Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.
Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Head of Sub Office/Head of Programme or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Programme Officer – Livelihood Specialist will:
Work on various workstreams within the unit that require a livelihood related intervention. S/he will collaborate with colleagues in other units who work on similar activities to ensure that efforts are not duplicated, and economies of scale are enhanced. In this regard, the Programme Officer will be responsible for the following:
- Liaise with implementing partners, NGOs, UN agencies as well as research institutes to understand the livelihood challenges of the population.
- Contribute to the implementation of resilience activities in the area of operation, ensuring the integration and coordination of wider programmes, and alignment with relevant policies and guidance, as well as Strategic Outcome 2 of the Country Strategic Plan.
- Support the implementation and scale-up of integrated resilience approaches, including but not limited to livelihoods support, leverage of local food purchases, finance and market access, post-harvest loss handling and climate risk management, as well as support to the government social safety net activities.
- Ensure incorporation of gender and nutrition mainstreaming across resilience activities.
- Plan and implement livelihood/Income Generating Activities (IGA) interventions for both highland and lowland areas. This includes exploring possibility of introducing fuel efficient cook stoves for women, nutrition sensitive farming for kitchen gardens, formation of primary cooperatives, connecting markets with small scale producers.
- Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting and other documentation on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
- Liaise with climate solutions colleagues to ensure that interventions are complementary to other components and ensure a sustainable approach.
- Establish technical guidelines, and specifications in coordination with government extension services, micro finance institutions to ensure sustainability of the interventions over time.
- Where needed conduct training sessions in collaboration with NGO partners for regional, district and village facilitators.
- Provide technical and policy recommendations for the consolidation, monitoring and possible replication of livelihood activities at community level.
- Liaise with national counterparts, M&E and VAM teams in Ethiopia CO and global climate team to support effective collaboration, implementation, compliance and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
Master degree or equivalent
Advanced university degree (Masters) in International Development, Economics, Agriculture, Agricultural engineering, Social science, Management or other relevant field.
60 Months
- At least five (5) years of relevant work experience working in food security related livelihood enhancement, financial inclusion or rural development projects.
- Experience in WFP specific programmes like P4P or UN Agencies would be advantageous.
- Experience in climate change adaptation is a plus
Knowledge & kills:
- Ability to work independently in a timely and organized manner
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work
- Ability to work in a team and multi-task as needed
- A strong understanding of micro finance sector in Ethiopia
- Knowledge of local Ethiopian regional languages would be an advantage
- English(Mandatory), Level – Fluent
Food safety and nutrition, Other development programme/project experience
Experience working in food security related livelihood enhancement, financial inclusion or rural development projects
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Application deadline: 27 April 2021
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