Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Officer at Twinning for Health Support Initiative Nigeria (THIS-N)

Twinning for Health Support Initiative Nigeria (THIS-N) is a non-profit organisation. We are currently engaging in the Enugu State4GATES OVC Project to improve the health and well-being of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and their families in Enugu North Local Government Area in line with Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) 95: 95: 95 Agenda.

We are recruiting to fill the position below for the Enugu State4GATES OVC Project:

Job Title: Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Officer

Location: Enugu, Enugu
Report To: Program Manager

Position Summary

• The Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Officer will be responsible for interventions to reduce the economic vulnerability of families and empower them to provide the essential needs of the children in Enugu State

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the livelihoods needs assessments within project’s target groups and areas of operation.
• Provide leadership in developing innovative livelihood strengthening programmes and interventions that are consistent with project’s child protection mandate.
• Managing and ensuring the effective implementation of livelihood interventions across the organisation’s programs through proper targeted and result oriented approaches.
• Building the capacity of CV’s in managing and supporting livelihood interventions
• Be in charge of developing, disseminating and orienting CVs staff on livelihood programme management and monitoring tools
• Coordinate with Project Team to provide technical support in OVC Household Economic Strengthening programming.
• Support in the development of the project HES strategy and monitor implementation.
• Coordinate with staff to assure full community participation and visit each project activities to monitor or provide technical assistance
• Actively promote best practices and a shared, vision of quality assurance of Strategic Information through an improved standard of OVC Household Economic Strengthening programming.
• Maintain and avail appropriate technical resources.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, International Development, or related field of study.
• Experience working with Adolescent and Young people on capacity and vocational skill acquisition.
• Excellent communication, team building and training skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relations in and outside the organization
• Strong English language oral and written communication skills required
• Computer literacy skills i.e. Knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet) required.

Application Closing Date
Wednesday; 12th February, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should  send their Applications to: [email protected] Using the "Job Title" as the subject of the mail.

Note: This vacancy will be attended to on a rolling basis. We will fill this vacancy once we get the right candidates.