Livelihood Assistant - Economic Empowerment at Plan International

Role Purpose

• The purpose of this role is to have an experienced Livelihoods Community assistant on private and community assets under WFP livelihood project located in Pulka, Borno state. The livelihood assistant-economic empowerment will work in the community on economic empowerment interventions.

Dimensions of Role

• The Community assistant will be responsible for beneficiaries’ selection in collaboration with community leaders, training and follow up of training with the project Management Committee.
• Livelihood assistant will oversee all economic empowerment intervention in their community and report to the Livelihood Officer-Economic empowerment.

Key Roles/Responsibilities

• Mobilize beneficiaries into different groups for interventions in cooperation with community leaders, community targeting committee and project monitoring Committee.
• Ensure community leaders are briefed about the program and expectation.
• Oversee the beneficiary selection for all economic empowerment interventions.
• Supervise the NFI of economic empowerment interventions.
• Support in the training of the beneficiaries on all economic empowerment and any other assets as assigned by the officers in charge.
• Collect relevant data on the project and report to the officers.
• Collect information on government units and partners that are into Economic empowerment and development and share with the project officers.
• Supervise the community volunteers  
• Develop the capacity of the beneficiaries on chosen assets.
• Contribute to overall reports of livelihood project.
• Any other assignment from the livelihood officers or his/her delegate.

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Qualifications and Technical Competencies:

• Ordinary National Diploma, Higher degree, or equivalent in Home Economics, Business Management or Entrepreneurship.
• Experience in working in deep field location
• Experience in soap making, tailoring, knitting and food processing will be an experience.
• Knowledge and experience in M&E.
• Experience with participatory learning approaches.
• Experience of conducting assessments in emergency contexts.
• Experience of training of beneficiaries.
• Fluency in English and Hausa, written and spoken.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local and international staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
• Excellent negotiation, representation, skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
• Strong organizational and work prioritization skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work cooperatively.
• Proven ability to solve problems independently without direct supervision.
• Good facilitation skills and ability to deliver induction briefing/training.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels, and to maintain this under pressure.
• Ability to work with limited supervision from line manager.