Livelihoods Officer – Swiss Church Aid/HEKS Ethiopia
Development and Project Management, Health Care
Swiss Church Aid/HEKS Ethiopia
About Swiss Church Aid/HEKS-EPER
Swiss Church Aid/HEKS is the aid organization of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland and has its headquarters in Zurich/Switzerland. Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS works towards a more humane and more equitable world, assisting people and communities to overcome economic, social or humanitarian disparities in order to gain autonomy and to live with dignity both in Switzerland and abroad. Therefore, Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS engage in development cooperation, humanitarian aid and church cooperation and works in more than 30 countries and runs around 200 projects world-wide. Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS is a member of the ACT Alliance.
About Swiss Church Aid/HEKS
Swiss Church Aid/HEKS is the aid organization of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland and has its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Swiss Church Aid / HEKS works towards a more humane and more equitable world, assisting people and communities to overcome economic, social or humanitarian disparities in order to gain autonomy and to live with dignity both in Switzerland and abroad. Swiss Church Aid / HEKS engages in development cooperation, humanitarian aid and church cooperation and runs around 200 projects in more than 30 countries. Swiss Church Aid / HEKS is a member of the ACT Alliance.
In Ethiopia, Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS implements development and humanitarian interventions with focus on natural resource management, climate change adaption, conflict transformation, water, hygiene & sanitation, and inclusive markets.
Swiss church Aid/HEKS is looking for a committed and competent WASH Officer for a humanitarian intervention in Borana. The position holder will report to field office coordinator.
Job Description
Key areas of responsibilities are:
- Responsible for overseeing implementation of the livelihood component of the emergency project in accordance with approved time schedules, work plans and budgets
- Participate in the development of a detailed implementation plan of emergency animal feed/fodder interventions
- Provide technical support to the implementation of animal feed/fodder interventions in the target woredas including related extension services
- Ensure that animal feed/fodder interventions meet national emergency feed supplementation guidelines/ standards or accordingly to LEGS
- Lead project implementation, monitoring, follow up and evaluation at district level
- Participate in / support planning, implementation and monitoring of the project’s livelihood (including livestock) component
- Support all undertakings in cash-based interventions, and associated extension services
- Provide timely updates/reports on the overall food security and livelihoods situation in the operational areas
- Develop and submit weekly/monthly and quarterly work plans in-line with the project plan to the line manager
- Maintain proper record keeping of the project activities
- Develop and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders and represent HEKS at various meetings such as Cluster Meetings, Go-NGO meetings at woreda or zone levels
- Ensure compliance with reporting requirements, with a focus on quality analysis and timely submission
- Work with the customary institutions, project team and government counterparts to achieve the project outputs/outcomes
- Ensure adequate consultation and participation of district and kebele level stakeholders throughout the project cycle
- Support and engage community in various kebele level emergency food security and livelihood initiatives
- Support M&E activities including beneficiary verification/validation activity, compliant data collection, interviews, PDMs, etc.
- Support documentation of best practices and learning on integrated emergency responses
- Frequently travel to project woredas, kebeles to provide technical support, planning, implementation & monitoring of the livelihood activities with woreda project team
- Ensure that all HEKS accountability procedures and tools are applied correctly at all stages of the implementation of livelihood interventions
- Represent HEKS in multi-agency needs assessment and coordination meetings
- Carry out any other duty, as assigned by the direct supervisor
Contract: fixed basis: 6 months with possibility of extension
Company profile https://www.ethiojobs.net/company/9736/HEKS-Ethiopia/
Job Requirement
Education, Qualifications & other knowledge
- University Degree in Development Studies, Animal Science and Production, Veterinary Medicine, and related fields.
- A minimum of 3 years working experience in NGO projects focusing on animal feed/fodder interventions in pastoral areas of Borana.
- Experience in emergency interventions is a plus
- Experience and understanding of pastoral areas, context, livelihoods and culture
- Experience of working with local community and customary institutions at grassroots level
- Willingness to work in remote areas, ability to work with minimum supervision
- Very good English and Afan Oromo language skills (written and spoken)
- Computer literacy, excellent record keeping and report writing
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Good community level facilitation and coordination skills
- Strong sense of integrity and personal commitment to the goals and values of Swiss Church Aid/HEKS
