Emergency Livelihood Officer

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of projects at local level to have sound livelihood recovery project activities as per the agreed project documents and work plan.
• In coordination with Livelihood Advisor and partner project coordinator, field staff, government officials and communities; livelihood recovery project activities are sound and proceeding in accordance with the agreed project documents and work plan.
• Ensure that livelihood project activities are technically sound and are aligned with donor and NCA Principles.
• Coordinate activities in consultation with appropriate local government officials to enhance implementation and impact of livelihood activities as well as ensure compliance with Government’s requirements.
• Contribute to building the technical capacity of NCA partner staff, government counterparts and community volunteers in the area of livelihood support and food security.
• Build capacity of staff, communities, and partners to ensure effective participation of families, and stakeholders in livelihood project activities.
• Manage local community facilitators in community-focused work through ensuring participatory approach.
• Provide technical support and guidance through field visits to the woreda-based partner project staff in the areas of livelihood and agricultural support.
• Documentation and sharing of project related lessons learnt and good practices.
• Comply with all relevant NCA and procedures with respect to ACT Code of conduct policies.
• Contribute to the preparation of quality project reports in the area of livelihood activities in a timely manner.
• Livelihood recovery activities are effectively implemented, monitored, evaluated, and reported.
• Contributed to the preparation of quality project reports in the area of livelihood activities in a timely manner.
• Weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports are prepared, submitted and documented.
• Experience sharing reports, field visits and other lesson learnt are compiled and documented.
• Ensure effective and efficient utilization of project budget and assets in line with the project plan.

Other Responsibilities

Dealing with problems:

• The communities living within the intervention area are not only chronically food insecure but also their understanding and awareness about livelihood/food security activities is very poor. And this problem can be restrained and alleviated through consistent community awareness creation programs and implementation of integrated food security programs.
• Volatile security situation of the target area.
• Poor humanitarian access and ragged topography of the intervention area.