Livelihoods Team Leader

Job Description

Position Description

Title: Livelihoods Team Leader

Location: Based in Gambella, with regular overnight travel to Dimma, and Pugnido

Line management: Line Managed by the Area Manager & Livelihoods Coordinator

Background

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC has mainly focused on refugees who are displaced by conflict. The regional Office is based in Nairobi, Kenya and we have other offices and operations in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Puntland, Somaliland, Kenya and Yemen.

Purpose

To guide the day to day Livelihoods activities of the Livelihood team
To manage and facilitate DRC Ethiopia Livelihoods interventions in Gambella Region and the outreach progress areas included in this programme.
Empower the communities to be able to manage their issues by themselves and have the ability to sustain Livelihoods and Income Generating projects
Facilitate relations between DRC and the local communities
Represent DRC in all meetings and other relevant fora
Key Responsibilities:

Livelihoods specific

· Responsible for all Livelihoods interventions for DRC in Gambella
· Ensure that DRC’s objectives are disseminated and raise awareness of DRCs approach ensuring all implementation follows DRC policies and procedures
· Provide technical advice, backstopping and training on income generating activities, and other livelihoods related fields.
· Facilitate communities, community based organisations and community leaders in identifying target groups for DRC Livelihoods activities in and around refugee camps.
Help empower the communities to enable them to manage their issues by themselves and be able to sustain projects
Ensure equal participation by all segments of the community, taking into consideration issues regarding gender, age, disability and clan affiliation
· Regularly monitor and evaluate the projects performance and provide timely inputs, feedback and impact of the DRC Livelihoods interventions
· Play an important role in realization of project outputs and outcomes through timely implementation of activities in a well planned, organized and coordinated manner
· Develop and implement surveys and needs assessment in refugee and host community areas in collaboration with others.

Programme management

· Together with Senior management Team, responsible for preparing and implementing of annual and quarterly work plans
· Organize and implement training for communities as per identified needs.

· Report monitoring details back to DRC management
Regular monthly, quarterly and annual reporting to as per agreed format.
Supervisory Responsibility

Monitor team performance and activity
Collate monthly reports from other team members and send the reports to the Project Coordinator or GMO vas applicable
Facilitate team meetings every Monday ensuring that appropriate brainstorming, problem solving and project planning techniques are used
Manage team conflicts to ensure that problems are resolved constructively with direction from the Line manager.
Facilitate ongoing evaluation of the teams effectiveness
Ensure that plans are entered into the standardized format and are updated on a monthly basis
Representation and coordination

To ensure that DRC maintains excellent and productive relations with all key stakeholders, especially beneficiaries, local authorities, partners and donors. Tasks include: a) representing DRC at relevant forums/ meetings, b) ensuring other staff are appropriately representing DRC at relevant forums/ meetings, c) maintaining agreed profile of DRC at country/ programme level, d) conducting regular stakeholder analyses to ensure that DRC has good understanding of dynamics/ relationships, e) ensuring that all staff maintain beneficiaries and communities at the centre of DRC’s stakeholder list, f) engaging in coordination processes amongst key stakeholders.
Job Requirements

Personal Specifications
Essential:

Degree or equivalent in relevant field
Minimum of Five years’ experience working in community development, and/or community mobilization.
Experience of implementing Livelihoods programmes in communities
Experience with Micro finance support, SMEs or SACCO establishment and support
Proven success in implementing business skill training and support
Experience of working with Non-Governmental organisations
Good in spoken and written English especially reporting
Good communication skills and ability to conduct training
Understanding of gender, protection and human rights
Demonstrable Computer skills
Proven organizational and people management skills
Ability to represent the organization and influence people
Emergency experience
Preferable:

Nuer or Anuak language skills a definite advantage
Income generating activity experience
Experience in Refugee camps

Closing date: Nov 13, 2015p

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How to Apply

Interested candidates should send a CV and cover letter in English addressed to the DRC Hiring Committee at only through vacancies@drcethiopia.org and Gambella Office, with the subject “Livelihoods Team Leader”.

The applicant’s cover letter should state the reasons for applying for this particular position and not be generic. The cover letter should also include the applicant’s salary requirements. Please do not send additional materials other than a CV and cover letter, they will not be reviewed.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis before the deadline, and interviews will be held as suitable candidates present themselves. Deadline for applications is 13 November 2015.

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit. It is DRC policy to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals, as well as administer any and all personnel actions, without regard to gender, race, national, clan or tribal origin, religion, age, sex, origin or ancestry, marital status, social status, sexual orientation, or status as a qualified disabled individual.

Job Categories: Development and Project M… Jobs. Job Types: Full-Time. Job expires in 30 days.

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