Entry Level Livelihoods and Food Security Technical Assistant (Agriculture) at The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Employment Nigeria
16-Mar-2018
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Agriculture
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), a non-governmental, humanitarian organization is recruiting to fill the position below:
POSITION : Livelihoods and Food Security Technical Assistant (Agriculture)
Responsibilities
- The Assistant will be responsible for the implementation of Livelihood and food security activities in the field – food vouchers, income generating activities and backyard vegetable gardens.
- Carry out the selection of project beneficiaries
- Data collection for project monitoring and evaluation.
- Coordinate the food security activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
- Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
- Coordinate with relevant partners
- Facilitate the distribution of materials and equipment according to procedures
- Prepare weekly progress reports and other documents as required
Qualifications
- B.Sc. Agriculture / Crop science/ Agriculture Economics
- Knowledge of the context of Northeast Nigeria
- Experience with start-up activities
- Fluency in one or more of the national/regional languages (Hausa and Kanuri preferred)
- At least one year experience of working in Food Security humanitarian/recovery context
Education field:
- Social science
- Education title: Bachelors' degree in Agriculture / Crop science/ Agriculture Economics
Personal qualities:
- Planning and delivering results
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Handling insecure environment
- A good sense of humour is an asset
- All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.
We Offer
- Commencement: April 2018
- Duration: 12 months
- Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions.(Grade Level 4 Step 1)
- Duty stations: Maiduguri; Biu; Damasak; Dikwa and Monguno with frequent travels. Travel outside duty stations is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.
- Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.
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