Job Opportunity: Livelihood and Food Security Officer

                                                                          

Job Opportunity: Livelihood and Food Security Officer

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in various feasibility studies, market analysis, baselines;
• Contribute to the development of training modules on Agricultural production;
• Identify in collaboration with the programme the capacity building needs of the staff and partner in food security and set up a capacity building plan;
• Establish a complaint and accountability mechanism within the community and the partner.
• Works closely with the NRC partners’ staff and treats them with respect;
• Produces in a timely manner and transmits to the relevant departments the statements of needs, requisitions and other requests and justifications related to the smooth running of the project activities;
• Coordinate the design and improvement of data collection tools;
• Organise training for team members in the use of data collection tools;
• Formulates recommendations on the choice of areas to be assessed and the programming of surveys;
• Checks the quality of information collection in the field;
• Participate in the creation of appropriate databases;
• Supervises the inputting and analysis of the data collected;
• Ensures the quality and regular monitoring of the progress of activities in the office and in the field and ensures that the project action plan is respected by the whole team;
• Ensures the quality of the drafting of project activities reports;
• Follows the monthly budget planning delegated to him/her;
• Participates in meetings related to the project activities and reports to the hierarchy;
• Ensure the protection of beneficiaries’ data.

Generic professional competencies:

• Experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Some knowledge of English

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• At least two years experiences in cash and voucher, livelihoods and food security including agriculture, livestock and fish farming;
• Experience with agricultural cooperatives or working with farmer communities;
• Knowledge of local languages spoken in the North West and South West including Pidgin;
• Knowledge of national and international norms and standards related to livelihoods and food security;
• Ability to understand issues related to crosscutting themes such as gender, protection, HIV/AIDS,environment;
• Computer skills: MS Office required (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

We Offer:

Beginning: April 2021

Fix term contract of 12 months

Duty station: 2 positions with 1 based in Buea and 1 based in Bamenda

Salary: Grade 5 step 1 NRC Cameroon salary grid

About Us

• The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

• Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

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