Position: Livelihood Officer (Re-Vacancy) (Recent Job)

Job Description

Research and Assessment

• Undertake feasibility assessment, baseline survey/wellbeing ranking, focus group discussion, market assessment, resource mapping at field level.
• Prepare necessary questionnaires, tools and survey template for all research and assessment works.
• Collate data and draw usable and useful summaries and conclusions for appropriate program development

Program management

• Develop sustainable livelihood strategy and intervention plan based on the survey and feasibility of project location.
• Visit field regularly, provide technical support, including organize meetings /workshops /trainings for NGOs, families and groups for their sustainable livelihood.
• Conduct SIYB training and facilitate user groups for the cost benefit analysis, preparing business plan.
• Facilitate family/user groups for selecting appropriate trade, entrepreneurship and income generating option.
•  Facilitate family/user groups to access subsidies from local service providers.
• Conduct training for groups and orient them on procedures for group formation, micro saving /credit and other potential group interventions.
• Facilitate groups for preparing necessary operational TOR and guidelines, record keeping and necessary documentation.
• Assist group for minute taking, setting procedure for saving/credit and loan recovery.
• Facilitate groups for obtaining necessary approval, registration and alliance, and build linkage of the group with local support mechanism.
• Provide pre cooperative counseling, facilitate cooperative training and assist groups for merger and turning into cooperative.
• Assist groups for developing necessary guidelines, obtaining necessary approval, registration and association.
• Facilitate cooperatives for provisioning seed/revolving fund and operating cooperative activities and supporting family for entrepreneurship.

Monitoring/Coordination, Evaluation and Reporting

• Monitor SCAI supported livelihood activities through regular field visits ensuring the successful implementation of intervention.
• Follow-up and assessment of on-going grants (operations and financial), coordination with relevant stakeholders and other parties for ensuring the linkage and coordination.
• Ongoing evaluation of program effectiveness (outputs, outcomes, impacts) and suggest program improvements
• Prepare regular technical reports of research, survey and FGD and progress of the programs, as per the requirements of the organization.

Other

Carry any other task assigned by SCAI.