JOB DESCRIPTION

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3: 

The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

About: For 100 years, Save the Children has been making a difference in children”s lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world”s largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

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 SCI 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 livelihoods work plan captured related activities during for implementation as per the project documents.
• Work with the local authorities and target community in setting participatory beneficiary selection criteria and selections of direct beneficiaries for each type of responses.
• Facilitate technical training on good agronomic practices and set up demonstration plots for learning purpose and innovation.
• Facilitate distribution of agricultural inputs: seeds, tools and fishing kits and ensure the beneficiaries receive timely to meet agricultural and fishing seasons.
• Facilitate technical training to fisheries forks on modern fishing techniques including processing, preservation, smoking and marketing.
• 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 staff and local partners and record lessons learnt and provide feedback to project coordinator for food security and livelihoods.
• Together with the project staff and partners sets project quality standards and action steps and monitor the performance accordingly;
• Conducts regular supervision and closely work with the community mobilizers based at the project sites.
• Prepare and maintain records, beneficiary’s database, documents and control plans for the monitoring of projects/ program implementation.
• Prepare weekly and monthly implementation plans.
• Supervise the implementation of the project following the established procedures and mechanisms for deployment of material to affected areas.
• Provide technical support to community mobilizers, AAP committees and community to ensure that activities are carried out on timely manner.
• Establish firm and institutionalized working relationships 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.
• Represents SCI at county and/or payam(s) levels and participate in local nutrition, and FSL at cluster level and others as required.
• Prepare action plans jointly with project staffs and line departments and other stakeholders 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 agronomy, Agriculture economics, Rural Development, Fishery Science, 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 years in the local or international NGOs or government
• Experience in implementation of similar project/programs 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