FSL Assistant - Economic Empowerment at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Location: Damasak, Borno

Job Summary

• The position is based in Damasak, Borno State and reports directly to the FSL Officer.
• The FSL Assistant-Economic Empowerment is required to provide support in the implementation of economic empowerment component of the project.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Undertake economic strengthening interventions at the local government level.
• Ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all areas of economic empowerment of the social protection interventions of the program.
• Facilitate community mobilization towards economic empowerment program.
• Coordinate market linkages with value chain actors, household income flow and household economic behavioural change activities monitoring.
• Contribute to organizational and sector wide learning through documentation of lessons learnt, best practices, evaluation from the economic strengthening of the income generation activities component.
• Support the development of project procurement and work plans.
• Liaise with traditional committees to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable IDPs and host communities for economic empowerment at LGA level.

Position Requirements

• Minimum of Diploma in Economic Empowerment related studies e.g. Agriculture, Development Studies, Accounting and Business Management.
• Minimum of 1 year relevant experience in humanitarian contexts and conflict/insecure contexts.
• Strong computer literacy, organizational and planning skills including report writing.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to be adaptable and flexible.
• Commitment to upholding Action Against Hunger's mission, values and policy.
• Previous experience managing economic empowerment interventions (i.e. cash based transfer, IGA, agriculture/livelihoods).
• Capacity to analyze and resolve problems including taking appropriate action