Livelihoods Officer Moldova Chisinau

Overview

Support economic improvement for refugees and vulnerable groups

You have:

• 1-2 years of relevant experience in implementing food security and livelihoods projects.
• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Agriculture, Business, Social Sciences, or related fields.
• Knowledge of humanitarian or development sector in Moldova.
• Experience in conducting assessments.
• Strong data management and data analysis skills.
• Fluency in English, Russian, and Romanian, both written and verbal.

Contract

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NRC livelihood unit works to support the refugees from Ukraine and vulnerable groups in acquiring market-oriented skills, job linkages, entrepreneurship, and other activities that contribute to the resilience and self-reliance of the targeted community. The post holder will be part of the NRC Moldova Area Office team, under the management of the Livelihoods Project Coordinator. The post holder will be responsible for implementing and supervising the assigned tasks related to the field activities. NRC is looking for a suitable candidate with strong behavior and English competencies with a desire to improve the economic situation of the populations we are targeting. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of relevant experience, preferably in implementing food security and livelihoods projects within the humanitarian sector
• Bachelor's degree preferably in Economics, Agriculture, Business, Social Sciences, or other related fields
• Preferred to have knowledge of the humanitarian or development sector in Moldova along with experience and knowledge of employment and entrepreneurship in Moldova, the agri-food sector and interventions which can support people’s food needs
• Demonstrated experience in conducting assessments
• Strong data management and data analysis skills
• Fluency in English, Russian, and Romanian essential, both written and verbal

Responsibilities

1. Maintain accurate documentation of project activities in compliance with NRC and donor requirements. 2. Carry out / supervise economic vulnerability assessments with the support of the project Coordinator, service mappings and market assessments and give necessary recommendations to the Project Manager. 3. Take the lead in the community mobilization and targeting and monitor movement and distribution of in-kind assistance and grants maintaining a complete paper trail for all registrations, verifications, and distributions for all livelihoods and cash-related activities. 4. Conduct regular field visits to project sites and update the Project Coordinator/Manager on the progress of project activities in the field. 5. Responsible for site planning, date and location of the distribution, and crowd control. 6. Establish strong working relationships with targeted communities, local authorities, and local partners. 7. Supervise and provide technical support to contractors/trainers/local partners to implement business-focused training programmes. 8. Provide mentoring and coaching to all businesses supported with grants. 9. Implement/support the implementation of the NRC Community Engagement Approach activities. 10. Diagnose and report any programmatic or operational challenges. 11. Contribute to the preparation of relevant documents, including contracts, MoUs, communication materials, reports, presentations, etc. 12. Participate when requested in the recruitment of Project Assistants and incentive staff. 13. Develop weekly work plans as per the overall implementation plans. 14. Vehicle movement planning for the team according to weekly work plans. 15. Prepare and raise procurement requests as per procurement and spending plans. 16. Lead on the preparation for payments including stipends, cash grants etc. 17. Working closely and coordinating the activities with monitoring and evaluation unit for monitoring the activities, carrying out post-distribution monitoring, and share the information with other staff. 18. Support with internal and external referrals. 19. Support the LFS PM/PDM in occasional translation support between Romanian/Ukrainian and English. 20. Any other duties assigned by line manager as and when required.

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