With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

% Time

25%

Technical Leadership

• Assist in development of overall NO (National Office) strategy
• Assist in development of Livelihood technical approaches (TA)
• Assist in development of Livelihood technical guidance
• Assist with ongoing improvements to Livelihood TA/TP (Technical Programme) design to ensure it remains relevant to context, incorporates innovation, by providing field-level information
• Remain up to date with Livelihood research, policy, guidance and initiatives and ensure dissemination to field staff
• Work with WV staff and partners to guide technical interpretation of technical models
• Take leadership, support and guide field staff in implementation of livelihood programming, responding and finding solutions to livelihood programming issues
• Develop livelihood work plans to include regular face-to-face support of field staff

15%

Capacity Development

• Provide capacity building of field staff, including provision of technical resources and linkage to partners and stakeholders
• Ensure quality monitoring of all Livelihood capacity building events

15%

Learning and Evidence Base Development, Dissemination and Knowledge Management

• Assist research in the field as part of research team, field preparation, field supervision
• Assist DME (Design Monitoring and Evaluation) team in data interpretation and writing reports that show evidence of results and impacts
• Identify best/promising practices and success stories for documentation and dissemination
• Develop publications and/or conference abstracts based on learnings and best practice

5%

Resource Mobilization

• Contribute to the development of project (grants and Responses) proposals that have Livelihood component
• Provide key ground data and information to the GAM (Grant Acquisition and Management) team

15%

Quality Assurance

• Assist field staff to write, and ensure timely submission from APs of monthly/quarterly/ annual livelihood activity reports and any grant-specific reports
• Assist NO Livelihood Advisor in monitoring, supervision and evaluation of Livelihood programs
• Ensure program alignment with TA/TP and meets minimum standards
• Technical support with DME team in designing, redesigning and elaborating logframes for Livelihood programming

10%

Livelihood Advocacy

• Provide technical input into policy briefs: consulted for local specific context
• Obtain evidence from Livelihood programs and data from CVA (Citizen Voice in Action) to inform policy at sub national and national level
• Ensure CVA for Livelihood scaled up to a critical mass across APs

10%

Networking, Partnering, and External Representation

• Establish and maintain liaison with sub-national Livelihood agencies (e.g. Ministry of Agriculture), institutions and other partners
• Establish partnerships with sub-national Livelihood agencies, institutions and other partners

5%

Disaster Preparedness/HEA (Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs)

• Maintain situational awareness of actual and potential hazards at local level and bring to attention of NO Livelihood Advisor
• Guide community hazard vulnerability analysis in area of Livelihood
• Solve problems under emergency conditions
• Available for deployment for an HEA response in the regions for 4 weeks per year if needed (percent allocations per responsibility would change in such a case*)*

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• University degree in agronomy or rural development.
• Have a good command of the following technical approaches: Farmer Field School; Group of values and savings.
• Computer literate in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Lotus note, etc.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in livelihood program management
• Have worked in a program of assistance of the communities to their empowerment (agro pastoral activities, Income Generating Activity, etc.)
• Transfer knowledge transfer capacity through formal and informal training
• Good understanding of World Vision and Sphere relief standards.
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills.
• Excellent French communication skills (oral and written).
• A working knowledge of English
• A working knowledge of the local language
• Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment.
• Ability to exhibit exemplary lifestyle as interpreted in specific local cultural context.
• Ability to encourage and support others to grow and develop.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only