Responsibilities:

·       Develop annual, quarterly and monthly work plans for the assigned components and keep the Field coordinator updated of any changes updates, progress and challenges.

·       Ensure that program activities are commenced in a timely manner and implemented to a high standard, in compliance with Concern standards, policies and donor guidelines.

·       Work in close collaboration with program field staffs to implement Danwadaag project activities as outlined in the proposal.

·       Provide technical guidance/leadership to ensure that Self Help Groups (SHGs) and any associated income generation interventions with linkages with existing financial institutions effectively, professionally, and in accordance with the culture and practices of the local populations

·       Support and identify options to improve the quality/growth of individual SHGs to further progress into cluster level associations (CLAs).

·       Provide supports to Technical vocational and Education Training and Skills (TVET) trainees in acquiring alternative skill training with apprenticeship and finally with skill-oriented start-up grants to facilitate timely entry to the markets.

·       Support identification of viable business opportunities, planning, entrepreneurship and life skills couching and startup grants to sustainably manage to promote household income diversification and livelihood opportunity

·       Lead the preparation and timely submission of quality monthly, quarterly, and final reports for key livelihood and related deliverables in Baidoa.

·       Seek out opportunities for integration with other sectors within Concern for better complementarity thus desirable impacts.

·       Organize meetings with the community committees/elders and local authorities of the target areas in selecting/identifying the program target beneficiaries, also lead the gatherings by using facilitation and participatory process, and then prepare minutes/actions from the meetings and follow-ups.

• Liaise with local authority/line ministry representatives as necessary for better relation and collaboration for timely implementation, monitoring and lesson learning.
• Act as technical focal point for all activities and outputs on livelihood, attend monthly and ad hoc meetings, and contribute and represent Concern at all related events and meetings

Monitoring

·       Collaborate with the M&E officer to ensure appropriate monitoring the performance of various livelihood interventions in a timely manner

·       Document lessons learned human success stories/case studies, suggest and support initiatives to improve quality of the project.

·       Carry out or participate in rigorous monitoring of field activities against the project activity plan and provide written briefs on all field visits carried out.

·       Ensure that all crosscutting issues are well understood by the partners and mainstreamed into program activities; equality (especially gender, conflict sensitivity, DRR, environment, etc.

Accountability

·       Ensure active community participation in project activities and continuous flow (two-way) of information between the Concern and target communities/beneficiaries.

·       Actively seek and give feedback on program quality issues and any complaints from beneficiaries to the field coordinator after field visits.

General

·       Participate in emergency interventions as requested by management.

·       Carry out any other duties reasonably assigned by line manager.

specification:

·       Minimum experience of 2 years in similar positions in urban/off-farm livelihoods or humanitarian response project implementation.

·       Good knowledge of and skills in using participatory methodology and approaches.

·       Excellent written and spoken English, fluent in Somali.

·       Excellent analytical skills.

·       Strong interpersonal skills, and enthusiasm about improving the lives of the most poor and vulnerable people, especially newly arrived IDPs and host communities in Baidoa.

·       An understanding of issues related to integration of IDPs and host communities

·       Strong computer skills at least on Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and internet

Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Any candidate offered a job with Concern will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and Concern Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Code of Conduct candidates demonstrate they have understood its content and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of this document.

Any breach of the Programme Participant Protection Policy and Concern Code of Conduct by employees of Concern during the course of their employment will result in disciplinary action   up to, and including, dismissal