Emergency food security and livelihood project manager at Plan International

Plan International

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Position: Emergency food security and livelihood project manager

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Oromia Program Area, Yabello - Ethiopia

Posted date: 1 year ago

Deadline: Submition date is over

Role PURPOSE

The position holder will be responsible for the management of Emergency livelihood/Food security projects and ensuring the quality and effectiveness of the Plan?s emergency response within Oromia PA including project implementation, day-to-day monitoring, and reporting.

Accountabilities and Main Work Activities

Organize and Lead Multidisciplinary Emergency teams 

• Lead a multi-disciplinary professional emergency team consisting of (up to 3 staff) working in the project site such as livelihoods officers and CDFs
• Ensure emergency assessments are effectively undertaken and implement integrated emergency response, recovery, and exit strategies in close collaboration with major partners and stakeholders
• Ensure all team members clearly understand and carry out their duties in accordance with personal work plans, humanitarian principles, core values, the Code of Conduct, and SPHERE.
• Work collaboratively in close relation with all teams in the field coordination office, Amhara or Tigray field office coordinator/manager, and concerned CO staff
• Promote a productive work environment respectful of the Code of Conduct with zero tolerance for verbal and physical abuse or discrimination against other persons on the grounds of race, color, sex, or creed.
• Ensure all team members (CDFs) are fully briefed on all aspects of security, social and cultural norms, and local conditions and behavior.
• Create the conditions to ensure effective teamwork and morale are strictly observed. 
• Provide feedback on the periodic performance of CDFs to PC and provide timely feedback to CDFs along with PC.
• Ensure logistical resources demands are fully assessed, identified, described, and communicated to the Program Implementation Manager and all concerned staff,
• Ensure compliance with all Ethiopian government legal, contractual, labor, and statutory requirements.
• Communicate effectively on usage, procedures, and relevant communications protocols to all emergency response teams under his supervision.

Managing project budget 

• Provide support for field emergency finance and logistic teams in providing financial and related documents that help for settlement purposes. 

Project implementation coordination, monitoring, follow-up, and reporting 

• Provide leadership in designing, implementing, and monitoring sound emergency and recovery livelihood project activities in Plan targeted districts as per the agreed project documents and work plan including income-generating activities, CTP, and the provision of livestock and seed inputs;
• Coordinate and lead livelihood & recovery projects during the planning, budget preparation, implementation, M&E, and timely reporting ensuring quality and standards through an enhanced partnership with government and non-government partners at zonal, woreda, and local levels and also civic organizations including CBOs;
• Directly own & lead the designing/development of FSL projects and ensure projects are effectively implemented, monitored/reviewed, evaluated and progress and final reports are timely compiled and submitted to the PIM.
• Facilitate joint supportive supervision with concerned government sectors from region and district (through drafting and submission of ToR to PC)    
• Lead the beneficiary selection with CDFs, community representatives, and government structures
• Verify and organize beneficiary master data before submitting to the project manager for further submission to the CO before project input distribution.
• Ensure adequate monitoring, reporting, and acquittal of emergency response activities in accordance with donor regulations, country and national office requests, international humanitarian accountability frameworks and relevant SPHERE standards
• Provide continuous technical and organizational support and capacity building to field team and woreda and community level extension agents
• Facilitate and directly involve in input distribution and ensure delivery of project inputs and services on a timely basis;
• Ensure the Field Office Coordinators are kept informed about project progress as required (daily, weekly plan, and monthly achievements);
• Contributes to their individual account plan and understands how they contribute to the team and organizational plan.
• Organize training for field staff of Plan and partners to build core skills in livelihood concept, recovery, and resilience-building;
• Actively participate in rapid assessments and provide input in designing concept notes and project proposals in areas of emergency response, livelihoods recovery, and food security; 
• Directly implement project activities based on agreed standards and carry out in accordance with the agreed LoA with the donor, work plans, and proposals

Managing relationships and networking with government, partners, and other stakeholders 

• Participate in a coordination meeting held at Woreda and community levels and provide progress regarding the project implementation.
• Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with other NGOs and UN agencies operating in the district, local government, bilateral and multilateral donors, and other principle stakeholders including the military were present and if necessary.
• Collect and organize sex-disaggregated beneficiary data and submitted to the coordination office, and provide required information to the Project Manager that helps to produce progress reports in accordance with the reporting template and within their reporting schedule.

Conduct community need an assessment before developing projects 

• Participate in and support regional need assessments, surveys, and other studies and assist proposal development to finance projects
• Facilitate visits that are planned by the regional government, CO as well as the donor.  

Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) 

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International?s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International?s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International?s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications/ experience essential:

• MSc in Crop Production and Agronomy, Agricultural Development, Agricultural Economics, Development Studies or other related fields is required with a minimum of 5-7 years of related working experience.
• Good managerial experience, including managing budgets

Qualifications and experience are desirable

• Equipped with a sufficient level of awareness on Early warning concepts; agriculture, Disaster risk management practice, and knowhow; food security and livelihoods framework and Gender,
• Knowledge of Plan policies and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct
• Knowledge of child rights programming
• Good knowledge of field level realities of humanitarian NGOs work;
• Experience of working in Tigray and speaking the local language;  
• Knowledge of FSL, CTP, Agriculture, EWS, DRR, and DCM;
• Good understanding of the external operating environment including government policies, strategies, guidelines and operating procedures in managing emergencies and disasters in the country Perform multiple, non-technical tasks with a potential need to upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions.
• Ability to work independently

Languages required

• English language
• Knowledge of the local language is desirable

Location: Oromia Program Area, Yabello

Type of Role: Livelihood

Reports to: Emergency Program implementation Manager

Grade: D2

Closing Date: July 06, 2022

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