A non-profit organization requires energetic, competent and qualified professionals against the following positions having residence/working experience in District Mansehra and Peshawar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Candidates who fulfill the below mentioned criteria and have the required skills along with the qualification can apply online through brightspyre latest by COB June 11, 2020. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for test and interview. Further to note that the shortlisted candidates will not be given T/A, D/A.
Position: Livelihood officers
Number of Positions: 04
Project: Poverty Graduation Project for Afghan Refugees
Industry: N.G.O./Social Services
Job Location: District Mansehra and partly at Peshawar
Gender: Male and Female
Minimum Education: Bachelor degree (masters preferred) in agriculture
Minimum Experience: 3 or more years
Monthly salary: PKR-60,000/-
Duration: 18 Months
A national NGO with the support of PPAF intends to implement poverty graduation project, to improve the livelihood of afghan refugee communities in district Peshawar and Mansehra. The project -activities include to formulate village development plan, Formation/strengthening of community institutions (CIs), capacity building of through community management skills trainings-CMSTs and visits, Enterprise Development through transfer of productive assets at household level etc.
Job Description
- Assist in coordinating and conducting the assessment, monitoring and evaluation of project activities related to agricultural livelihoods (Agricultural Schemes, Farmers’ Field Schools, Exposure Visits etc)
- Carry out different types of need assessments and surveys as and when required for the project implementation. Carry out different analysis of agricultural value chains, comparative economic analysis of different crops and compiling of reports
- Implement project activities like development of village development plans, enterprise development and assess the situation for innovative scheme in livelihood sector.
- Advise senior management on the formation of poverty graduation strategy in the Afghan Refugees, including where to focus program resources, how to develop operational relationships with the key stakeholders especially communities, as well as how to address programmatic challenges.
- Assist and facilitate other team member in strengthening and or formation of Community Institutions (CIs) with particular focus on ensuring the active role in schemes implemented during the project
- Monitor and report to senior management on the changing environment and thereby pro-actively contribute to evolving agriculture strategy in response to the ground realities.
- Serve as point of contact at the district level and actively develop and maintain positive relationships with all relevant stakeholders in the district, including but not limited to all government departments and representatives, community and local organizations..
- Establish and oversee the consultative processes with regard to poverty graduation between the Camp Administration structure by encouraging CAR officials to participate in meetings, as well as participate in the monitoring of project implementation at the site, thus ensuring visible and tangible ownership of the program by the GoP and increasing positive interactions between the government and community.
- Manage and oversee grant implementation within the targeted district, from the generation of grant ideas in accordance with the strategy to the completion and closure of each grant as per the standard operating procedures and in compliance with PPAF rules and regulations.
- Oversee the maintenance and submission of project management tools to ensure quality implementation of all agriculture projects and activities in timely fashion.
- Submit program related reports as required.
- Regularly convene and participate in community, government and partner meetings.
- Coordinate and facilitate monitoring of ongoing projects with the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit.
- Other duties assigned by the supervisor.
Skills
- Having knowledge of the local/project targeted areas.
- Knowledge in computer (MS word, excel and power point) is a must
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, Urdu and Pashtu
- Having training conducting skills.
- Having community organizing and mobilization skills.