Background/IRC Summary:  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 30 years, and manages & delivers large, complex programs to meet needs in health, education, protection, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor & conflict-affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces.

Job Overview/Summary:

Reporting to the Livelihoods Specialist for Sindh province, the Livelihood Officer will be responsible to carry out livelihoods related activities in the BDRP Project in Sindh

Major Responsibilities:

·       Support the Livelihood Specialist in the implementation of the program activities related to the transfer of cash, agriculture support or other livelihoods related in kind benefits to the communities

·       Support the field teams in the identification and assessments of the beneficiaries of the project

·       Identify appropriate training materials and sources for training of farmers around agriculture, water conservation and improved farming

·       Promote soil conservation, disaster resilient farming practices and improved feeding practices for livestock

·       Keep records and manage documentation of all the transactions and related documents

·       Support the project team in the distribution of project inputs to the beneficiaries through the selected vendors or at the distribution points

·       Provide consultations and support to the communities on activities related to the livelihoods

·       Monitor the purchases from the market by the beneficiaries

·       Receive cheques and submit to finance for the payments of the vendors

·       Keep track records of the payments

·       Develop and share reports of the transactions to the senior managers 

·       Compute and record totals of transactions

·       Any other assignment which is given by the Livelihood Manager

Position Reports to:  Livelihoods Specialist    

Position directly supervises:  none

Indirect Reporting: none

Job Requirements:

Education:

University level Master’s Degree in agriculture or rural development 

Work Experience:

Work Experience minimum 3 years in the related field of DRR focused agriculture, water and livelihoods

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

·       Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. 

·       Good team player and coordination skills

·       Experience of working with government line departments (Agriculture, Livestock, Forest)

·       Strong knowledge of local livelihoods

Language Skills: 

·       Strong oral and written English, Urdu

·       Local languages

Desirable criteria: 

·       Work with INGOs

·        Experience of working in North Sindh

The IRC Core Values and Commitments;

·       The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

·       IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

o   Level of interaction with children: less frequent direct contact with children

·       IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.

Women candidates and persons with disability are highly encouraged to apply.