Livelihood Officer at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In times of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters. Each year, we and our partners reach millions of children in communities around the world. Join our dedicated and diverse staff in their work to improve the well-being of children everywhere.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Livelihood Officer

Location: Borno

Introduction

• Save the Children International is a 'dual mandate' organisation and as such equal priority will be given to both humanitarian and development work.
• This is the only way we will be able to ensure that some of the fundamental rights that we believe children have, such as survival, safety and constant access to protection and education can be guaranteed.
• As part of a commitment to work with children through humanitarian interventions Save the Children will support programmes in both sudden onset and chronic emergency situations.

Role

• To support the implementation of the livelihood component of a 12 month project which seeks to increase access to quality education through strengthened resilience and livelihood.
• The project will address economic barriers to accessing basic education by increasing income and strengthening the resilience of vulnerable conflict affected households in Borno State.
• The children from the selected vulnerable households will be supported to access education, by providing a combination of unconditional and conditional support and incentives to enable them enrol in and consistently attend school.
• The project will also support the selected households to start up viable Income Generating Activities (IGAs), to enable them to continue educating their children beyond the life span of the project.

Main Responsibilities
Programme Support:

• Support beneficiaries’ identification, selection and sanitization processes
• Actively participate in relevant field assessments to identify the beneficiaries’ needs and viable micro-enterprise/IGA opportunity, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs
• Organize the training of the selected households on business planning, record keeping and micro enterprise management
• Facilitate the provision of income generating equipment to the selected households
• Conduct the implementation and monitoring of all activities, at field level, as laid out in the plan of action.
• Assist in the registration of target families, ensuring that the data is collected and is recorded appropriately
• Assist the Project Coordinator in the preparation of project plans, budgets and all documents contributing towards an overall project implementation.
• Coordinate activities with local authorities, international community members, other implementing actors and partners at the local level.
• Compile and submit regular project reports and updates
• With support from the Head of FSL and/or other senior programme staff, support with inputs in development of high quality concept notes and proposals.
• With the support of Project Coordinator, support project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans).
• With support from the Accountability Lead ensure accountability is enforced in all project activities as well as ensuring that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design/implementation
• To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Qualifications & Experience
Essential:

• Substantial experience of working in livelihoods,
• Education to BSc/BA level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
• Previous experience of project management and implementation
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation
• Some experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

Desirable:

• Familiarity with FSL and nutrition surveys
• Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
• Experience in gender mainstreaming within FSL programming.

Application Closing Date
14th August, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online