World Concern is a US-based, Christian humanitarian relief and
development organization working in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Established in 1955, World Concern works to alleviate suffering
among the poor in developing countries and to address the root causes in each
context.
World Concern works in multiple-sectors to build the capacity of
village-based groups, non-governmental partners and other counterparts to lead
and sustain their development.
World Concern is committed to best practices of inclusive,
participatory and accountable relief and development and maintains rigorous
standards of both financial and program monitoring.
Program assistance is provided on the basis of need alone,
without regard to race, color or religion.
Position: Livelihoods
Project Manager
Location: Somalia
/ Somaliland
Reports To: Program
Manager
Supervises: Project
officers
Length of Contract: One
Year Renewable
Purpose
As a Livelihoods project Manager, you will work closely with the
program team to support the activities geared towards achieving the overall
goal of livelihoods diversification for food security and self-reliance among
the vulnerable groups in Somalia and Somaliland.
Your role will include design of projects that focus on sustainable livelihoods with the objective of building resilience in targeted communities.
This cuts across the three pillars of Productive sectors,
predictable safety nets and enhanced basic services as appropriate to our
capacity.
This will require a sound knowledge of livelihood programming
and relevant approaches.
Leading the implementation of the projects activities and timely
reporting to meet the following goals;
1) Strengthening and diversifying the livelihoods of local
communities.
2) Establishment or strengthening of self help/affinity
groups
3) Delivery of Business Development Services (BDS) and
4) Value Addition of animal & or crop products including
marketing and linking of producers to markets.
Essential Functions
- Training
of self-help /affinity groups on relevant areas of interest pertaining but
not limited to group dynamics, livelihoods, resilience, community health
education, gender and development.
- Follow
up of the 15 groups that have received business training to help them
review their business plans and advise them accordingly.
- Use
appropriate tools and approaches to carry out assessments of the HH
livelihood status of the targeted local communities as well as products
and market dynamics affecting the flow of goods and services.
- Determine
appropriate interventions that respond to the needs of the targeted
communities taking care to recognize and utilize and build on existing
resources.
- Work
closely with the project officers, community mobilizers and field
Animators to implement, monitor and report on progress periodically and in
a timely manner.
- Mentor
and coach and train local staff to enhance sustainability of the
project.
- Use
appropriate tools such as PRA, FGDs to facilitate members of targeted in
identifying, prioritizing and acting on their needs.
- As
part of business training, develop value chain and livelihoods framework
for pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and craftsmen to help them identify
the resources they have within and around them to achieve their objectives
and maximize profits through minimizing cost of inputs, efficient
processes, and minimizing wastage through value chain analysis.
- Take
a lead in organizing community leaders in targeted communities to lobby
their support in marketing the project and involve them in designing a
participatory exit strategy to enhance sustainability of the project.
- Network
and collaborate with other agencies in order to champion WC livelihood
ministry appropriately.
Required Education, Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s
degree in a relevant field such as Development Studies, Agriculture, entrepreneurship
etc. Five years’ experience managing Livelihood programs in a relief
and development setting.
- Experience
with agro-pastoral livelihood projects, savings-led microfinance, self-
help group approaches, value chain analysis and development is
preferred.
- Prior
experience in conflict or post conflict environment and ability to work in
the Somalia/Somaliland.
- Proven,
successful experience in project management and/or development.
- Analytical,
able to multi-task and make rapid but sound decisions in a rapidly
changing environment, especially under pressure.
- Demonstrated
ability to work respectfully and constructively with local government
authorities and other partners.
- Commitment
to the principles of participatory team management and participatory,
community-oriented development.
- Able
to communicate in a manner that is confident and clear, yet diplomatic,
enabling him/her to forge positive working relationships with donors and
other stakeholders.
- Fluency
in written and spoken English required.
- Above
average skills in MS Office Suite
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their
applications, updated CV detailing their experience for the post, current email
and phone contacts and three referees to worldconcernhr@wcdro.org by 17th August,
2012.
Those who will not have heard from us by 24th August, 2012
should consider themselves unsuccessful.
