JOB OPPORTUNITY
Organizational unit: LWF Nepal/ POE/POW
Project Name: Enhancing Community Resiliency through Economic Development of the most vulnerable people affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Position: Project Officer –Economic Recovery
Number of Vacancies: 2
Duty Station: POE/POW Damak/Dhangadhi with frequent field visit
Report to: Provincial/Project Manager –COVID 19 Response-Economic Recovery
Grade/step: 7/0Current
Employee: TBS
Background
Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of Program Manager, the Project Officer –Economic Recovery is responsible for smooth operation of the Economic Recovery project. The officer shall work closely with project manager, provincial project manager, Programmatic Coordinators, Project/Finance Managers, Project/Finance Officers and to successfully carry following tasks:
General:
- Familiarize and work in accordance with the Vision, Mission, Overall Goals and Objectives of LWF as a Humanitarian Organization.
- Familiarize and work in accordance with the established strategies of LWF Nepal.
- Familiarize and work accordance with the LWF Nepal policies.
- Be free from the political influence of any parties and the political activates.
Specific:
Assessment, Design and Planning
- Support IP to identify, design and develop quick impact interventions in the project areas
- Assist the project staffs in planning of activities related economic recovery
- Lead in designing Detail Implementation Plan (DIP) of the project
- Regular review and reflection of the project interventions and periodic update of the operation plan Implementation of the project interventions
- Ensure effective and timely implementation of approved activities mobilizing the IP
- Provide technical support on short term/cycle entrepreneurial/business interventions as recovery interventions and link it to longer term livelihood strategy
- Facilitate other service providers for effective operation of the project interventions.
- Support finance section assessing the project’s expenditure trends and support program team timely fund utilization.
- Provide technical support to IP as and when needed on farm/off farm interventions.
Monitoring and Reporting
- Carry out systemic monitoring of activities following agreed performance indicator.
- Maintain project record/database as per donor/support organizations requirement.
- Develop monitoring plan of the project interventions with regular feedback, and undertake regular monitoring.
- Prepare and submit periodic reports following donor/support organizations requirement.
- Contribute in preparing quarterly, half-yearly and annual reports following donor/support organizations requirement.
- Keeps up-to-date record activities and beneficiary for M&E. Ensure participation of project beneficiaries in all stages of PCM.
- Prepare knowledge documents including case stories, success stories, photographs of before and after situation
Coordination and Networking
- Develop and build good relationship with relevant stakeholders, government, rural municipality (RM)and respective ward for smooth operation of the project
- Coordinate with other like-minded organization linking project interventions to services and business
- Maintain close coordination with LWF provincial team, country team and respective section for operation of the project
- Support to establish operational linkages between beneficiary group /Cooperatives/Financial institutions and market/private sector.
- Maintain operational relationship with province, district and municipal governments.
- Closely work local government and leveraging resources from local government and private sectors.
Other duties
- Ensure effective implementation of LWF Nepal policies and commitments including Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) Complaint; Response Mechanism (CRM); Child Protection Policy (CPP); Code of Conduct (CoC)
- Contribute to strengthen inclusion, gender, environment in all phases of PCM.
- Represent LWF Nepal at local level coordination meetings and thematic task groups.
- Performs any other tasks as assigned by the immediate supervisor.
Qualification and Experiences
- Bachelor’s degree with at least three years of relevant experiences of working in recovery program/projects.
- Experiences of planning, designing and operation of quick impact project
Note: The job description is subject to revision as per the requirement of LWF Nepal
Please refer to https://nepal.lutheranworld.org/content/announcements-nepal for the Job Description Result oriented Nepalese individual candidates are requested to submit the CV along with the interest letter to Human Resource Department at recruitment.nepal@lutheranworld.org by 11 June 2021
Qualified female candidates and candidates from Dalit, disadvantaged and socially excluded group are strongly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for selection process. Canvassing shall lead to automatic disqualification. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained
