Deadline: 07 February, 2022
Location: Bamenda, Cameroon
Plan International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Livelihood Officer.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Take part in community-based mobilisation and sensitisation meetings and introduce the livelihood and vocational training component of the project to target communities
- Take part in the process of identification and registration of beneficiaries
- Based on the interest, skills and knowledge of beneficiaries, recommend feasible income-generation activities to beneficiaries
- Support capacity-building of livelihood and vocational training beneficiaries
- Support implementation of project baseline, midterm and final evaluation
- Mobilise and make communities aware of project objectives, outputs and activities
- Ensure community mobilisation, and facilitate community-based project activities through regular interaction with adolescent boys and girls and young people and community members, including providing training, guidance and support
- Conduct necessary meetings, discussions and sensitisation tied to community targeting
- Assist in beneficiary selection in a participatory and transparent manner and take steps to ensure that the programme benefits the most vulnerable and most disadvantaged adolescent boys and girls and young people
- Facilitate and lead capacity-building workshops and training (business skills, financial education…) for target beneficiaries and variety of stakeholders
- Liaise with local authorities and departmental officials regarding the project activities as necessary
- Assist supervisor in preparing project work plan and budget estimation
- Keep records of project activities, and report regularly the project progress to supervisor
- Provide support during donor monitoring and senior management visits as well as consultant/technical support visits to the field site
- Carry out any other duties and tasks assigned by supervisor
Requirements
- University degree in social sciences
- Two years of experience in humanitarian and/or development context
- Knowledge and/or experience with Plan International will be an added advantage
- Ability to speak English
- Ability to speak one or more local languages of the assigned zone will also be an added advantage
- Proven skills in community mobilisation and facilitation
- Familiarity with behaviour change communication, participatory methodologies and gender mainstreaming
- Experience in working with children (boys and girls) and vulnerable people
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good knowledge of the targeted area
- In-depth experience in market assessment and value chain analysis
- Good knowledge and field experience in urban refugee policy, guidelines
- One year experience in the livelihood sector
- Good knowledge and understanding of humanitarian principles and established international child protection standards is an asset
- Demonstrable technical expertise in livelihood activity implementation, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
To apply and for more information, click here.
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