Summary
Date Posted: 29th January 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time , Currency: RwF

JOB DETAILS:
Description
Job Title: Livelihood Coordinator
Location: Kayonza
Reporting to: Livelihood Manager
Purpose of the position
Livelihood coordinator will be responsible to ensure smooth implementation of Agriculture, access to finance, shelter, and support children from vulnerable houses get medical insurance and school fees through Program on Social and Economic Rights (POSER)and other grants implemented in district.
He/She will be responsible of implementing livelihood interventions, coordination in providing advice and support in planning, training/guiding, monitoring and evaluation of livelihood interventions. He/she will play an active role in coordination, technical assistance and advocacy with the local government, local communities, partners and other stakeholders in implementation of livelihood interventions.
The major responsibilities include:
• Facilitate participatory selection process of program beneficiaries and collect information on livelihood status of program beneficiaries;
• Participate in program baselines, evaluations and agricultural seasonal planning;
• Promote district projects integrations with grant and support cross site staff to conduct assessment and monitoring of projects/grants;
• Assist smallholder farmers to develop crop plans for core value chains and provide timely and accurate guidance on farming as business including cost benefit analysis to project beneficiaries;
• Identify smallholder farmers training needs and facilitate farmer’s trainings on appropriate agricultural practices(GAP) and facilitate study tours;
• In collaboration with Program on Social and Economic Rights (POSER) manager, support in identification of children from Ubudehe Category 1&2 whose families need education support and off farm trainings for self –reliance;
• Support in screening families in Ubudehe Category 1&2 whose families need social support (food package, medical insurance and shelter),
• Facilitate selection of Model Farmers, installation of demo farms for Core Value Chain Plants, develop and use innovative approaches in promoting rural rooted agricultural technologies and produce case studies of market based approaches and agricultural interventions that clearly demonstrate social transformation and sustainable development;
• Supervise and monitor distribution of inputs provided to program beneficiaries provided productivity and impacted recorded,
• Effective documentation of all information related to project success, practices and sharing it to all sites, brochures and Inshuti Mu Buzima(IMB)website and create a Bank of pictures, videos and most significant change stories on the project in the same site;
• Work closely with Program on Social and Economic Rights (POSER) program manager to promote income generation activities from program beneficiaries in ubudehe category 1&2 and support for their graduation;
• Promote off-farm income generating activities among beneficiaries’ households and support in trainings that build their resilience and self-sustenance;
• Support formation of cooperatives and registration in the district and coach them for loan application for to local financial intervention(FI);
• Facilitate capacity building of cooperative members with specific focus to the organizational and leadership of cooperatives;
• Mobilize community I district on the importance of saving and financial services and lead in the formation of VSLAs (self-help groups);
• Promotes savings models within the district and develop savings and credit culture and participate in development of training modules and methodology for community savings;
• Conduct regular project monitoring and provide monthly, quarterly, annual reports for accountability, decision making and impact sharing with donors,
• Perform any other duty as may be delegated by the supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, agri-business and other related field;
• 3 years related work experience as a technical lead or coordinating development program in government or nonprofit organizations;
• Proven experience in working with youth in rural with communities in Rwanda,
• Good understanding of rural development, health needs and experience in providing creative solutions to related challenges;
• Flexibility to work in a rapidly changing ambiguous environment;
• Strong interpersonal skills including ability to communicate effectively with people individually and in groups, ability to communicate with technical and non-technical colleagues;
• Proven ability to mentor, advise and coach community initiatives, associations and cooperatives;
• Advanced professional English skills written and oral, Native Kinyarwanda speaker and professional fluency in French is an added advantage,
• Demonstrated knowledge and dedication to the mission and values of Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima(PIH/IMB);
• Appreciation and understanding of socio-cultural, health and development issues, trends and challenges in Rwanda.

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