Livelihoods Field Officer

Job Description

Job Title: Livelihoods Field Officer

Department: Programs

Reports To: Livelihoods Project Officer

Location: Gaza

CRS BACKGROUND:

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS has been present in Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza (JWBG) since 1961 and currently supports programs in the sectors of humanitarian relief, livelihoods, civil society strengthening, and social justice promotion through its field offices in Jerusalem, Gaza, and Bethlehem. For further information about CRS, please visit: www.crs.org.

Envision Gaza (EG) is implemented by CRS with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support families in Gaza become more resilient to everyday stresses and rebound more quickly from crises. EG helps communities build resilience and self-reliance through the expansion of employment opportunities and emergency assistance. EG will identify employment opportunities across a number of livelihoods modalities including Cash-for-Work (CFW) for unskilled or low-skilled workers, Cash-For-Internship and Cash-for-Apprenticeship (CFI/A) for skilled university or vocational graduates and small capital grants for business owners to rebuild or grow their businesses following crises.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Livelihoods Field Officer (FO) will assist project implementation by working directly with local partners and community members, coordinating various project activities and events in support of CRS’ work to serve the poor and vulnerable. The successful candidate will have a thorough and service-oriented approach to project implementation which ensures that communities feed into and benefit from a project that consistently applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of the project for the people we serve.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support the coordination, implementation, and monitoring of project activities at the field level, ensuring implementation schedules are met as per the detailed implementation plan (DIP), and that adherence to CRS systems for quality project implementation are strengthened.
Coordinate communication and facilitate information sharing among the project team, local implementing partners, and project beneficiaries at the community level to assist local partners in strengthening the community interest, involvement and support networks.
Support the project team to identify technical opportunities and challenges related to livelihoods; in coordination with the project team support capacity building activities for local implementing partners, in accordance with CRS Partnership Principle. Report on challenges and/or gaps identified to inform adjustments to the plan and implementation schedule.
Liaise with various community stakeholders and mobilize them to ensure full involvement of community leaders, and community representatives in the overall implementation and improvement of project activities.
Compile data provided at the community level as per project requirements and contribute to the preparation of reports.
Support the dissemination of the CRS Safeguarding Policy & Code of Conduct and Ethics to local implementing partners, project beneficiaries, and relevant community members, including mechanisms to safely make report or provide feedback; ensure compliance with this policy and immediately notify supervisor of any concerns.
Support project administration and backstop other functions, as assigned.

Job Requirements

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field, required
Minimum two (2) years of NGO work experience, required
Demonstrated experience in livelihoods—especially emergency livelihoods—required; experience with youth and job placement programs, preferred.
Experience working with partners and participating in community-engagement activities, required
Proficiency using MS Windows, MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and ICT4D systems, required; familiarity with CommCare and PowerBI a plus

Personal Skills:

Observation, active listening, and analysis skills with ability to make sound judgment
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with diverse groups

Good relationships management skills with ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
Organized, proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented

Required/Desired Foreign Language: Strong written and oral English and Arabic required.

Travel Required: Travel in Gaza required regularly. Project or country level travel anticipated on occasion (10%) e.g. to Jerusalem.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff):

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

Trusting Relationships
Professional Growth
Partnership
Accountability

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Supervisory: N/A

Internal: Reports to Livelihoods Project Officer. Other internal working relationship will include the EG team (including Chief of Party, MEAL staff, etc.), other Livelihoods and program colleagues in Gaza and West Bank, and operations staff in the Country Program (e.g. Admin, ICT, Procurement, Finance, Security).

External: Serves as key point of contact for Livelihoods-related activities, supporting the CRS Livelihoods Project officer, for project activities in the Gaza. Key relationships include local implementing partners, community members, beneficiaries, peers from other NGOs, etc.

DISCLAIMERS: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

By applying to this job, I understand and acknowledge that CRS requires its staff to treat all people with dignity and respect and to actively prevent harassment, abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking. Further, I understand that if I am a successful candidate, I will be subject to a comprehensive background check, and my personal/professional references will be asked to evaluate my behaviors related to the above safeguarding-related topics. CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability status.

Women, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented populations are encouraged to apply and to seek CRS support on the application process where additional accommodation is required.

Job Details

Job Title Livelihoods Field Officer

Deadline 02 - Aug - 2021

Location Gaza Strip

Job Type Full time

Position Level Mid Career

Salary N/A

Degree Bachelor's degree

Experience 2 Years

Category Other

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