Senior Livelihood Coordinator

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The Senior Livelihood Coordinator is responsible for overall livelihood recovery portfolio of RISE Rapid Activation project in coordination with other inter and cross-sectional departments. This position provides technical and managerial leadership for RISE projects economic and livelihood recovery portfolio, leading quality programme planning, market and livelihood assessments, implementation, monitoring and adaptive management to restore and diversify household livelihood including incomes, enterprises, employment, productive assets and market systems while strengthening resilience to future shocks, managing and provide technical oversight to the ER coordinator, Cash Coordinator and partners, ensure effective resource and budget management, and maintain strong coordination with government, private sector, financial institutions, communities and other recovery actors.

Furthermore, the incumbent will manage government and other stakeholder relationship to foster the strong collaboration, particularly related to early recovery, food security and livelihoods for the project activities, collaborating with identifying the gaps and needs that project intends to support and coordinating with like-minded agencies for coherent implementation. Additionally, the position will maintain the strong relationships with private sector actors, financial institutions, communities, and other stakeholders to promote sustainable, inclusive and market-oriented recovery outcomes.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead planning, implementation, monitoring and completion of all Early Recovery project activities.
• Oversee project objectives, outputs and outcomes are achieved within approved timelines and budgets.
• Review annual, quarterly and monthly implementation plans.
• Monitor and provide technical inputs for implementation of livelihood initiatives across Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts.
• Provide overall technical and operational backstopping to project staff and partners.
• Ensure quality programming aligned with Sphere Standards, CHS/humanitarian principles, and World Vision standards.
• Identify implementation risks and develop mitigation measures.
• Facilitate adaptive management based on emerging needs and lessons learned.
• Regularly update the Early recovery cluster and represent World vision in district/province's livelihood settings.

• Lead and oversee integrated recovery assessment and interventions with strong strategy in both districts including: 

• Work closely with Local Government (LG), agriculture and livestock units, enterprise development units and Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI) to collect the initial loss and damage information.
• Prepare and endorse the initial assessment from LG to prepare for early recovery actions

• Work closely with FNCCI and LG to prepare market disruption, inflation and opportunity loss report to inform the WV's livelihood team on necessary injection required to support immediate and long-term recovery/rehabilitation status. 

• Work closely with enterprise development unit, FNCCI and other relevant stakeholders to study the employment loss status and look for new employment/enterprise development opportunities created post disaster.
• Assess the status of current job opportunities and provide necessary conducive environment for scale up or level up of such opportunities in the communities and in district.
• Lead Business recovery and livelihood recovery program with fixed assets value under each category.

• Formal documentation of the immediate livelihood need assessment is developed, shared and integrated into planning and budgeting.
• Lead on the cash support modality with the information received from the market assessment and coordination group. 

• Recovery of household income sources.
• Productive asset replacement and restoration.
• Livelihood recovery initiatives.
• Small enterprise recovery support.
• Market-oriented recovery approaches.

• Community asset rehabilitation.
• Community infrastructure restoration.
• Small-scale recovery projects.
• Community-based resilience strengthening initiatives.

• Cash-for-Work activities.
• Temporary employment opportunities.
• Community rehabilitation schemes.
• Environmentally responsible recovery approaches. 

• Disaster-resilient recovery practices.
• Community preparedness integration.
• Recovery planning with affected communities.
• Strengthening local recovery capacities.

• Orient and provide technical guidance to Partner NGO staff on the programming tools and materials to ensure they are utilized correctly and applied during programme implementation;
• Develop and deliver training and capacity building for Partner NGOs staffs to ensure adequate competencies at field/partner level to deliver all necessary components of the given projects/programme to ensure performance targets achieved;
• Provide in-field support to Partner NGOs during key events to strengthen programming quality and results;
• Lead in providing appropriate tools and techniques to Partner NGOs in order measure and update on the projects progress
• Provide necessary training to WV and Partner NGO staff on various livelihood initiatives including CVP/CFW/ER/BR/alternative livelihood approaches (on-farm, off-farm), etc
• Facilitate the vocational training required in the field on need and time-frame basis (categorize the type and number of days required for VT)
• Ensure partner compliance with project agreements and donor requirements.
• Build partner capacity in recovery programming, reporting and quality assurance.
• Conduct regular review meetings with partners.
• Facilitate collaborative planning and implementation processes.
• Strengthen relationships with local stakeholders and community institutions.
• Promote community participation throughout the project cycle.

• Represent WVI Nepal in district, cluster, livelihood and livestock service meetings/sectors and municipal recovery coordination mechanisms.
• Support LG/livelihood cluster for phase and support categorization, business support plan, develop value voucher quantity and amount, description of criteria for conditional livelihood cash support, etc
• Maintain close coordination with local governments, line agencies and humanitarian actors.
• Participate in Early Recovery, Livelihoods and Recovery-related working groups and forums.
• Strengthen collaboration with private sector and market actors where appropriate, validate data received from various sources and ensure effective representation of the affected communities.
• Promote visibility of project achievements and learning. 

• Work with WVI MEAL team and partner NGOs to ensure appropriate analysis and programme results, including sharing of results and continuous improvements of programme design, research and implementationEnsure data driven decision making approach is mainstreamed in the program planning, implementation, analysis and result sharing.
• Provide effective handouts, reports and stories for publication both internally and externally.
• Ensure effective monitoring systems are established and utilized.
• Track project indicators, milestones and recovery outcomes.
• Lead project review and reflection processes. Support assessments, surveys and evaluations.
• Ensure community feedback and accountability mechanisms are functioning effectively.

• Monitor project expenditures against approved budgets.
• Ensure that the project planned budget is on time with 95% of the burn rate.
• Ensure efficient utilization of project resources.
• Review financial forecasts and spending plans.
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations, WVI Nepal policies and Government of Nepal requirements.
• Prepare quality monthly, quarterly and donor reports.
• Support audits, monitoring visits and project evaluations.
• Maintain complete and accurate project documentation. undefinedundefinedundefined

• Provide technical and management guidance to the project staff including the administrative business to the team and Partner NGOs
• Lead the team by example to foster the organizational culture and best practices
• Supervise, coach and manage the performance of the ER coordinator and other assigned recovery staff, provide technical direction, prioritization and quality assurance for economic recovery interventions.
• Manage field visits of key stakeholders to showcase project successes and challenges
• Perform other organizational and business processes that are required to contribute to WVI Nepal’s strategic objectives and to maintain a healthy organizational life.
• Carry out duties as assigned by supervisor and WVI Nepal’s management.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE 

Required Education, training, license, registration and certification

• University degree or equivalent in an Agriculture/Livelihood/Food Security/Agriculture economics/Agri-business or related field Course on Livelihood programming/project models is preferred. 

Required Professional Experience

• Previous working experience as a lead in early recovery need assessment, design, implementation, and result dissemination.
• Specialization in livelihood program approach particularly during response, early recovery and rehabilitation.
• Working experience with private sectors; entrepreneurship development, job creations and resilient livestock shelter establishment
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in development, humanitarian, recovery or resilience programming.
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing donor-funded projects.
• Demonstrated experience in disaster response, early recovery and community resilience programmes.
• Experience managing local partners and consortium relationships.
• Proven experience working with local governments and community institutions.
• Experience in project planning, budget management and reporting. 

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Well versed with Sphere handbook, CHS and Livelihood in emergencies (LiE) program design and approach
• Strong knowledge on enterprise/business case story development
• Strong background on working with cooperatives, soft-loan structure and other banking and finance institution (BFI) to promote quick return business ideas
• Understanding of Early recovery and technical skills: CVA/CFW for livelihood, assessment tools including EMMA, restoration of productive assets and quick/short cycle IG support (agriculture (on/off farm), alternative livelihood, micro-enterprise), etc with high Return on investment/high B/C ratio and lower pay-back period, etc.
• Understanding of market system and value chains along with green enterprise and resilient agriculture/livestock systems
• Knowledge of humanitarian-development nexus programming.
• Experience in livelihood recovery and economic strengthening.
• Understanding of cash-based programming and community rehabilitation approaches.
• Knowledge of market systems and resilience programming.
• Strong project cycle management skills.
• Excellent monitoring, reporting and analytical skills.
• Budget planning and financial management skills.

• Excellent coordination and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong leadership and team management capability.
• Effective negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to work under emergency and post-disaster contexts.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• High level of integrity and accountability. “

World Vision is committed to achieving diversity, as the diversity of our teams is critical to our overall success. WV welcomes applications from qualified professionals all over Nepal. Women, people with disability, and members from other marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.”“Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with WV as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, and any other harm. One of the ways that WVI Nepal shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates, in accordance to its Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy. WVI Nepal has zero tolerance to child rights’ violations, by employees and/or affiliates.”

WVI Nepal reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case.

People Culture & Governance Department

World Vision International Nepal

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