JOB PURPOSE:

The post holder will be responsible for overall community mobilization and engagement, timely planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring and review of the project. The post holder will specifically provide technical support to the project for its successful implementation according to approved donor and government agreements. It will also ensure that the human, material and financial resources of the project are well managed in line with plan financial, grant management and other approved guidelines in close collaboration with the project and other team members. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Develop plans to incorporate the livelihoods related activities during development and implementation of the project plans.
• Carry out baseline need assessment with other project team and local partners to identify needs, prioritization and planning.

• Work with the local authorities and target community in setting participatory beneficiary selection criteria and selections of direct beneficiaries for each type of responses.
• Plan, implement, monitor and review the implementation of the livelihood component of the project according to the approved donor and local government agreements.
• Provide technical support to local authorities and target communities aiming at building their planning and implementation capacity
• Conduct regular planning and review meetings with the project frontline staff and local partners and record lessons learnt and provide feedbacks to Field Operations Coordinator and FO Manager;
• Together with the project staffs and partners sets project quality standards and action steps and monitor the performance accordingly;
• Conducts regular supervision and closely work with the field workers on site;

• Ensures that the allocated resources are timely mobilized and properly used on the site;
• Makes sure the food resources of the organization goes to the appropriate and needy direct transfer and public work participants of the community with all the required quantity and quality;
• Prepare and maintain records, documents and control plans for the monitoring of projects/ program implementation.
• Prepare bi weekly and monthly implementation works plans.

• Supervise the implementation of the project following the established procedures and mechanisms for deployment of material to affected areas.
• Provide technical advice, training and support to Distribution agents and community to ensure that activities are carried out on timely manner.
• Establishes firm and institutionalized working relationship with local officials, community institutions and other stake holders;
• Keeps up to date with the development in the sectors, including best practices examples in country and ensure ongoing personal development and learning;
• Prepares regular project progress up dates at county level and discuss with local partners at county and payam(s) levels;
• Represents SCI at county and/or payam(s) levels and participate in local NFI, FSL and food clusters and others as required
• Ensure work plan relates closely to the regular updated project work plan guiding the project implementation and progress towards completion.
• Prepare action plans jointly with project staffs and local government and other stakeholder for monitoring, review and periodic project reporting.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, intermediate and final reports and submit to the supervisor
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages others to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree, Diploma or equivalent in Agriculture sector; livelihoods, NRM and DRR, food security, and/or emergency livelihood/food security intervention
• At least three years of work experience in agriculture sector at least three year’s in the local or international NGOs or government
• Experience in implementation of similar project/program’s in livelihood based emergency responses activities in agriculture sector and village level saving and credit activities;
• Understanding of and experience in the project implementation techniques, participatory planning, implementation and monitoring basic practices;
• Motivated self-starter, able to carry out work independently but also coordinate effectively as part of a team;

• Proven skills on managing changes, achieving results, ensuring quality, team building and capacity building.
• Ability and willingness to work under pressure as part of a professional team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity, assertiveness and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrated planning and organizational skills;
• Spoken and written fluency in English and computer literacy (MS Office and email/internet);
• Excellent in writing periodic reports
• Willingness to travel to field offices within the communities