Livelihood Skill Development Officer

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Livelihood Skill Development Officer:

The Officer is responsible for contributing to strategic and programmatic priorities as mentioned below:

Technical Assistance to Projects:

• In-person and/or remote technical assistance around targeted programmatic deliverables
• Technical editing and/or writing assistance for discrete programmatic and technical reports
• Support project technical and compliance staff to development and update project environmental mitigation plans across all sectors

New Business Development:

• Research upcoming opportunities and support determination of priorities to pursue (both public and private funding).
• Support (and where necessary lead) technical design of projects, ensuring proposals are technically sound and reflect experience.
• Support cultivation of relationships with prospective partners, both local and international ones, and understand their strengths and weaknesses for future partnership.

Thought Leadership:

• Document and disseminate best practices internally and externally, including through participation in organization-wide Communities of Practice
• Support learning events with field offices and other programmatic staff
• Support field offices to increase their representation in global and regional events.
• Support and/or lead strategic research efforts to build evidence base in priority areas
• Update the Livelihoods portfolio intranet space, developing blogs and other materials to share with internal audiences.

• Bachelor’s degree in development, or related field.
• At least 5 to 7 years working experience in the field of resilience, livelihoods improvement, job creation and development of vulnerable communities.
• Experience working with vulnerable communities and an understanding of the local context.
• Experience working in developing and/or humanitarian contexts.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with partners and project stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Professional working proficiency in English.

Experience in using assessment and measurement tools and developing materials for livelihood improvement activities.

Please apply by e-mail ainakabul@gmail.com with salary demand.