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Cash and Livelihoods Technical Assistant Iraq Nineveh – National
2 months ago
JOB DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the Cash and Livelihoods Technical Assistant position is to assist in the day-to-day implementation of the Livelihood project activities including conducting community-based activities and relevant assessments such as market assessments, baselines, end line and post-distribution and beneficiary business monitoring. The Cash and Livelihoods Technical Assistant will directly facilitate the implementation of community mobilization and local stakeholder collaboration activities.
NRC IRAQ is committed to:
- Equal employment opportunities
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Localization of workforce
What you will do
- Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
- Assist a range of support with the implementation of the CC portfolio according to plan of action
- Implements independently procedures and activities within own function or core competency as delegated
- Responsible for organising and delivery of tasks in line with priorities and standards
- Develop and maintain knowledge of the specialist area of work in which technical assistance and support is being provided, in order to be most effective in supporting the team
- Use initiative in day to day problem solving in line with agreed procedures, priorities and standards for the area of work
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
- Ensure proper filing of documents
- Promote and share ideas for improvement in your area of expertise
Specifically, you will:
- Assist in registration of beneficiaries; verification of needs based on home visits, post-distribution monitoring; and/or distribution of assistance in line with NRC policies and donor requirements.
- Ensure that the most vulnerable beneficiaries are selected in line with the approved beneficiary selection criteria.
- Verify and update the beneficiary registers and report back to the project officer.
- Facilitate the distribution of in-kind assistance/supplies/cash to selected beneficiaries and monitor utilisation of the items distributed.
- Conduct regular field visits to project sites to monitor progress, identify challenges, and provide technical support to beneficiaries.
- Facilitate business transactions between suppliers and buyers and ensure quality and order management.
- Facilitate training, capacity-building workshops, and networking events.
- Facilitate in the establishment and strengthening of agri-food and agriculture value chains and promote innovative market linkages for agricultural products.
- Follow up on all beneficiaries regularly to ensure that they implement activities in line with schedules provided.
- Actively promote community participation in project activities with particular attention to gender representation in all activities.
- Prepare and submit reports and other updates as required.
Professional competencies
- Minimum of 2-3 years' experience from working as a Logistician and/or ICT in a humanitarian/recovery context
- BA Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics and or computer science.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective coordination with suppliers.
- Good knowledge of Computer and Excel functions
- Experience in delivering training.
- Fluent in Arabic language and Good English.
Behavioral competencies
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Working with people
- Analysing
- Communication with impact and respect
- Coping with change
What We Offer
We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.
- Contract Duration: 11 months
- Duty Station: Nineveh – Mosul – Iraq
- Health Insurance is provided.
- Salary: G4 /S1, according to NRC's Iraq salary scale and terms and conditions.
We are also looking for people who share our values:
- To be dedicated to what we do.
- To be innovative with our solutions.
- To act as one unified and inclusive team.
- To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other... the members of our NRC family.
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply, for more information please read Job Description
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
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