Livelihood Officer (National Position)
Suanpheung District
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Suanpheung District
- Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
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Occupational Groups:
- Food Security, Livestock and Livelihoods
- Closing Date: Closed
Background/IRC Summary:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC)
responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health,
safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by
conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC
is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive,
reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. The IRC has
been operating in Thailand since 1975 and currently provides assistance to
displaced persons in Tak, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Mae Hong Son provinces.
Job Overview/Summary:
The Livelihoods Officer will report directly
to the Mae Sot-based Senior Livelihoods Manager to support the development,
implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of IRC Thailand’s livelihoods
programs in refugee camps and in urban areas where applicable. With oversight
of the Senior Livelihoods Manager, the incumbent will work closely with: (i)
field-based program staff to ensure the integration of livelihoods activities
into existing Health, Protection and Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE)
programs; (ii) the Programs Unit in Bangkok to organize and implement
initiatives according to program logical frameworks. The Livelihoods Officer
will be responsible for the execution of IRC Thailand’s livelihoods-related
activities under the livelihood portfolio, with guidance and direction from the
Senior Livelihoods Manager, which includes/may include enterprise development,
capacity building and entrepreneurship skill activity, financial management,
financial inclusion, and other activities. The Livelihoods Officer will provide
support and input into program reports and proposals as assigned by the Senior
Livelihoods Manager.
Major Responsibilities:
Program Implementation
- Take lead in implementing Livelihood
activities in Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi and ensure activities implementation
align with project work plan and strategy of Thailand country program
- Coordinate with private sector partnership
to organize and implement Mentorship Program activities.
- Work closely with other program/operations
field staff members to ensure the effective and timely implementation of
activities under program work plans and logical frameworks.
- Together with the Senior Livelihoods
Manager, schedule regular monitoring and ensure modification of program
activities as required, including addressing any problems that may arise.
- Monitor deliverable of consultant involve
in this project’s assignments are timely completed according to consultancy’s
agreement.
- Work closely with M&E manager on
Collecting and maintaining project data according to Livelihood project
monitoring framework
- Ensure preparatory task for implementing
project’s activity are completed according to project’s workplan
- Ensure financial spending, financial and
supply chain document of activities in Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi is collected
aligned with IRC and donor compliance policy.
- Work closely with Livelihood Training
Officer to monitor training outcomes through baseline surveys, pre- and
post-tests, after action review and follow-up interviews, and continually
reflect on training experiences and monitoring data to improve future
trainings.
- Technical support and supervise Livelihood’s
camp base staff in Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi
- Support Senior Livelihood Manager,
Protection and Livelihoods Coordinator in preparation of project report and
other project documentation
Coordination and Partnership
- Being Livelihood Project representative for
Livelihood Community in Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi camps
- Maintaining relation and coordination with
stakeholder in Ratchaburi and private sectors.
- Looking for new private sector to provide
income generating activities to refugee.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to Senior Livelihoods
Manager
Position directly supervises: Camp
base staff in Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi
Indirect Reporting: Protection and
Livelihoods Coordinator, Filed Coordinator (Ratchaburi)
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal: Country Director, Deputy
Director of Programs, Legal Assistance Coordinator, Women’s Protection and
Empowerment (WPE) team, Programs and Sub-grants Unit, IRC Thailand field
offices in other locations; Finance Unit; Operations/Logistics/Supply Chain
Unit
External: Local community-based
partner organizations, civil society, non-governmental organizations.
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