Livelihoods and Financial Inclusion Specialist NGO Jobs – Save the Children International | Apply Now

Technical Expertise and Support:

• Seeking new and strengthen existing partnerships including with the private sector, development actors, government institutions, and specialized agencies to advance the financial and economic inclusion

• Enhancing livelihoods and financial inclusion programming through evidence-based and market-driven approaches to achieve project outcomes

• Promoting and coordinating the development of new initiatives and responses to emerging enterprise development such as integration of the principles of green economy development, value addition and access to Finance.

• Promoting use of technology in the Livelihood and financial inclusion program including digitalization of Saving groups, market linkages and attachment to entrepreneurships.

• Support the graduation of the targeted ultra poor households to graduate to resilience using the graduation approach.

• Facilitating the implementation of specified project development plans, providing overall partnership and technical support in the conceptualisation, design, planning, budgeting, and implementation.

• Promoting digital financing, financial literacy, forming and maintaining linkages between different actors.

• Ensuring job creation, green skilling, financial inclusion, and improved livelihoods through training marginalized and vulnerable Youth and women (including people with disability) in green skills.

Program Implementation:

• Oversee and ensure timely implementation of livelihoods and financial inclusion activities according to the workplan.

• Ensure integration of VSLAs among farmer groups and associations

Capacity Building and Training:

• Design and deliver training sessions and workshops for refugees, host community members, and local farmers.

• Develop educational materials and resources to support knowledge transfer and skill-building.

• Develop training manuals and workshop content for farmers, government partners, small and medium agribusinesses and other stakeholders on livelihoods and financial inclusion

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Develop and apply monitoring and evaluation tools to track the progress and impact of interventions.

• Develop plans, procedures, criteria of eligibility, systems or appropriate tools for timely initiation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the EI programme.

• Work closely with the M&E staff and partner mentors to conduct regular monitoring of program activities to ensure quality and provide timely feedback to partners on issues for follow up.

• Conduct field assessments and surveys to measure the effectiveness of livelihoods and financial inclusion practices and adapt strategies as needed.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Collaborate with refugee community leaders, local government agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders.

• Facilitate partnerships and networking opportunities to enhance the project’s impact and sustainability.

Reporting and Documentation:

• Prepare regular reports on activities, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.

• Document success stories and best practices to share with project stakeholders and contribute to knowledge management

Communication and Networking

• Create and sustain positive working relationships internally with other technical staff; externally with the Consortium partners, district local governments and other stakeholders, and maintains an up-to-date understanding of key development trends in the project area.

• Ensure coordination with the government activities and structures in the implementation of URRI Project