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Livelihood Project Officer
Country Afghanistan Province Herat,
Categories Program, Type Full Time
Post Date 2021-12-30 Close Date 2021-12-22
Vacancy No IRW-215-2021 Gender male female
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration One Year
Education Bachelor Degree in agriculure, animal husbandary/veterinary,social science or any any relavent fields. Experience At least 3 years’ work experience, agricultre, livestock, value chain, community development and any relavent fields
Organization Opportunities for you Salary 45,000 to 40,000 AFA

About Company

About Islamic ReliEf worldwide Afghanistan: Islamic Relief Worldwide – Afghanistan Country Office (IRW) is an international non profitable Non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in UK-Birmingham. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. IRA started its humanitarian activities for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and Afghan people inside since then; IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, women empowerment, girl education, orphan sponsorship, health, emergency education, shelter, Ramadan and qurbani programs

Job Description

  • The purpose of the Livelihood Project Officer Position is to effectively and efficiently supervise and implement the projects at the field level, and to be responsible as per the below details:
  • Overall management of the livelihood and Education projects (Literacy the vocational or skill development, forming Self Help Groups, and kitchen gardening awareness training) with close coordination of FC or Field officer.
  • Maintain close cooperation with education officer/ field officer, community leaders and with the assisted population, as well as with all relevant stakeholders.
  • Devising proper planning for implementation of livelihood portion of the projects (mentioned in1) and follow up of day to day activities of all Education and livelihood projects with close coordination of education officer.
  • Responsible for ensuring that all participants in the livelihood part of the project have achieved targets of the program.
  • Follow up of the project livelihood and education activities implementation in the field.
  • Smooth Implementation of the prepared plan.
  • Implement project activities in accordance with the project guidelines and targets(Community mobilization, identifying income generation opportunities)
  • Support the quality control it means provided by the line manager, and ensure the reporting about capacity gaps.
  • Forming SHG among the literacy student and establishing a system for income generation and saving.
  • Ensure a positive working environment and good team dynamics (solve out potential conflicts)
  • Representation IRW vis-a-vis district authorities participate in official meetings to ensure maximum visibility
  • Prepare monthly quarterly, result based activity plan the livelihood/ education activities of the projects
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly result based progressive report the relevant activities.
  • Designing of trainings to the beneficiaries accordingly to the approved proposal of the projects.
  • Inspire staff to excel in their jobs, while also achieving goals and meeting deadlines.
  • Preparing and coordinating daily plan and activities that contributes to the objective of the project.
  • Appropriately planning for visibility of IRW activities in the field.
  • Regular field visit from the project site
  • On time reporting of the overall activities being undertaken at the field level to field Coordinator.
  • Monitoring and supervision of the activities at the field level and sharing the findings with the field coordinator and relevant staff for improvement.
  • Keep the perfect record, and filing system of the project activities, and do the proper data collection.
  • Develop success stories for the monthly report and newsletter
  • Data collection, survey and small research from the project in the initial implementation step of the projects.
  • Participating in the emergency responses incidences on need basis in the field.
  • Providing help in implementation of the seasonal project at the field level.
  • Perform any other task assigned or required.

Job Requirement

  • Bachelor Degree in agriculure, animal husbandary/veterinary,social science or any any relavent fields.

Experience:

  • At least 3 years’ work experience, agricultre, livestock, value chain, community development and any relavent fields.
  • Experience in staff management, public outreach/ counseling, community mobilization, data collection and coordination with stakeholders
  • Strong Command on Dari and English both written and spoken.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-ethnic team and take on diverse tasks.
  • Working experience in the same local community, district, villages and familiar with society

Submission Guideline

Interested and qualified national candidates should submit  a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following email address: vacancies.afg@islamic-relief.org.af

The closing date for accepting applications is 30 December 2021.

Please clearly state the Vacancy Announcement number and title of the position you are applying for in the subject line. 

Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered and only short-listed candidates will be called for an interview.

Note: Please follow the guidelines  mentioned above otherwise you application/CV will not be considered for the post.

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