Position: Economic Social and Cultural Rights Coordinator –ESCR Coordinator (Premium Job)

Job Description

Reports to: Executive Director  

Supervisory Responsibility: All staff of ESCR 

The ESCR coordinator will be responsible for the organization’s engagement on promotion, protection and fulfillment of ESC rights of women and marginalized sections of society including promotion of livelihood options generation and agriculture market systems development for all the projects having social inclusiveness and sustainable livelihood component. The position is also responsible for the technical analysis of upcoming projects, to advise in the management of plans and program at the central level and in engagement with funding partners, provide technical advice and analysis for designing the new activities aimed at supporting poor households to realize their right to a social dignity, secure and resilient livelihood. The Manager should lead and mobilize the team, be responsible to design, facilitate and conduct the related training programs. The position will lead the national voluntary review and reporting process of ESCR and represent national and international advocacy and human rights' protection and promotion activities focusing ESC rights of specific sections of society.   

The ESCR Coordinator should have conceptual clarity of rights based approach, feminist principles, gender equality and diversity and will work to contribute and support to achieve the objectives, goals, mission and vision of WOREC in general.

The candidate should have Master’s Degree in Agriculture/Forestry/Natural Resource Management, Development Studies or related field with at least three years of relevant experience, should have broad understanding of women's ESC rights including rights to mobility, labour rights, freedom of expression, food security and agro-based enterprise development, disaster risk management, knowledge on health and nutrition, understanding of local situation/language/culture, and ability to write and communicate effectively in both Nepali and English.

Job Specification

The Duties and Responsibilities of this position are:

• Overall managerial and technical responsibility to drive best practices of all economic empowerment including livelihood options, SMEs, agro-based and climate change adaptation planning, implementation, monitoring, documentation and reporting.
• Plan and implement the programs to ensure the social and cultural rights of women including the participation of inter-generational groups and groups of intersections. 
• Develop monitoring and evaluation framework for all projects and programs related to ESC rights promotion and protection. 
• Ensure effective monitoring, supervision and evaluation of Sustainable Livelihood and income-generating activities as per the standards in the reporting requirement of related projects.
• Manage the team and take the lead to provide guidance, support and technical input to sustainable livelihood program (JTAs, CLAs and Social Mobilisers) and ESCR team.
• Design and support the Sustainable Livelihoods Programs/Component including planning, monitoring and management of the Programs/Livelihood and market linkage component.
• Provide support in developing proposals related to the social norms change, economic sustainability including sustainable livelihoods program and assist in fundraising to ensure the sustainability of the organization.
• Develop key partnerships with the policymakers, funding partners, partner NGOs, and all stakeholders including concerned government agencies.
• Collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure effective gender mainstreaming and ensure gender equality and women's economic empowerment in all sustainable livelihood and income-generating activities, including production and market opportunities.
• Represent the organization in all related coordination groups and structures at local, national and international levels.
• Support in research, documentation, and publication of IEC materials on ESC rights areas based on the best practices, lessons learned, case studies etc.
• Contribute with articles, documents, research reports and photographs for the purpose of knowledge management in the organization and for communication with other stakeholders.
• Provide technical support for production and market system development as and when required.
• Explore areas where our learning can be used in policy advocacy and policy research.

Apply Instruction

Qualified candidates may send cover letter detailing their experience and motivation for the current position with an updated CV to [email protected] by 10th August, 2021. Please mention the position you are applying in the subject line. The position will be fulfilled on a rolling basis, so candidates are encouraged to apply early.

Please mention the district you are applying for in the cover letter.

The application without cover letter and CV and not meeting the required criteria will not be considered for the position.

Only the shortlisted candidates meeting the criteria will be called for written test and interview. No telephone calls will be entertained.

WOREC Nepal encourages women and candidates from Dalit/Janjati and sexual minority to apply.

For details visit: http://worecnepal.org/career.