Livelihoods and Food Security Technical Assistant at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

JOB DESCRIPTION

• These strategic locations have allowed NRC greater reach from the north and south parts of the North-East and North Central region and allowed NRC to contribute to bridging the gap between humanitarian aid and development cooperation, including by focusing on equitable access to basic services and strengthening the rights of displaced people and returnees. In addition to the Country Office and the above-mentioned Area Offices, NRC has sub-office structures in Dikwa, Monguno, Biu, Mubi, Pulka, and Gwoza.
• We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. 
• If you are those people, the Norwegian Refugee Council in Nigeria is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Livelihoods, Food, and Security Assistant to join our team in Jos, Plateau State.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

Role and responsibilities

The purpose of the Livelihoods and Food Security Technical Assistant position is to assist in the day-to day implementation of the Food Security  Project.

Generic responsibilities

These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work- and Professional Development Plan.

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines.
• Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action.
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.
• Ensure proper filing of documents.
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function.

Specific responsibilities

These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus, and type of program intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.

• Together with LFS Officers, the Assistants will be responsible for the implementation of livelihoods and food security activities in the field. -Agriculture, Income Generation Activities, (IGAs), Cash for work (CfW) activities and livestock production and management.
• Support and carry out the registration of project beneficiaries with supervision from the officer.
• Conduct livelihoods assessments to determine the most viable income generating activities.
• Support stakeholders and partners in training on project beneficiaries.
• Data collection for project monitoring and evaluation.
• Coordinate food security activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets, and plans.
• Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities.
• Coordinate with relevant partners working in the same implementation areas.
• Facilitate the distribution of materials and equipment according to procedures.
• Supervise, train, and develop teams of good community facilitators, community volunteers, and survey enumerator.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and partners in training of beneficiaries on small scale business, income generating activities, CfW, livestock production & management and FFS
• Supervise distribution of materials and equipment are timely and accordance with the procedures.
• Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities, aim and objective.
• Explore and facilitate introduction of new technology, method and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities.

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• Strategy and Project Planning: Livelihoods and Food Security Coordinators, Project Manger
• Area Operations: Finance Officer, Logistic Officer, security officer, Access Officers, Protection Officers

Behavioral competencies (max 6)

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states12 behavioural competencies, and the following are essential for this position:

• Handling insecure environment
• Planning and delivering results
• Empowering and building trust
• Communicating with impact and respect

Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

• The Job Description
• The Work and Development Plan
• The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template
• The End-term Performance Review Template
• The NRC Competency Framework

QUALIFICATIONS

• BSC, HND Economics, Agricultural Economics, Social Sciences or related.
• Work experience from plateau context preferred.
• Minimum of two years in related position
• Experience and understanding of Selection, Planning and Management (SPM)of Income Generating Activities (IGAs) both on the farm and off farm.
• Experience in beneficiary skills training and distribution of conditional business grants or small business start up kits.
• Experience in agricultural livelihoods (crop and livestock production), value chain addition and Cash for Work
• Previous experience of working in complex and volatile contexts.
• Knowledge of the context in Plateau state.
• Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision.
• Highest standard of ethics and integrity
• Ability to work in insecure environments
• Communicating with respects
• Ability to speak one additional local language preferred.
• Candidates from Plateau State preferred,