Job Information
Job Description
NRC Puntland Area Office is looking Livelihood & Food Security (LFS) Officer who will assist the project Coordinator in day to day implementation of the Livelihood & Food Security Project.
All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.
Generic responsibilities:
- Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines
- Implement delegated LFS project activities according to the plan of action
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
- Ensure proper filing of LFS documents according to NRC procedure and policy
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist
- Promote and share ideas for technical improvement
- Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
NRC Puntland Area Office is looking Livelihood & Food Security (LFS) Officer who will assist the project Coordinator in day to day implementation of the Livelihood & Food Security Project.
All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.
Generic responsibilities:
- Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines
- Implement delegated LFS project activities according to the plan of action
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
- Ensure proper filing of LFS documents according to NRC procedure and policy
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist
- Promote and share ideas for technical improvement
- Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
Generic professional competencies:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working as LFS Assistant or Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
- A University Degree in Business Administration and Community development, Disaster risk management, Agricultural Economics, Developmental Economics, or related field
- Relevant experience in planning, implementing and following up on livelihood and food security projects such as business plan development, unconditional cash transfers, Safety nets supports, entrepreneurship, and small enterprise development.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge, and experience:
- Knowledge of the livelihood context (gaps and needs) in MPCA operations
- Experience in organizing self-help groups or business groups before the provision of the start-up kits in kind or cash transfers
- Demonstrated understanding of the cooperatives and small enterprise development policy, cash transferring program practices in Somalia
- Demonstrated conceptual and analytical thinking skills in areas of economic development,
- Skilled trainer with experience developing and delivering training to a varied audience, such as project staff, stakeholders, national staff, and authorities
- Contribute to the program activity monitoring and evaluation
- Contribute to proposal and project report-writing and team-building experience and skills
What We Offer:
Contract period: 1 year, with possibility of extension
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
Duty station: Garowe
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
Additional Information:
Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.
Incomplete, email and paper applications will not be considered.
Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
About Us
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
