Livelihood Officer

Job Description

Title: Livelihood Officer

Company Name: Handicap International (humanity & Inclusion) in Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Age: At least 18 years

Job Location: Kurigram

Salary: Tk. 62758 - 69693 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Educational Requirements: Masters in Economics, Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, or Social Science field.

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Age At least 18 years

Experience Requirements:

• At least 2-3 Years of working experience in the relevant field.

• Experience in training (material development, training facilitation) and coaching of beneficiaries and on-the-job capacity building of community workers/volunteers.

• Experience and comprehensive understanding of disability issues, awareness-raising, and training material development/training implementation.

• Experience in local inclusive development/CBR/disability rights/support OPD is preferred.

• Proven analytical and planning skills.

• Knowledge of disability and development issues in Bangladesh.

• Have the capacity to maintain close relationships with partners, stakeholders, and clients.

• Experience in contributing to data collection and indicator tracking within development projects or programs.

• Computer knowledge (MS office package- both in English and Bangla).    

• Working experience in Kurigram/North Bengal will be added as an extra for the candidate.

• Working experience in an inclusive livelihood/poverty graduation project will be added extra value for the candidate.

• Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written Bangla and English.

• Ability to work under pressure and in a multicultural team environment.    

• Availability to travel to remote areas and spend time at the field level.

• Strong teamwork approach.

• Ability to Coordination and Collaboration with others to maximize results

• Team Player, Innovative, Autonomous

• Ability to make Decisions, Multi Task, Problem Solving, Strong Organization Skills.

• Communication Skills

Mission 1: Operational implementation

Responsibility 1:

• Contribute to project planning and implementation in line with the existing frameworks· 

• Conduct personalized livelihood assessments for target beneficiaries, including household/business plans, and ensure regular updates to plans, based on the progress towards graduation of the household.

• Facilitate the development of risk funds and oversee the provision of customized time-bound stipends, through the identification of vulnerable households.

• Facilitate the development of income and oversee the provision of income generation, through the identification of vulnerable households and support to facilitation of their small business planning.

• Provide ongoing graduation support to beneficiary households through coaching and household or workplace visits, including on resilience livelihood·

• Support skill development of beneficiary households, through the identification of training needs, planning, organization, and facilitation of training, and/or identification of external training providers.

• Oversee the process of selection of assets by beneficiary households, participate in asset procurement, ensure asset delivery, and complete documentation·

• Ensure respect for HI technical policies, methods, and approaches in order to ensure quality during project implementation, in linkage with the Technical Unit.

• Personalized support to an individual person with a disability to choose and participate in their suitable skill-training options.  

Responsibility 2:

• Contribute to project monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning ·      

• Support to ensure indicators tracking related to the progress of beneficiaries towards disability inclusion.

• Participate in monthly coordination meetings for ensuring better coordination for smooth project implementation.

• Support to conduct rapid baseline and endline assessments for collecting data and measuring the progress of the beneficiaries including participation in lesson learning workshops.

• Participate in Knowledge Management and biannual learning sharing/knowledge management reports will be produced by the project team based on monitoring findings, collected stories/case studies/good practices, and consultation with local stakeholders. 

Responsibility 3: Ensure project data management.

• Ensure that the appropriate data collection and management tools are in place and are used correctly on the project, in line with global standards.

• Contribute to the development and roll-out of monitoring tools, data collection, and report writing.

• Conduct and maintain beneficiary files related to livelihood assessments and household business plan.

• Collect and compile project-related data in the relevant database. 

Responsibility 4:

• Contribute to the coordination of project teams.

• Increase Coordination & Linkages with Local Government institutions like Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Youth Development, Social Welfare, Women’s affairs, Union Parishad, Upazila Parishad to promote access to rights and entitlements of persons with disabilities safety nets, other livelihood opportunities, or poverty graduation initiatives with the active participation of OPDs & SHGs leaders.

• Strengthening the PPI platform & increase linkages with the LSP/PPI Stakeholders & engaged the LSP with the different Producer Groups/SHGs/OPDs to increase the technical knowledge in Agriculture/Livestock & other Livelihood sectors.

• Conducted household/ business plans of the person with a disability.

• Collaborate closely with the Rehabilitation Officer at every step of the graduation process.

• Monitor the linkage between the rehabilitation progress of the person with a disability and graduation targets in terms of their inclusion in employment-TVET.

• Contribute to rehabilitation assessments and plans in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Officer, based on the household/ business plans of the person with a disability.

• Support to construct physical accessibility in the training centers and work tools modification to reasonability accommodate persons with disabilities in the skill-development program.

• Collaborate & monitor closely with the Rehabilitation Officer at every step of the skills development process-TVET.

• Facilitate mapping of the livelihood services providers and wage employers in the project locations and set up linkages with beneficiary households for creating wage employment.

• Build the capacities of the project team on disability issues targeting vulnerable populations and how to ensure their dignified participation in the skill development training methodology and facilitation skills. 

Responsibility 5:

• Contribute to external project communication.

• Communicate with other relevant stakeholders and like-minded organizations and engage persons with disabilities Mission 2: Emergency Preparedness and Response.

• Contribute to the program’s emergency preparedness initiatives, and in an emergency situation, adapt his/her working arrangements in order to contribute to an effective humanitarian response from HI.

• Perform any other related activities as assigned by the immediate supervisor

• Mobile bill,Tour allowance,Medical allowance,Provident fund,Weekly 2 holidays,Insurance,Gratuity
• Festival Bonus: 2

• "Salary will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and budget availability.

• Medical Coverage: Staff and dependents will get general/outpatient, hospitalization, dental, and optical medical insurance facilities as per the HI policy.

• Maternity Coverage: Staff & dependents will get maternity medical coverage facilities per the HI policy.

• Group Life Insurance Coverage: Staff will get the death benefit, accidental benefit, permanent partial disability, permanent total disability benefit, and critical illness benefit as per the HI policy.

• Leave: Staff will get sick leave, annual leave, casual leave, medical leave, and event leave as per HI policy.

• Allowance for Children`s Education: Staff will get an allowance for Children`s Education as per the HI policy.

• National travel cost of child caretaker: Female staff will get a reimbursement for the cost of national travel of the child caretaker as per the HI policy.Additional Responsibility (Interim) Allowance: Staff will get an allowance for additional responsibility (Interim) as per the HI policy.

• Relocation Allowance: Staff will get an allowance for relocation allowance as per the HI policy.

• Work From Home: Staff will get work-from-home facilities as per the HI policy.