Food Security and Livelihoods Officer - North

ROLE PURPOSE: Save the Children is seeking to recruit an officer to support Civil Society Organization  partners in the delivery and the monitoring of a Food Security and Livelihoods project with the aim of creating Sustainable Social Protection and Livelihoods Solutions for Severely Vulnerable Households in Lebanon. This includes entrepreneurship trainings for adults and small business development, financial literacy and debt management, cash projects as a mechanism for assistance, and life skills and vocational trainings for youth.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Food Security and Livelihoods coordinator

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Implementation

- Monitor the  implementation of livelihoods activities mainly implemented by Civil Socity Organization partners on a daily basis, in line with programme implementation plans and against donor requirements/ indicators and partners’ contractual agreements.

- Act as the main liaison between Civil Socity Organization partner and the Save the Children office.

- Monitor  the collection  of information for the purpose of household economy analysis conducted by Civil Society Organization partners’ enumerators.

- Support in the completion of any other studies/evaluations throughout the project period and facilitate consultants’ work on the field.

- Monitor the work of the counselling staff at the Civil Society Organization partners and support them in outreach and beneficiaries’ identification and liaise with SCI team for validation and confirmation.

- Conduct household interviews and focus group discussions to collect information, as needed.

- Assist in the development of training/ awareness raising materials, and organize and conduct trainings for Civil Society Organization partners’ staff, programme beneficiaries and stakeholders.

- Assist in the capacity development activities of partners, including and not limited to technical support, training sessions and coaching visits.

- Assist with the training of the Civil Society Organization partners’ staff to ensure they have solid understanding of key programme documents and tools, including Monitoring and Evaluation questionnaires.

- Collect needed data from the partners and the field for the purpose of activity and donor reporting.

- Ensure proper filing and documentation of project related documents and activities.

- Report any deviance from the program plan in a timely manner.

- Participate in internal and external coordination meetings as required, and interact regularly with Save the Children’s other sectors (Education, Child Protection, Health/Nutrition, Shelter) to ensure coordinated and efficient programming.

- Ensure that the implementation of activities is gender sensitive, inclusive of vulnerable communities and people with disabilities, participatory, relevant to the context and conflict sensitive as well.

- Contribute to lessons learnt/ best practices workshops and ensure their implementation on the field.

- Work with logistics staff for programme procurements and logistics for the preparation of workshops and trainings, according to Save the Children’s procurement guidelines and manuals.

- Assist in the beneficiaries’ registration and distributions in collaboration with Civil Society Organization's partners and communities, when needed.

- Support in awareness raising sessions when needed.

- Promote accountability and transparency with all the implementing activities.

- Supports and stimulates teamwork within SCI’ team and the Civil Society Organization partners’ team as well.

- Contributes to the institutional memory and the experience-sharing by reporting and feedback, innovating initiatives and by networking with other colleagues.

- Carry out additional tasks upon decision by the Food Security and Livelihoods Coordinator or Program Manager.

Programme monitoring

- Prepare weekly and monthly work plans and ensure the Civil Society Organization staff follow the plans.

- Organize monitoring visits and home/field visits when needed.

- Organize and assist in data collection and analysis for beneficiary and community selection, as well as for monitoring and evaluation.

- Produce timely reports for internal use on the status of on-going programming.

- Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

- Degree in Economics, Finance, International Relations, Social Sciences, Development studies or similar field

- Minimum 2-3 years of experience in development programs, preferably working in food security and & livelihoods, and with experience in  entrepreneurship and financial literacy activities

- Experience in working with Civil Society Organization partners staff, in related capacity building activities and monitoring

- Good time management skills

- Experience in data collection and validation

- Experience in field work and community mobilization; and in coaching on working with Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanese communities in specific

- Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English

- Computer skills (Especially Excel)

- Strength in interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

- Action and solutions oriented

- Flexibility and willingness to change work practices and hours, and capability to work in insecure environment

- Available to travel in country

- Experience of working within SCI is a benefit