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Relief & Livelihood National Officer

Posted in January 8, 2017

SRCS

Job Type

Full Time

Location

Mogadishu

Description :

The Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) is an independent, non-political humanitarian organization that was founded in April 1963 and was established with presidential decree No. 187 in 1965. It was then recognized by the ICRC in 1969 and in the same year became a member of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Re- advertisement POSITION: Relief & Livelihood National Officer

Department                                         : Disaster Management

Location                                              : Mogadishu

Reporting to                                       : SRCS Disaster Management Coordinator

Reporting to                                       : SRCS Coordinator

Opening Date of Applicants         : 2nd January 2017

Closing   Date of Applicants         : 20th January 2017 at 2:00 PM

Purpose

Relief & Livelihood National Officer is responsible for the overall management and implementation of the relief and livelihood projects/programs of the Disaster Management department of the SRCS Mogadishu Coordination office AoR.  He/she coordinates the implementation of the relief and livelihood interventions in close collaboration with all involved Movement partners, and ensures adequate supervision and technical support/coaching to the SRCS staff/volunteers involved in the program implementation at branch level. He/she works under the direct supervision and reports to the SRCS DM Coordinator. His/her geographical area of responsibility includes South and Central Somalia and Puntland

General Duties

  • Understands the three components of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement
  • Applies SRCS security rules at all times
  • Respects and observes staff regulations of the SRCS
  • Pays regular field visits to the branch teams involved in relief and livelihood interventions in his/her AoR
  • Performs duties and tasks not covered in this job description and provide support to other departments when necessary

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

  • Acts as focal person of DM department for coordination, planning and implementation of relief and livelihood interventions in collaboration with Movement partners and other actors
  • Participates actively in coordination regarding planning and implementation of relief and livelihood activities with DM Coordinator and Program Officers
  • Ensures that the projects/program activities are carried out in line with the set operating procedures, objectives, timeframe, allocated budget, and coordination mechanism
  • Ensures adequate supervision of and technical support to the respective SRCS staff/volunteers at branch level concerning relief and livelihood interventions
  • Identifies training needs and coordinates the training process on relief and livelihood approaches in collaboration with all involved Movement partners and the DM Coordinator
  • Ensures that the DM Coordinator and branch management are timely and adequately informed on the progress of different interventions including the operating procedures
  • Keeps the DM Coordinator regularly informed on the planning of different interventions, implementation progress, problems faced, and key findings of the projects monitoring

Experience and Knowledge

  • University degree in the following fields Argiculture, Social Sudies or Community Development.
  •  At least 3 years experience in working at country level implementing community based development and     relief program
  • Good communicator in working with local communities & local authorities and working experience in income generation, agriculture, micro enterprises development and managing cash grant

Skills and Competencies

  •  Ability to support counties design and implement community based projects
  • Experience and skill in environmental impact assessment
  •  Excellent communication skills – both written and oral in English and Somali
  • Skills in workshop facilitation
  •  Strong organizational and planning skills coupled with good interpersonal skills

How to apply :

Interested SOMALI NATIONALS who have the above qualifications and experience should submit an application along with updated CV and other testimonials.

Somali Red Crescent Society Coordination Office Danwadaagaha Building, Km-5 Area, Mogadishu.  Email: srcshrm@gmail.com . :Kindly send through this email and the subject of email must be the title of the job.

Note:

Applications without all of the above mentioned information will not be reviewed, only short- listed candidates will be contacted. Ensure you send copies of your certificates not original with yount contact address. The submitted copies are uncliamable by their owners

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