Save The Children - Zonal Agriculture & Livelihood Coordinator - Jobs in Ethiopia
Save The Children - Zonal Agriculture & Livelihood Coordinator - Jobs in Ethiopia
Job DescriptionSave the Children is an exciting and dynamic organization that follows a holistic approach to achieve more for children and use its resources in an efficient and sustainable way. In every programming we aim to achieve results at scale, build partnership to influence others and increase our impact; look for innovate solutions to the problems children faces, campaign for better practice and ensure that Children’s voices are heard.
Job Summary:
The zonal Livelihood coordinator, based at zonal agriculture office, is responsible for the Intermediate Result one (IR1) agriculture and livelihood component of the USAID funded Growth through Nutrition - an Integrated and development oriented nutrition program at Zonal, Woreda.
Key Areas of Accountability:
Coordinate, supervise and provide technical assistance for proper implementation of nutrition sensitive agriculture such as homestead vegetable production, productive livestock rearing, food safety and postharvest handling and saving and credit group establishment planned under Growth through Nutrition implemented by the respective government structures (agriculture, school, and health), etc--at woreda and kebele levels.
Facilitate the implementation of activities to promote nutrition sensitive agriculture at FTCs, schools, model framers plots and among vulnerable households, including providing technical training in agronomic practices of horticultural crops, livestock husbandry, business development skills, saving, cooperative management, and financial literacy.
In coordination with Growth through Nutrition team members and other donor funded agricultural, livestock and fishery programs plan and implement nutrition sensitive livelihood strategies.
Facilitate linkages with other agricultural (specifically AGP II and PSNP IV), health and nutrition programs, international NGOs, private sector businesses for the supply of inputs and marketing of produce, and government agencies.
Works with team members of Growth through Nutrition and staff of Zonal and Woreda Offices of Agriculture to target most vulnerable households as per the targeting criteria and methods to ensure exclusion and inclusion errors so that appropriate beneficiaries are reached.
Establishes support and partnerships with local actors and smallholder farmers to improve livelihoods and increased nutritional value through demonstrations on new agricultural and nutritional technologies.
Works closely with the field office SBCC manager to bring about behavioural changes in the agricultural system and dietary habits.
Works closely with Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to generate practical information that can be used for on-going program decision making while also capturing results at the outcome and impact levels.
Capacity building through training of Zonal, woreda, school teachers, Kebele sector offices staff and targeted households to strengthen livelihoods services and programming.
Mobilize target beneficiaries in collaboration with the cooperative promotion
offices to establish saving and credit groups and creat linkage to financial service providers such as micro finance institutions, rural saving and credit cooperatives (RUSACCO) in support of program activities and ensure sustainability of the results by beneficiaries.
Conduct regular follow up / appropriate mentoring and provide on job training for government agriculture and health workers at grass root level using agreed tools.
Ensure that resources allocated reached the right beneficiaries, for the right objective in the right time.
Coordinate with save the children zonal health and nutrition coordinator, woreda level sectors for proper planning and implementation of livelihood and nutrition sensitive agriculture activities at woreda and kebele level.
Collaborate with Growth through Nutrition and other partners who are working in livelihood and nutrition sensitive agriculture, WASH, SBCC activities and sectors in the ground in order to implement Growth through Nutrition layering and convergence approach as per the agreed plan and strategy.
Ensure that proper planning and implementation of Growth through Nutrition cross cutting sectors; gender, learning agenda, sustainable approaches, and convergence/overlay of multi-sector nutrition interventions.
Collaborate with gender specialist and gender focal persons/taskforce to deliver gender sensitive agriculture and livelihood activities at woreda and kebele levels.
Support reporting and monitoring and evaluation, assuring that quality reports are submitted using standard project formats on timely basis.
Job Requirements
Education qualification
Bachelor's degree or above in Animal Science or Plant Science preferably horticulture or cooperative development.
Experience
At least 6 years of experience implementing livelihoods and economic strengthening programs required, with significant experience in NGO supporting diverse economic strengthening activities such as homestead gardening and animal production.
How to Apply
Interested applicants who meet the MINIMUM requirements should send the following online on or before 17th May 2019.
A CV (not more than 3 pages)
A cover letter (not more than one page)
A one-page table summarizing your educational background, work experience, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process.
Refer the vacancy announcement while doing this
Please do not submit copies of transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application.
You will provide them upon request.
We need to keep children safe and as such, our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts.
All successful applicants will, therefore, be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.
For more information and job application details, see; Save The Children - Zonal Agriculture & Livelihood Coordinator - Jobs in Ethiopia
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