Job Title: Project Officer- Livelihood and Resilience (02 Positions)
Position Type: Full Time National Staff
Location: Amudat
Reports to: Program Area Coordinator
Contract Length: 1 year
Position Summary:
Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Program Area Coordinator (PAC), the Project Officer supervise all livelihoods and Resilience project activities to ensure the project stays on budget, scope and time; Ensure the L&R project is implemented in line with FH’s L&R technical program and strategy. Provide training and technical assistance to farmer groups, cooperatives, VSLAs and exhaustively monitor project implementation. This includes conducting surveys and assessments to determine training needs, mobilizing and sensitizing communities and stakeholders, forming participants’ groups, designing and conducting training of project participants in Climate Smart Agriculture, business skills and essential Nutrition Practices, and post-harvest handling, supervision of the provision of seeds, tools, and other inputs. Visit/follow up of crop development, creation of market linkages, and periodically advise/support beneficiaries to ensure successful implementation of the project according to project design document and result framework.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Key Result #1: Project planning and implementation
Key Result #2: Stakeholders Engagement, networking and collaboration
Key Result #3: Monitoring, reporting and documentation
Key Result #4: Child, Adolescent and youth participation
Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agri-business, Animal husbandry, Forestry, environment, energy conservation, Food science and relevant work experience
• A postgraduate qualification in a relevant field is an added advantage.
Typically, 4+ years of experience in program management, compliance, and financial management experience. Experience with working with private and institutional donors.
Non-profit ministry experience is a plus. Program leadership experience that includes risk and compliance management, financial, and opportunity development
• Knowledge in value chain development, income generating activities and VSLA is desirable.
• Experience in teaching /training adult learners. Training in basic household nutrition practices will be added advantage.
• Experience in the practices, principles and operations associated with modern agricultural production including knowledge of agro ecology.
• Proficiency of the local language is an added advantage.
Language:
• Proficiency in spoken and written English is essential.
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Closing Date : 27th August, 2024
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