Plan International Livelihood Assistant Jobs in Nigeria
Plan International Livelihood Assistant Jobs in Nigeria
Role PurposeThe purpose of this role is to have an experienced Livelihoods Community assistant on private and community assets under WFP livelihood project located in Pulka and Gwoza Borno state.
The livelihood assistant will work in the community on economic empowerment interventions.
Dimensions of the Role
The Community assistant will be responsible for beneficiaries’ selection in collaboration with community leaders, training and follow up of training with the Project Management Committee.
Livelihood assistant will oversee all economic empowerment intervention in their community and report to the Livelihood Officer.
Accountabilities
Mobilize beneficiaries into different groups for interventions in cooperation with community leaders, community targeting committee and project monitoring Committee.
Ensure community leaders are briefed about the program and expectation.
Oversee the beneficiary selection for all economic empowerment interventions.
Supervise the NFI of economic empowerment interventions.
Support in the training of the beneficiaries on all economic empowerment and any other assets as assigned by the officers in charge.
Collect relevant data on the project and report to the officers.
Collect information on government units and partners that are into Economic empowerment and development and share with the project officers.
Supervise the community volunteers
Develop the capacity of the beneficiaries on chosen assets.
Contribute to overall reports of livelihood project.
Any other assignment from the livelihood officers or his/her delegate.
Dealing with Problems:
Excellent risk-assessment and management is required to support decisions that may require overcoming attitudinal, systemic and physical barriers.
The post-holder will make rapid assessments of situations and then make judgements for the organisation on strategic choices and action often with inadequate information.
The job requires decisions to be made on the basis of assumption and experience, as little hard information will be available. Decisions need to be context specific and there will often be no precedents to draw upon.
Management judgement will be required to negotiate and influence COs’ Plan teams to take steps to respond in ways that may be new or worrisome in contexts that are stressful to all involved.
Decisions may affect the lives of thousands of disaster affected children, millions of dollars, security of staff, and the profile of Plan across the humanitarian sector and across media.
Technical Experties, Skills and Knowledge
Qualifications and Technical Competencies:
Ordinary National Diploma, Higher Degree, or equivalent in Home Economics, Business Management or Entrepreneurship.
Must an indigene of Pulka or Gwoza community.
Experience in working in deep field location.
Experience in soap making, tailoring, knitting and food processing will be an experience.
Knowledge and experience in M&E.
Experience with participatory learning approaches.
Experience of conducting assessments in emergency contexts.
Experience of training of beneficiaries.
Fluency in English and Hausa, written and spoken
Skills & Knowledge:
Ability to work independently and as a team
player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local and international staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
Excellent negotiation, representation, skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
Strong organizational and work prioritization skills and attention to detail
Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work cooperatively.
Proven ability to solve problems independently without direct supervision.
Good facilitation skills and ability to deliver induction briefing/training.
Excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels, and to maintain this under pressure.
Ability to work with limited supervision from line manager.
Behaviours:
Commitment and adherence to humanitarian values and standards.
Focussed and striving for the delivery of programme.
Cross-culturally agile.
Aware of own strengths, weaknesses and pro-active in using feedback and self-development.
Aware of impact on others and uses impact to create positive climate at work
Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to Plan International’s core values and humanitarian principles.
Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.
Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive under pressure.
Preparedness to live and work in uncertain security environments.
Experience working in conflict or emergency-affected areas (or other situations where insecurity and corruption can be big issues).
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Plan International Livelihood Assistant Jobs in Nigeria
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