Livelihoods and Food Security Officer Ethiopia Afar

Job Purpose Summary

The LFS project Officer will work on all LFS Activities including supporting the general food distribution, livestock and agricultural production works and monitoring irrigation under the guidance and supervision of the LFS Coordinators

• Support the Implementation of Pasture production and improvement activities including linkages between farmers and agro dealers.
• Assist in monitoring and distribution of food, planning and reporting. 
• Assist in the planning of technical training for farmers and livestock keepers and conducting market assessments. 
• Monitor crop production trends, use of irrigation facilities and day to day work of farmer cooperatives. 

Role and responsibilities

The purpose of the officer position is day to day implementation of the core competency and related project activities including General Food Distribution, Agriculture production, Pasture production and irrigation systems support .

Generic responsibilities:

These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.

• Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.
• Implement delegated CC project portfolio according to plan of action.
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.
• Ensure proper filing of documents. 
• Promote and share ideas for technical improvement.
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist

Specific responsibilities 

• Under the supervision of the LFS coordinator, responsible for Livelihoods and Food security program interventions of NRC Afar Woreda as assigned .
• Provide technical advice, backstopping and training on CAHWs/ income generating activities, and other livelihoods related fields;
•  Ensure that NRC’s objectives are disseminated and raise awareness of NRCs approach ensuring all implementation follows NRC policies and procedures.
• Facilitate communities, community-based organizations and community leaders in identifying project beneficiary target groups for all NRC Livelihood and Food Security activities. 
• Help empower project beneficiaries (IDPs, refugees and local communities) to attain self-reliance and be able to sustain Livelihood and Food Security Projects through leading trainings.
• Ensure equal participation by all segments of the beneficiary groups (IDPs, refugees and local communities), taking into consideration issues regarding gender, age and disability.
• Regularly monitor and evaluate Livelihoods and Food Security Projects performance and provide timely inputs, feedback and impact of the NRC Livelihood and Food Security interventions.
• In consultation and under direct supervision of Livelihoods and food Security Coordinator develop and implement surveys and needs assessment in Afambo and Awash in Afar Region.
• Follow all the LFS documentation are properly filled in hard copy and office 365. 
• Facilitate the planning and convening of training sessions in all other aspects of the projects , agriculture , pasture production , irrigation systems monitoring .
• Participate and assist General food distribution work as and when required. 
• Liaise with the AFAR region woreda level offices and other partners implementing related projects at the field level to ensure cohesion, synergy and complementarity of the activities of the Project with other interventions.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Geneva leads NRC’s representation with the IASC and UN agencies, and coordinates donor engagement with the UN and Swiss donors. NRC strives to assist and protect vulnerable and displaced people during crises, especially in situations of conflict. Established in 1946, NRC is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working in around 31 countries with approximately 14’000 staff. NRC employs a rights based approach, challenging those with responsibility to uphold the rights of displaced people set out within national and International Laws. NRC endeavors to secure the acceptance of local stakeholders for activities and is committed to the principles of humanity, neutrality, independence and impartiality.

NRC seeks to engage with all relevant actors in order to promote the full respect for the rights of displaced and vulnerable people; secure and maintain access for humanitarian operations and promote the achievement of durable solutions. NRC Geneva, with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), are NRC’s primary presence in Geneva.