Project Facilitator
Plan, implement, and monitor project activities for vulnerable children in refugee camps.
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Overview
Plan, implement, and monitor project activities for vulnerable children in refugee camps.
You have:
- At least 3 years of experience working with economic development sectors
- Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, Rural Development, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or any other related field
- Must be familiar with economic development models e.g. Saving Groups, Local Value Chain Development (LVCD), Business Facilitation, Microfinance
- Demonstrate ability to foster partnerships with refugee camps, community and/or Government agencies and groups
- Having a driving license class A
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 33,000+ 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:
Job Description & Position Description Questionnaire (JDPDQ)
Please submit the organisational chart to your business partner along with the JDPDQ.
VACANCY INFORMATION
Job Title
Project Facilitator
Manager Name/Title
Livelihood and Self-Reliance Project Manager
Department/Office
Dukore Twigire Project (DTP)/ IPD
History of Position
New
FOR P&C USE ONLY
JD Last Revised
May, 2025
JEMCode
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Cost Centre
Livelihood and Self-reliance Budget
Our People Job ID
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EXL Member/PL/RL
Work Unit ID
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Employee Type
Open Ended, Full Time
Overtime Exemption
To be determined by the Grading Committee only
Contract Type
Local 1
L-IM Scale Eligibility
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Contract Duration
2+ Years
Workers Comp Code
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Hours per Week
40hrs
EEOC Code
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Vacancy Type
NO/SO Department - Local Recruitment
P&C Notes for Role
Hay Grade level 13
Vacancy Details
Development (Field or Office)
Preferred Office Loc.
(Please Note: Global is for 18+ Only)
JOB PURPOSE (Limit 750 characters)
Livelihood and Self-reliance Project Facilitator will be responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring the projects activities in the refugee camps and host communities, through a strong collaboration with camps and host communities’ partners who are involved in livelihood and Resilience activities for broader and deeper impact on the wellbeing of most vulnerable children in covered areas.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
% of time
Activity
End Results
10% Participate in the project planning, review, redesign, budgeting, and implementation in the refugees’ camps and host communities, and ensure that cascaded targets are achieved with allocated resources
Project plans and budgets are produced and effectively implemented
10% Conduct identification of project volunteers and build their capacity, motivating and coordinating them for enrolling, mentoring, and monitoring beneficiaries of the project.
Facilitate the formation of savings and credit groups and ensure the participation of the project-targeted beneficiaries.
Sufficient project volunteers are identified, empowered, coordinated, and facilitated to support the project.
10% Ensure enrolment and profiling of project beneficiaries in LMMS or other database and/or monitoring software that are necessary for the project to effectively serve all beneficiaries and keep their records on how they will be progressing out of poverty.
Households profiled and supported
20% Facilitate all project beneficiaries to attend basic trainings and regular dialogues on Empowered World View, Entrepreneurship, and Gender to ensure that they have enough learning opportunities to change their mindset towards poverty and wealth creation
Beneficiaries' worldviews and mindset changed to adopt productive and savings-friendly behaviours
10% Mobilize all beneficiaries to join socioeconomic networks such as Saving Groups and producer groups that will help them learn from each other, and synergistically work together to enhance their livelihoods.
All beneficiaries belong to a Saving Group and another socioeconomic network.
20% Ensure that all project beneficiaries participate in technical trainings organized under approved resilience and livelihood models which is relevant to their chosen livelihood activities.
Beneficiaries are provided with relevant technical skills to perform better in their livelihood activities.
10% Prepare the project beneficiaries and facilitate them in accessing productive assets through the cash transfer approach to support their livelihood initiatives. Beneficiaries facilitated access to productive assets through cash transfers.
5% Collect data on all the project activities and share them on a regular basis with the project M&E specialist and other relevant staff in the organization
Data on all the project activities is collected and shared on a regular basis
5% Contribute and participate in periodic evaluations of the savings groups (Effectively document all information related to project successes and best practices, create a bank of pictures, videos, and most significant change stories on the project)
Best practices and success stories are documented.
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE
Required Professional Experience
At least 3 years of experience working with economic development sectors Demonstrate ability to foster partnerships with refugee camps, community and/or Government agencies and groups Must be familiar with economic development models e.g. Saving Groups, Local Value Chain Development (LVCD), Business Facilitation, (BF), Microfinance, Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture (NSA), Farmer Managed Natural Resources (FMNR), Citizen Voice and Action (CVA), , and CBDRM. Ability to construct, interpret, and critique budgets and track expenditure; strong financial/budgeting skills. Report writing skills, Strong group facilitation and training skills, and Good monitoring skills.
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, Rural Development, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or any other related field.
Having a driving license class A.
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
Financial Management and economic development skills. Knowledge of community development, empowerment, and mentoring approaches. Demonstrated experience in community economic development and management (own business or by providing business development services), experience with small business financing, market analysis, and market research.
Demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation; knowledge of monitoring and evaluation tools such as log frames, monitoring, and software such as Kobo Toolbox. Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office and Outlook. Experience in Networking, Business-oriented mindset
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you successfully managed a project in a challenging environment? | This question assesses your ability to manage projects under difficult conditions. | Provide a specific example demonstrating your problem-solving and planning skills. |
| How do you build relationships with community partners to ensure project success? | This question evaluates your interpersonal and networking skills. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you use to motivate volunteers involved in your projects? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience with budgeting for projects. How do you track expenses? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What methods do you use to monitor and evaluate project outcomes? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you approach training beneficiaries on new skills? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you give an example of how you have helped beneficiaries access resources? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you faced when working in economic development, and how did you overcome them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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Updated 10 months ago
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