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Project Planning

• Prepare periodic work plans together with project officer on the livelihoods sector in line with the agreed schedules in the project document.

• Liaise with project officer in planning and implementation of livelihood sector specific activities.

Project Implementation

• Conduct mobilization, sensitization and training of project beneficiaries on basic appropriate methodologies as outline in the project document.

• Prepare implementation data (VSLA data, distribution list, attendant list, selection criteria for livelihoods inputs in liaison with the livelihood project officer and local community.

• Work with local authorities, community leader, relevant civil society and non-governmental organization, collaborating/implementing partners and other stakeholders in order to achieve the objectives and facilitate project implementation.

• Manage the farmer group interest by ensuring quality of activities provided to beneficiaries (meeting farmer groups and sharing of ideas).

  
  

• Ensure that the livelihoods Project’s objectives/outputs are achieved according to the work plans as stipulated in the project document.

• Carry out regular monitoring visits to farmer’s groups and ensure that reports are written on each visit and shared with the livelihoods project officer.

• Contribute to organizational learning through systematic documentation, monitoring, evaluation and sharing of information with project officer and the relevant project team.

Staff supervision

• Lead and manage farmers group ensuring clarity over plans and priorities, providing supervision, guidance and mentoring, encouraging effective team work and building a team spirit through regular meetings and events and clear reporting mechanisms for each team member.

• Work with the Project Officer in identifying marginalized groups and individuals as well as potential intermediaries.

Project Monitoring and Reporting

• Promote active participation of other staff, beneficiaries and intermediaries in the planning, implementation and evaluation of project activities as required.

• Conduct regular visits to the project sites to ensure that activities are in line with the project document.

• Oversee the implementation of livelihood activities by the group to monitor project output/outcome and ensure an appropriate solution to the problem arising.

• Ensure that proper mapping of project site is done & information shared on time to the project team

Documentation of project data and information

• Update beneficiaries support data base to enable tracking of the progress in line with the project document.

• Update group constitution, updated membership list, VSLA data, training report at group level.

• Collect and document interest/success stories showing the output/outcome of the livelihood project on the beneficiaries.

• Develop and maintain close and good working relationships with the community leaders and local authorities.

• Undertake other related duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Supervisor.