Deadline: 22 April, 2021

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is seeking to fill the role of Livelihood and Economic Inclusion (LEI) Specialist.

NRC provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Improve the enabling environment for refugees to work, including through advocacy on the right to work, as well as access to economic opportunities and services
• Seek new and strengthen existing partnerships, including with the private sector, development actors, government institutions, and specialised agencies, to advance economic inclusion of refugees
• Enhance continues livelihoods and economic inclusion programming through evidence-based and market-driven approaches to improve economic-inclusion outcomes
• Promote and coordinate the development of new initiatives and responses to emerging enterprise development, such as integration of the principles of green economy development, value addition, and access to finance
• Promote use of technology in the LEI programme, including digitisation of saving groups, market linkages and attachment to entrepreneurships
• Facilitate the implementation of specified project development plans, providing overall partnership and technical support in the conceptualisation, design, planning, budgeting, and implementation
• Promote digital financing, financial literacy, credit plus activities, food security, entrepreneurship and commercial village concepts in all the LEI programmes
• Ensure job creation, green skilling, financial inclusion, and improved livelihoods through training marginalised and vulnerable youths and women (including people with disabilities) in green skills
• Develop plans, procedures, eligibility criteria, systems or appropriate tools for timely initiation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the LEI programme
• Work closely with the monitoring and evaluation staff members and partner mentors to conduct regular monitoring of programme activities
• Together with the partners, target group and other stakeholders, build/facilitate the development of the LEI programme by developing and integrating other relevant green economy and credit-plus activities of high impact on the lives of the most vulnerable refugees, urban poor and in the host communities of intervention
• Ensure all the LEI interventions are based on the community-based approach principles
• Prepare LEI-related programme reports and documentation on the intervention as per the requirement of the country office, donors, head office and other stakeholders

Requirements

• Ten years, minimum, of experience within LEI in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience of working in complex contexts
• Solid experience in managing and implementing LEI-related responses including cash-based programming
• Experience in programme management associated to natural resource protection and socio economic recovery, particularly relating to renewable energy and innovation, financial inclusion and employment support
• Strong capacity in leading proposal development
• Documented experience working with donors and conversance with their technical frameworks, strategic priorities and reporting requirements

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