis with the AgriTT Project Management Office (PMO) and provide support with reporting, communications and supporting the facilitation of PMO missions to Uganda.