The ABADEI Strategy is a tailored area-based integrated programming approach to support basic human needs, complementing short-term humanitarian life-saving assistance with the safeguarding of livelihoods and the strengthening of community resilience. It is centered around addressing worsening poverty and vulnerability, supporting community resilience and social cohesion, addressing climatic vulnerability and enabling the rehabilitation of small-scale infrastructure vital for basic human needs. It supports the creation of immediate sources of income through vocational skills training, cash-for-work, cash for market, small businesses and livelihood opportunities with particular focus on agri-business and regenerative agriculture infrastructure and services (critical for food security) that are under threat. It is sensitive to the chronic and newly emerging vulnerabilities of Afghan women and girls and aims at providing them assistance in a manner that does not exacerbate their susceptibility to violence and deprivation of opportunities and rights.

Duties and Responsibilities

Scope of Work

The incumbent will undertake the following to ensure the success of the project:

• Support effective design and implementation of infrastructure activities in the ABADEI program
• Provide support in developing partnerships and ensure coordination with implementing partners and relevant stakeholders including UN agencies.
• Contribute to knowledge management and information sharing in the ABADEI program team.
• To undertake any other duties as required

Support effective design and implementation of livelihood interventions in ABADEI program, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Provide technical support to implement livelihood activities in line with the ABADEI program strategy including stakeholder consultation, community participation so as to operationalize activities. 
• Provide technical inputs to develop suitable livelihood options for vulnerable communities. 
• Support to prepare capacity development materials on livelihoods; provide technical support in conducting capacity building initiatives  
• Generate new ideas and approaches, consolidate best practices from the field and propose effective ways of doing things; 
• Monitor program implementation of partners (contractors, consultants, grantees) in accordance with agreements, work-plans, deliverables and timelines; 
• Ensure timely and quality progress by partners in line with agreed templates and schedules; review reports; provide feedback to UNDP and partners; 
• Oversee implementation of livelihood-related components in the region to ensure delivery of all the targets with desired outputs. 
• Establish and maintain network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up to date on partnership related issues; 
• Coordinate with partners and stakeholders in the process of implementing livelihood initiatives
• Assess and evaluate funding proposals from potential partner organizations maintaining quality and consistency.
• Support UNDP’s positioning as effective partner in livelihoods and job creation 
• Support to develop specific livelihoods activities for women and ensure integration of gender issues and concerns in livelihoods programming
• Keep track on financial and expenditure records related to livelihood activities if required 
• Identify operational and programmatic challenges in relation to livelihood work and propose solutions

Provide support in developing partnerships and ensure coordination with implementing partners and relevant stakeholders including UN agencies, focusing on achievement of the following:

• Support capacity building of local partners, organize relevant orientations and trainings for local partners 
• Identify potential organizations to engage with in the targeted areas and contribute to build a network 
• Act as the UNDP/ABADEI livelihood focal person in the region to develop support a coordination mechanism that allows to share information and to harmonize the work carried out by different partners.  
• Support working relationships and create programmatic linkages with relevant UN Agencies and counterparts as guided by the supervisor.

Contribute to knowledge management and information sharing in the UNDP country office

• Collect information related to infrastructure work and provide inputs for the preparation of substantive briefs
• Identify and document best practices and lessons learned from infrastructure interventions
• Assis in producing publicity materials on infrastructure work including success and lessons learned

To undertake any other duties as required.

Institutional Arrangement

the Technical Associate (Livelihood) will work in close coordination with Livelihood Officer in ABADEI program and be responsible for providing technical support to livelihood component. S/he works under the guidance and supervision of the Program Manager ABADEI and in close collaboration with team members. The incumbent will also work closely with partners, UN Agencies, technical advisors and experts, and civil society to help implement livelihood activities.

Competencies

Core
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.

Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements. 

Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.

Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible. 

Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.

Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.

Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination. 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Partnership management - Emerging partnerships: Ability to engage with emerging partners, develop and manage a strategy and develop approaches to developing and managing these new strategic partnerships.

Engagement & Effectiveness - Effectiveness Programming principles & standards and development effectiveness principles.

Prosperity - Recovery Solutions and Human Mobility Development and Mine Action (for people's livelihoods).

Prosperity - Recovery Solutions and Human MobilitySustainable Livelihoods Diversification/recovery