Livelihoods Assistant-Cash Based Interventions at Danish Refugee Council 89 views0 applications


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LIVELIHOODS ASSISTANT – CASH BASED INTERVENTIONS

Duty Station:

This position is based in Kyaka II and will be providing support for the implementation of the DRC Programme there.

Position and Reporting Line: The Livelihood Assistant will report to the Livelihood Officer.
**
General Objective:**
The Livelihoods Assistant-Cash based Intervention will support the Livelihoods Coordinator and Livelihoods Officer in the implementation of cash based intervention in Kyaka II refugee settlement and host community. He/she will be responsible for project management, monitoring and reporting on cash based intervention in accordance with DRC programme guidelines and procedures.

Specific responsibilities

  • Sensitize the community about cash based interventions
  • Conduct assessment of needs and capacities of community for cash based intervention
  • Follow procedures and guidelines in implementation of cash based interventions, and support in developing learning for improved cash strategies
  • Conduct training on procedures followed in cash based interventions
  • Facilitate designing as well as implementation of beneficiary selection process
  • Conduct market assessment of goods and services required by POCs in cash based interventions
  • Assess potential risks to recipients for cash based interventions and work with protection and other colleagues to ensure risk mitigation is integrated into programming
  • Identify skills and knowledge gaps related to community based interventions among Livelihoods Field extension workers and address them through training and capacity building
  • Liaise with other sectors to ensure coordinated implementation of cash based interventions
  • Ensure that cash based intervention are implemented in accordance with project design and within the approved budgets, and in accordance with DRC policies and strategies including adherence to the recommended standards and commitments to accountability and quality.
  • Write concept notes, work plans for cash based inteventions
  • Write timely quality; weekly, monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reports
  • Contribute to the formulation of project proposals on cash based intervention
  • Develop key relationships with other cash actors to develop joint learning.

Staff development and management

  • Manage field based staff, volunteers, and community participants.
  • Uphold DRC’s international code of conduct.
  • Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.

Required Qualifications and Experience

  • At least 2 years experience working with community development and livelihoods, preferably in a refugee setting
  • Proven experience in cash based programming
  • Ability to speak local languages
  • Proven experience managing community dialogues and working directly with beneficiaries

How to apply:

Applications should be in English and include the following:

  1. A cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria and salary expectations.
  2. Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about your qualification, relevant training courses, Work experience, name and contact details of 3 relevant references.

Please send your Cover letter, CV and Academic certificates by email to [email protected] by 25th October 2017 5:00pm clearly indicating position name in the subject line. We thank applicants for their interest in the position however; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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The Danish Refugee Council is currently implementing a broad range of activities relevant to conflict affected communities and persons. The activities are categorized in ten sectors:

Shelter and Non-food Items, Food Security, Protection, Income Generation, Coordination & Operational Services, Community Infrastructure & Services, Humanitarian Mine Action, Armed Violence Reduction (AVR), Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), and Education.

Here you can read some short exemplifications of what types of activities the respective sectors include:

Shelter and Non-food Items: Provision of emergency shelter, emergency cash grants, rehabilitation of housing, distribution of non-food items (NFIs) and provision of return and repatriation kits.

Food Security: Emergency food provision or food voucher programmes. Training and capacity development in agriculture, agricultural inputs (e.g. tools and seeds), agricultural grants.

Protection: Advocacy for the rights of displaced people in their context of displacement, child protection initiatives, individual protection assistance based on vulnerability, legal aid, land & property rights, sexual and gender-based violence prevention, registration services for the internally displaced and refugees, monitoring of rights and rights awareness-raising, facilitation of return and repatriation processes.

Income Generation: Business training and SME development, business grants, life-skills training, literacy and numeracy training, vocational training, micro-credit loans, savings groups, group enterprise development and facilitation.

Coordination & Operational Services: Coordination and management of refugee and IDP camps, active participation in UN cluster coordination, humanitarian surveys and studies, facilitation of NGO Networks focused on displacement solutions, capacity development, training and support to local NGOs, secondment of experts to UN emergency operations worldwide

Community Infrastructure & Services: Provision of physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, community centres, irrigation systems or other community structures, facilitation and training of infrastructure management groups at community level, facilitation and funding of community development plans, initiatives for disaster risk reduction at community level.

Humanitarian Mine Action: Manual or mechanical mine clearance, clearance of former battle areas, education for affected communities – with special focus on children on how to avoid harm from mines and UXO, surveys of expected and confirmed mined or UXO areas, explosive ordnance disposal and stockpile destruction, capacity building of national demining institutions.

Armed Violence Reduction (AVR): Education in procedures for safe storage and safe handling of small arms and light weapons (SALW), capacity building of institutions for safety, local and community level conflict management and mitigation.

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH): Emergency water supply, hygiene item distribution, hygiene information and education, construction of latrines, installation water points, wells and water storage. Water purification.

Education: Education grants and fee support, school feeding programmes, teacher training and support, school materials provision and construction or rehabilitation of school structures.

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0 USD kampala CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

TERMS OF REFERENCE

LIVELIHOODS ASSISTANT – CASH BASED INTERVENTIONS

Duty Station:

This position is based in Kyaka II and will be providing support for the implementation of the DRC Programme there.

Position and Reporting Line: The Livelihood Assistant will report to the Livelihood Officer. ** General Objective:** The Livelihoods Assistant-Cash based Intervention will support the Livelihoods Coordinator and Livelihoods Officer in the implementation of cash based intervention in Kyaka II refugee settlement and host community. He/she will be responsible for project management, monitoring and reporting on cash based intervention in accordance with DRC programme guidelines and procedures.

Specific responsibilities

  • Sensitize the community about cash based interventions
  • Conduct assessment of needs and capacities of community for cash based intervention
  • Follow procedures and guidelines in implementation of cash based interventions, and support in developing learning for improved cash strategies
  • Conduct training on procedures followed in cash based interventions
  • Facilitate designing as well as implementation of beneficiary selection process
  • Conduct market assessment of goods and services required by POCs in cash based interventions
  • Assess potential risks to recipients for cash based interventions and work with protection and other colleagues to ensure risk mitigation is integrated into programming
  • Identify skills and knowledge gaps related to community based interventions among Livelihoods Field extension workers and address them through training and capacity building
  • Liaise with other sectors to ensure coordinated implementation of cash based interventions
  • Ensure that cash based intervention are implemented in accordance with project design and within the approved budgets, and in accordance with DRC policies and strategies including adherence to the recommended standards and commitments to accountability and quality.
  • Write concept notes, work plans for cash based inteventions
  • Write timely quality; weekly, monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reports
  • Contribute to the formulation of project proposals on cash based intervention
  • Develop key relationships with other cash actors to develop joint learning.

Staff development and management

  • Manage field based staff, volunteers, and community participants.
  • Uphold DRC’s international code of conduct.
  • Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.

Required Qualifications and Experience

  • At least 2 years experience working with community development and livelihoods, preferably in a refugee setting
  • Proven experience in cash based programming
  • Ability to speak local languages
  • Proven experience managing community dialogues and working directly with beneficiaries

How to apply:

Applications should be in English and include the following:

  1. A cover letter (1 page) in which you explain why you are interested in the position and how you meet the qualities and qualifications criteria and salary expectations.
  2. Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages). The CV should include information about your qualification, relevant training courses, Work experience, name and contact details of 3 relevant references.

Please send your Cover letter, CV and Academic certificates by email to [email protected] by 25th October 2017 5:00pm clearly indicating position name in the subject line. We thank applicants for their interest in the position however; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

2017-10-26

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