Livelihood Coordinator at CARE International

Job Summary

• CARE is seeking a Livelihood Coordinator to support the successful implementation of the Resilience and Social Cohesion (Peace) project in Northeast Nigeria is a joint initiative implemented by implemented the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with funding from the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of the German Government. The project aims to restore basic services, rebuild livelihoods and infrastructure, and enhance social cohesion by bridging humanitarian, development, and peace interventions to foster a transformational process. The Project Coordinator will ensure that livelihood activities are implemented in line with the project main objectives for the targeted groups and in compliance with CARE and WFP policies and practice with respect to safeguarding policy, code of conduct, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Project Management

• Provide programmatic leadership & team management in the implementation of the livelihood interventions.
• Provide technical guidance and direction for all livelihood activities; define and implement activities to achieve the greatest coverage and impact possible. 
• Collaborate with the Project Manager and the technical sector leads to prepare strategic work plans with clear objectives and achievement benchmarks, long-term and short-term priorities, implementation plans, financial projections and tools for evaluation.
• Identify gaps and needs in current programming areas of food security and nutrition, agribusiness and livelihoods programming.
• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Directly supervise all livelihoods field personnel in targeted areas.
• Ensure training and ongoing capacity-building opportunities for staff on technical and project management skills.
• Ensure timely completion and submission of monthly timesheets, probation reviews and annual performance reviews.
• Support other assigned outsourcing activities.

Monitoring, Reporting and Evidence Building 

• The Livelihoods Coordinator will work closely with the MEAL team to develop reports on livelihood activities and submit them to the Project Manager for review as per WFP requirements. 
• Ensure compliances with CARE and WFP standards in the implementation & management of livelihood programs.
• Review, analyse provide inputs and feedback on livelihood project interventions to improve quality (including assessment, design, monitoring, and evaluation).
• In cooperation with the MEAL team, support to strengthen the M&E systems.
• Ensure that the Livelihoods 5W reports are consolidated and shared with the Early Recovery coordination cluster

Network and External / Stakeholder Engagement

• Develops and maintains strong working relationships with all stakeholders – WFP, Community support groups, community leaders, and NGOs, to enhance multi-agency and multi-sectoral cooperation and coordination.
• Represent CARE at the Early Recovery sector coordination/donor meetings in Yobe.
• Support the Area Manager in building relationships with other livelihood actors, UN, donor counterparts, and other I/NGOs.
• Seek opportunities to collaborate with other organizations in both coordination, learning, and programming.
• Network with other CARE entities, particularly around best practices, technical approaches and resource acquisition
• Provide CARE’s communications & advocacy department with information to highlight CARE’s livelihood activities and impact.

Collaboration

• Participate actively in the monitoring of the project in collaboration with the M&E Officer with specific attention on the efficiency of the WFP Livelihood.

Other Responsibilities:

• Other Responsibilities as Assigned
• Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts

Requirements

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required

• University degree in Agriculture or Agri-business Management or any related field with extensive experience in Risk Communication and Community Engagement.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in agricultural and livelihoods programming.
• Sound knowledge of entrepreneurship and agricultural value chain development related activities.
• Ability to write reports
• Able to work outside of regular working hours as required, including evenings and weekends if required.
• Good experience in supervision is required. 
• Fluency in English and Hausa

Desired:

• Computers skills at least intermediate skills in Windows-based word processing, spreadsheet
• Ability to establish priorities, plan, coordinate, and organize own work plan.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds. 
• good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and work without direction

Competencies:

• Approachability                               
• Building Effective Teams
• Customer Focus
• Integrity and Trust
• Drive for Results
• Comfort around Higher management
• Business Acumen
• Negotiating
• Organizational Agility