Country: Chad
Closing date: 15 Apr 2018
Position type and closing date
The closing date for applications is 15 April 2018.
Contract duration: 10 months with possibility for extension.
LWF
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of churches in the Lutheran tradition comprising 143 member churches in 79 countries all over the world, representing 70.5 million Christians. The World Service is the internationally recognized humanitarian and development arm of the Lutheran World Federation, assisting people in need irrespective of their ethnicity, religion or gender. We implement programs worldwide, working with both local and international partners, helping communities achieve their full potential and advocate for their universal rights. Our partners include Lutheran Churches and their related agencies, the European Commission (ECHO), the US Government (BPRM) and UNHCR, with whom we are a key implementing partner. For additional information please see www.lutheranworld.org.
Purpose of the position
The Livelihood Officer is based in Koukou-Angarana office in the department of Kimiti - Sila Region, with frequent travel to the Sudanese refugee camps in Goz Amir and Djabal as well as their host communities’ villages.
He/she reports to the Project Manager in planning, implementation and monitoring of food security and livelihood activities of the DG ECHO funded project implemented by the LWF. He/she will work closely with the Disaster Risk Management consultant to ensure proper collaboration of the project with the State services, humanitarian and development actors and other stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
University degree or equivalent in agriculture, livestock, agri-business or other related field.
Master's Degree preferred.
Knowledge and Experience
Minimum 4 years of experience in the same field.
Experience in West Africa and Sahel Region context will be an added advantage.
Good conceptual and analytical skills and demonstrated organizational, management and supervisory skills.
Knowledge of LWF, its member churches and related agencies is preferred.
Knowledge and experience of cooperation with United Nations and governmental agencies.
Team-oriented, flexible and excellent communication skills.
Language Skills
French - Excellent written and oral skills
Arabic – oral will be an added advantage
Main duties
Project planning and implementation
To ensure proper planning, monitoring and evaluation and timely quarterly reporting in compliance with LWF and ECHO requirements/formats.
To ensure that agricultural animators have in place activity work plan to guide their daily work
To empower, in collaboration with State counterpart, the population of concerned through the self-reliance strategy.
To carry out livelihood capacity analysis and identify the existing gaps in food security of the Department.
To propose intervention measures that will help in addressing identified gaps of year 1 in future project.
To build staff capacity in food security and livelihood thematic sectors.
To ensure effective implementation of all the project activities and keep required deadlines.
To ensure involvement of State counterpart in the implementation within the livelihood strategy.
To participate in food security and livelihood sub-cluster meetings and workshops.
To develop or approve thematic modules for the training of staff as well as for the target beneficiaries.
To carry out regular staff appraisal, keep staff data records.
Project monitoring and reporting
To organize regular monitoring field and exchange visits to ensure that the project is implemented in line with the project strategy.
To ensure regular project monitoring by the technical representative of the State in the region.
To share the monitoring field and exchange visit reports to guide the decisions at the right time.
To ensure proper documentation of all the activities structures.
To develop in collaboration with the PMER officer data collection tools in order to monitor the progress within the project.
To prepare according to deadline required monthly and semester reports.
To build national staff capacity in monitoring and reporting.
To carry out any other tasks as needed and requested by the Project Manager and/or his supervisor.
Applicants are required to uphold the core values of our organization.
How to apply:
To apply, please follow the link:https://lutheranworld.recruiterbox.com/jobs/fk0f948?cjb_hash=O_AgKq94&apply_now=true