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Jos Plateau |
Posted 2 years ago |
JOB TITLE: Livelihood & Food Security Assistant
JOB LOCATION: Jos, Plateau
Job Category: Livelihood and Food Security
Reports to: Livelihood & Food Security Officer
Supervision of: Community facilitators, Community volunteers, Survey Enumerators
Travel %: 25%
Project Number: NGFM2022
Duration and type of contract: 6 Months Renewable
JOB DETAILS:
- The purpose of the Project Assistant – Livelihoods and Food Security position is to assist in the day to day implementation of the Food Security project.
Generic Responsibilities (max 10):
- Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
- Ensure proper filing of documents
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
Specific Responsibilities:
- Together with LFS Officers, the Assistants will be responsible for the implementation of livelihoods and food security activities on the field. -Agriculture, Income Generation Activities, (IGAs), Cash for work (CfW) activities and livestock production and management.
- Support and carry out the registration of project beneficiaries with supervision from the officer
- Conduct livelihoods assessments to determine most viable income generating activities.
- Support stakeholder and partners in training on project beneficiaries.
- Data collection for project monitoring and evaluation.
- Coordinate the food security activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
- Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements
- Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
- Coordinate with relevant partners working in the same implementation areas
- Ensure proper archiving/filling of project documents
- Facilitate the distribution of materials and equipment according to procedures
- Prepare weekly progress reports and other documents as required.
- Supervise, train and develop team of good community facilitators, community volunteers, and survey enumerators
- Coordinate with stakeholders and partners in training of beneficiaries on small scale business, income generating activities, CfW, livestock production & management and FFS
- Supervise distribution of materials and equipment are timely and accordance with the procedures
- Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities, aim and objective
- Explore and facilitate introduction of new technology, method and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities.
Critical Interfaces:
Relevant interfaces for this position are:
- Strategy and Project Planning: Livelihoods and Food Security Coordinators, Project Manger
- Area Operations: Finance Officer, Logistic Officer, security officer, Access Officers, Protection Officers
Scale and Scope of the Position
- Staff: Non- but will lead Community facilitators, community volunteers, and survey enumerators
- Stakeholders: Community leaders, traditional and religious leaders
- Budgets: None
- Information: GORS, Agresso, and Intranet
- Legal or compliance: NRC terms of employment, NRC Security policy, NRC Code of Conduct.
Context / Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- B.Sc / HND in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Social Sciences or related field
- Work experience from plateau context preferred
- Minimum of two years in related position
- Experience and understanding of Selection, Planning and Management (SPM) of Income Generating Activities (IGAs) both farm and off farm.
- Experience in beneficiary skills trainings and distribution of conditional business grants or small business startup kits.
- Experience in agricultural livelihoods (crop and livestock production), value chain addition and Cash for Work
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Knowledge of the context in plateau state.
- Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision
- Highest standard of ethics and integrity
- Ability to work in insecure environments
- Communicating with respects
- Ability to speak one additional local language preferred.
- Candidates from Plateau State preferred,
Competencies:
Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:
Professional Competencies:
- These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.
Generic Professional Competencies:
- Experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Some knowledge of English
Behavioral Competencies (max 6):
These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies, and the following are essential for this position:
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect
Performance Management:
The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:
- The Job Description
- The Work and Development Plan
- The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
- The End-term Performance Review Template
- The NRC Competency Framework.
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Deadline: June 3, 2022
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