Location: Nangere, Yobe Job Summary
The position is based in Nangere, Yobe State and report to the Deputy Project Manager-FSL.
The Food Security and Livelihood Officer (Income Generation Activity) leads the field team in implementing Income Generation Activities for the Integrated Basic Humanitarian Response Project (INP Plus) through livelihood interventions, business management and technical trainings and capacity building to improve skills or production in new/pre-existing livelihood assets.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Facilitate community mobilization, meetings and trainings during community led IGA activities.
Work with traditional committees to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable IDPs and host communities and provide information to ensure accountability, fairness and transparency during implementation of activities.
Work closely with community structures to follow up on implementation of Income generate activity plan to generate report.
Collect information and data on Income Generation Activates at LGA level through surveys, assessments, regular post distribution monitoring and field supervision visits of beneficiary households.
Supervise and collect the required information in the field to facilitate the capacity building and training program, with the support of the Agriculture Assistants.
Support the M&E team in analysis of beneficiary data collection through the various tools that the department uses.
Coordinate closely with the FSL DPM to ensure that cross-LGA programs are being implemented in synergy.
Mobilization and awareness raising about the organization, program objectives and activities to local authorities and the population, and act as a link between the organization and the beneficiaries (at LGA level).
Participate in regular internal& and external coordination for the program at& LGA and state levels when required.
Requirements
Degree in FSL related studies e.g. Agro-economy, Natural Resource Management, Anthropology, Disaster Risk Management etc.
Minimum of two years’ work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.
Previous experience managing FSL interventions (i.e. cash based transfer, IGA, agriculture/livelihoods).
Experience implementing programming on behalf of donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities.
Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
Fluent in English, Hausa and other local languages (Fulani and Kanuri).
Commitment to Action Against Hunger mission, values and policy.
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