Economic Recovery and Development Coordinator
Aden
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Aden
- Grade: Mid level - Mid level
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Occupational Groups:
- Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
- Economics
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- Infrastructure and Urban-Rural development
- Disaster Management (Preparedness, Resilience, Response and Recovery)
- Food Security, Livestock and Livelihoods
- Managerial positions
- Economic Recovery & Livelihood
- Closing Date: Closed
Requisition ID: req5292
Job Title: Economic Recovery and Development Coordinator
Sector: Economic Recovery & Livelihood
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Aden, Yemen
Job Description
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home. The IRC Yemen began its Health, Nutrition and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and ERD programs in response to the impact of conflicts in Abyan and Aden Governorates in October 2012. Currently IRC Yemen is operating in eight governorates in the south and north of Yemen through direct programming and through a local partnership in Health, WASH, Nutrition, Economic Recovery Development and Women Protection and Empowerment. These sectors are responding to food insecurity, cholera and other humanitarian needs within the displaced and conflict affected populations BACKGROUND: Yemen is the poorest country in the Arab world and has been plagued with internal conflicts in recent years. The humanitarian conditions in Yemen deteriorated rapidly since 26 March 2015 with the beginning of Saudi-led air campaign to stop the expansion of Houthi militias and their supporters towards the south of the country. The conflict in Yemen has gutted the country’s already weak economy. Millions have lost livelihoods due to dwindling purchasing power, lack of economic resources, and general insecurity. Yemen’s agriculture sector has also been significantly impacted, spiking reliance on food imports for survival, as restrictions on food and fuel imports limit resources. An estimated 18.8 million people, 70% of the total population, have been left in need of humanitarian aid, women and girls being the most vulnerable. Currently, an estimated 17 million people are food insecure, with approximately 10.2 million people at crisis level (IPC Phase 3) and 6.8 million people at emergency level (IPC Phase 4). Nearly seven million people are facing the threat of famine. The IRC is in the process of developing programs (under its Economic Recovery and Development sector) that are aimed at supporting food insecure families in Aden, Abyan, Hodeida and Al Dhalee to access basic food commodities. In its focus on Economic Recovery and Development, the IRC in Yemen is currently addressing three outcomes: people meet basic needs and avoid negative coping mechanisms, people are food secure, and women and girls are equal to men and boys in the extent to which their basic needs are met, they are food secure, and they use, generate and control income and assets; it has secured funding for and is expanding the portfolio into a fourth outcome area, people generate income and assets. IRC is focused on encouraging the ability to become self-sufficient, as the conflict and potential length of displacement is expected to continue. The IRC will support skills development and training in a variety of areas that gives both refugee and host community beneficiaries the economic and livelihoods skills that will potentially help them avoid negative coping strategies during this time of crisis in the country, including business skills training and grants, VSLAs, and kitchen gardening. This livelihoods work will complement on-going multi-purpose cash assistance to especially vulnerable groups. SCOPE OF WORK: The ERD Coordinator will report to the IRC Yemen Deputy Director of Programming and will be based in Aden. He/she will coordinate and oversee the development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of cash and livelihoods programs funded by a diverse portfolio of donors. In particular, the ERD Coordinator will scale the ERD programming to implement a largescale, 18-month livelihoods and cash program beginning in March 2018.The ERD Coordinator will liaise with other technical coordinators within IRC (particularly on nutrition and integrated protection components and women’s empowerment); fellow agency, government, and community partners, as well as the Cash Working Group and Food Security, Agriculture and Livelihoods Cluster within the interagency coordination structure; and with IRC’s headquarter-based Economic Recovery and Development Technical Advisor to ensure coordination and complementarily of programming, as well as appropriate technical rigor in project design and implementation. The ERD Coordinator is responsible for overall management of the cash and livelihoods portfolio, providing any and all support necessary to ensure successful implementation of ERD livelihoods assistance programming and proposal development/project design for prospective projects, which includes/may include enterprise development and employment initiatives, cash/voucher programming, financial inclusion, micro-enterprise development, kitchen gardening, village savings and loan associations,, and other activities. RESPONSIBILITIES: Programme Planning & Implementation Project and Budget Management Programme Implementation & Reporting Staff Supervision & Development Coordination & Representation Other Professional Standards All IRC staff are required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.
Qualifications
Work Environment: There is active conflict in parts of the country and a possibility for further expansion of the conflict and violence into other areas and other states. The situation in Aden remains unpredictable. Security will be thoroughly discussed during the interview process. Housing: Lodging in Aden and Sana’a is in shared IRC guesthouses. All IRC sites have electricity and internet all day through. Food is the individual’s responsibility. Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others. Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. #LI-GR2
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