Cash and Livelihoods Assistant Iraq Nineveh (Sinjar - National)

Role and responsibilities:

• Assist the Project Officer in registration of beneficiaries; verification of needs based on home visits, post distribution monitoring; and/or distribution of assistance for various activity streams in line with NRC policies and donor requirements.
• Ensure that the most vulnerable beneficiaries are selected in line with the approved beneficiary selection criteria 
• Support partners/contractors/trainers to implement business-focused training programmes.
• Implement or support partner implementation of community-based soft-skills training programmes.
• Facilitate, monitor and support the implementation of the vocational training activities. 
• Establish strong working relationship with targeted communities, including local leaders and identification of local focal points
• Conduct Focus Group Discussions, household surveys, and Key Informant Interviews, with assistants and enumerators.
• Verify and update the beneficiary registers and report back to the project officer
• Follow up on all beneficiaries regularly to ensure that they implement activities in line with schedules provided 
• Participate in the preparation of weekly and monthly plan and schedules to be submitted to the immediate supervisor within given deadlines;
• Prepare and submit reports and other updates as required
• Support with referrals to other NRC sectors or through external referral mechanisms

Competencies:

• 2 years’ experience in Cash and livelihood projects in a humanitarian/recovery context
• At least a University degree or higher education relevant to the assignment (social sciences, agriculture, etc.). Proven work experience will be considered as a substitute for formal education.
• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts
• Experience conducting beneficiary identification, verification and registration
• Experience supporting referrals and/or identifying service providers
• Experience conducting focus groups, questionnaires, and surveys
• Overall good knowledge of geography, local population and local language in the areas of operational interests

Other Information:

• Contract Duration:11 months ( with the possibility of extension)
• Duty Station: Sinjar - Iraq
• Health Insurance is provided
• Salary: G4/S1, According to NRC’s Iraq salary scale and terms and conditions.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• NRC is an equal opportunity employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• For more information please read Job Description