Job
Description: Field Officer, Hargeisa
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Positions
About
Action Africa Help International:Action Africa Help
International (AAH-I) is an African-led, regional organisation, working in East
and Southern Africa to improve the lives of livelihood-challenged communities.
AAH-I
has country programmes in Kenya, Somaliland, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, and
Zambia.
More
recently, it has expanded its activities to work with other marginalised
communities, including pastoralist communities and communities in urban slums.
AAH-I works with communities, local governments and other development partners in:
AAH-I works with communities, local governments and other development partners in:
- Basic
services (health, education, water, hygiene and sanitation)
- Food
and income security
- Environmental
management and responsiveness to climate change
- Governance,
civil society strengthening and peace building
- Humanitarian
relief and recovery
- Research
to provide the evidence base for, and to improve delivery of, the above.
Job
Role: The
Field Officer, will be based in Hargeisa with regular visits to all field/site
locations.
As
part of the implementation of food security and livelihood activities, the
staff will monitor all aspects of project implementation, including community
mobilization, identify and selection of beneficiaries, training project
beneficiaries, M&E, documentation, standardization, in compliance with AAHI
and donor’s policies and procedures.
The
staff will consult closely at all times with his/her supervisor and Manager.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Assist
project officers in the implementation of livelihoods interventions for
AAHI Somaliland
- Fully
participate implementation income generation, agriculture, and micro
enterprises development activities.
- Participate
in developing work plans and attend meetings.
- Ensure
that proper sensitization and awareness amongst beneficiaries ensuring all
project procedures and policies of project implementation are followed
- Prepare
and submit regular weekly updates, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
to Project Officer as per agreed format.
- Participate
in distribution activities for at the project sites
- Provide
advice and facilitate training of target beneficiaries.
- Liaise
with the community leaders in identifying target groups for AAHI
livelihood activities in urban, peri urban and IDPs settlements
- Assist
or empower the community to enable them to manage their issue by
themselves and be able to sustain projects
- Establish
community participation in project implementation taking in to
consideration issue regarding Age, gender, and diversity
- Regular
monitor activities implementation and report to the project Officer
- Coordinate
and facilitate the needs assessment survey of Refugees, IDPs and urban
poor areas in collaboration with other staff, INGO or government.
- Any
other duties as requested by supervisor.
Reporting
Arrangements: This
position will report to the project Officer in Hargeisa.
Essential skills and experience
Essential:
Essential skills and experience
Essential:
- Diploma
or University degree in Social Science, Business Administration,
Agriculture, Community Development, or any other relevant field of
education.
- Minimum
of two years working experience in livelihoods, community development,
and/or community mobilization.
- Familiar
with Progress out of poverty analytical skills and tools for PoCs at the
bottom of the Pyramid
- Experience
working with Non-Governmental organizations, UN agencies and local
communities
- Good
command in English, Somali, Arabic -spoken and written
- Good
communication skills and ability to conduct training
- Good
Computer skills, organizational and people centered management skills
- Ability
to represent the organization in key meetings.
- Good
communicator in working with local communities, local NGOs and local
authorities Qualification and working experience in income generation,
agriculture, and micro enterprises development.
Preferable:
- Good
negotiator in working with local NGOs and local authorities
- Social
science, agriculture, livestock or rural development graduate or with
years of experience
- Experience
in livelihoods, micro enterprise, agriculture, or livestock management
project
- Ability
to speak and write English, Arabic and Somali Language
Additional
Considerations
- Applications
received after the closing date will not be considered.
- Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- Only
Somaliland National candidates can apply for this vacancy.
- An
application letter should include contact information for three work –
related referees.
Method
of Application
If you
meet the above qualifications and requirements and interested in the Job, please
apply in confidence. The deadline for applications is 31st July 2016 at 04:30
pm.
Applicants
should send with a cover letter and their CV to the email address
recruitsomaliland@actionafricahelp.org Please put “Field Officer – Hargeisa as
the subject heading. CVs should not be longer than 3 pages
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply!
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply!