Livelihood Officer

Livelihood Officer
Job Description:
The post holder will report to the Program Area Manager. The post holder is responsible for project planning, overseeing implementation and monitoring while ensuring quality project delivery of the overall emergency livelihood assonance project activities including interventions among host communities. She/he ensures integration as well as smooth teamwork within and across other county programs at the Program Area level. Key components of the position also include representing PIE in different networking meeting with GO and NGOs at zonal and woreda level and strengthening partnerships and mainstreaming of child centred community development

Accountabilities
This section is critical for clarifying expectations of the role, providing the framework for its relationship with colleagues and providing areas of accountability against which performance can be managed.

This should include a series of brief statements that define the end results required. E.g. drive, contribute, identify, manage, responsible for, advise/coach, build, develop, provide, conduct, oversee, establish, participate etc.

Statements should ideally be worded so that they will lead to thoughts of measurement. For example, it is better to state something like “achieve maintenance standards” than “undertake maintenance”. The former leads to a measure against the maintenance standards.]

Project planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting
Provide technical support into the project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; assess the outputs, outcomes and impact of project interventions and activities in the implementation area.

· In consultation and collaboration with PIE project focal person and CO technical person Prepare joint monitoring plan and act accordingly.

· Coordinate and lead the establishment of beneficiary targeting committee in each intervention woreda in consultation with relevant PlE staff and appropriate woreda stakeholders.

· Conduct sensitization of the project objectives and expected results to concerned government stakeholders at all levels (Zone, woreda and kebele level)

· Coordinate and lead mobilization , registration and verification of beneficiaries

· Facilitate the necessary field work tomonitor and supervise beneficiary selection process in collaboration with woreda and kebele food security task force.

· In collaboration with woreda task force manage and resolve different apples arise from beneficiaries to ensure transparency and accountability

· In collaboration with woreda agriculture office and project CDFs facilitate and organize training for kebele development workers or extension workers

· Coordinate and lead the transportation of inputs from woreda center to each distribution sites

· Conduct frequent monitoring of project beneficiaries.

· Work closely with the project focal person, CDFs and the program area support staffs particularly with the logistic, finance and HR.
Develop project data collection tools and reporting formats and follow up on the appropriate usage of the tools.

· Ensure beneficiary participation, accountability and protection in designing and implementing project interventions.

· Lead and participate in project assessments and studies.

· Participate in field visits of donor, government, FAO and PA and CO staff, etc.

· Follow up and support CDFs on timely distribution of seeds for the intended beneficiaries.

· Conduct regular monitoring visits to projects sites and submit field trip reports and provide immediate verbal and prompt written feedback to relevant PIE and government staffs.

Ensure M&E and learning in close collaboration with the PA M&E team.

· Ensure quality and timely reporting and documenting of project activities including preparation of monthly/quarterly project progress reports.

· Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
Job Requirements:
Educational Qualification and Experience

MSc/MA or BSc/BA in Agriculture, Agronomy, Crop Production, Seed Technology, Food Security and related field.
· Demonstrated experiences in the management of livelihood and food security (planning, implementing, monitoring, supervision and evaluation) projects.

· Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development.

· Knowledge of effective participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Research systems and processes

Skills Specific to the Post:
Ability to write reports and effectively present information
Analysis and problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment
Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners
Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented
Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities
· Strong negotiation, influencing and problem solving skills.

Competencies and values:

· Extremely flexible, able to work
independently, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.

· Ability to relate to and motivate local staff effectively

· Good organizational and interpersonal skills.

· Ability and willingness to work in remote and challenging environments

· Ability to work independently and team culture

· Sensitive to deadlines

Leadership Attitudes & Behaviours:

· A predisposition to collaboratively positive engagement with all other parts of the project staff
A commitment to communicate in a timely manner

· Relate to people in a friendly, open manner and engender trust from other staf

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

· Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.

· Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.

· Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.

· Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact

· Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.

· Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.

· Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.

· Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together
Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.

· Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.

· Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.

· Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

· Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.

· Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.

· Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships
with funders, partners and communities.

· Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

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How To Apply:

The closing date for the application is December 8, 2021. Qualified candidates should submit their application with the below link.

https://jobs.plan-international.org/job-invite/42089/

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that:
Applications and CVs written in English will be accepted and
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please note that we are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated link.
Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Deadline:12.08.2021

Job Category:
Business Development, Social Sciences and Community

Location:
Different locations in South Gonder, South and North Wollo, Amhara