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Experience: 2 years
Location: Jos, Plateau
Responsibilities
- Together with LFS Officers, the LFS Technical Assistants will be responsible for the implementation of livelihoods and food security activities on the field. –Agriculture support, Income Generation Activities, (IGAs), Cash for work (CfW) activities, and livestock production and management.
- Support and carry out identification and registration of vulnerable households as project participants for all project interventions in close collaboration with the LFS Technical Officer
- Ensure equal representation of various community groups in the implementation of LFS activities.
- Participate in designing and conducting Livelihood technical assessments to determine the most viable income-generating activities.
- Mobilize and sensitize communities and community leaders about project activities while promoting community participation and inclusion as to encourage community ownership over activities implemented.
- Prepare, check the quality and accuracy, and submit project documents (participants lists, reports, MoVs, etc.) timely while ensuring proper archiving/filling of the document.
- Facilitate and monitor the distribution process of LFS input kits according to procedures ensuring accountability and transparency.
- Provide weekly field reports, capturing activities progress, success stories, lessons learned as well as general situation and community updates and needs.
- Supervise, train, and monitor community-based workers, community volunteers, and survey enumerators.
- Coordinate with relevant stakeholders and partners in training project participants on small-scale business, income-generating activities, livestock production and management, and climate-smart agriculture.
- Explore and facilitate the introduction of new technology, methods and approaches to improve the quality of the activities
- Adhere to all NRC policies and procedures, Donor requirements as outlined in NRC guidelines.
- Coordinate with humanitarian actors working in the same implementation areas with NRC.
Qualifications
- BSC, HND Economics, Agricultural Economics, Social Sciences or related
- Minimum of two years in related position
- Experience and understanding of Selection, Planning and Management (SPM) of Income Generating Activities (IGAs).
- Experience in beneficiary skills trainings and distribution of conditional business grants or small business startup kits.
- Experience in agricultural livelihoods (crop and livestock production), value chain addition, and Cash and Voucher Assistance.
- Previous experience 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
- High level of Communication skills with courtesy and respect.
- Ability to speak one additional local language preferred.
Generic Professional Competencies for this Position:
- Experience working in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Highly organized, capable of operating within multiple reporting lines and managing multiple priorities successfully
- Experience in working within a team, meeting workload requirements, and timelines, and being as effective through delivery as possible.
Additional Information:
- Duty Stations: Jos, Plateau State. Nigeria
- Duration of contract: 12 months (Renewable).
- Grade Level: Grade 4 in NRC’s grading structure
- Reporting line: LFS Coordinator
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References
Norwegian Refugee Council, Careers at the Norwegian Refugee Council, Norwegian Refugee Council Re_advertised Livelihoods and Food Security Technical Assistant Nigeria Jos using, accessed April 7, 2025