Livelihood Coordinator

Job Description

TITLE: Livelihoods Coordinator. EAMR Project
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Refugees & Migrants Program Operation LOCATION: Based on Nozha Hub.
GRADE: 5 CONTRACT LENGTH: 6 Months with possible extension based on performance and Contingent upon confirmation of funding.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people eitherfrequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ORGANISATION PROFILE / PROGRAMME SUMMARY:

Save the Children International is the world’s leading independent organization for children. We work in 117 countries and work, together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

In Egypt, Save the Children International has been working to ensure that children’s rights are respected, protected and promoted since 1982. We carry out both long-term development work and, more recently emergency humanitarian work.

This project aims that children and youth in vulnerable situations have their rights respected and possess sound self-reliance capacities that allow them to improve their life perspectives. It will also target national and community organizations to enable them to provide effective protection and self- reliance services for children and youth. The project is targeting children and youth up to 24 years from the refugees, migrants and host communities at Ain Shams and surrounding areas.

ROLE PURPOSE: The Livelihoods Coordinator will be supporting the livelihood/Youth and Adolescent Officer in the implementation of the livelihoods and life skills activities for unaccompanied children and youth refugees, Migrant and host communities living in Ain Shams district and surrounding areas. The post holder will provide technical support and leadership to the life skill & Livelihoods community coaches including assessment, career guidance, and training through remote and office modalities. The position holder will also be responsible for regular monitoring of implementation. S/he will play a key role in leading the life skill & Livelihoods mentors toachieve the project targets with the agreed quality including the full process of selection of beneficiaries, preparing and delivering of the essential skills training, coaching, technical training needed, and also support the wage employment component.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Livelihoods/Youth and Adolescent Officer.

Staff reporting to this post: 4 Volunteers.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Project Implementation:

• Support the livelihood officer in the planning of the life skills and livelihood activities, and lead on the daily

follow-up on the implementation.

• Participate and lead the community coaches in the provision of career guidance
• S/he will deliver and lead the operations of the training that will be held for the livelihood’s participants such as (business – employment – financial literacy- …) through online and/or offline This includes responsibility for training material development as needed
• Lead the outreach activities related to life skills and livelihood activities; Play a key role in the seed fund and

cash distribution process.

• Lead on identifying and conducting the technical training needs for the livelihood’s participants through coaching

and follow-up sessions.

• Coaching a number of participants through all of the component activities if
  • Responsible for the capacity building of the community livelihoods
• Lead on the seed fund process and the apprenticeship operations and opportunities
• Ensure that all activities are implemented in line with Save the Children’s policies and procedures and adhere to donor requirements and
  • Ensure Child Safeguarding standards are understood and met in liaison with the Child Safeguarding focal

Documentation and reporting

• Ensure information is captured accurately on our data collection
• Ensure that t h e filing system is in place and maintain up-to-date, well-organized, and accurate casefiles and
• Prepare monthly field activities’ and achievements
• Lead the MEAL activities in the component in coordination with the MEAL

Partnerships/Networks

• In coordination with the youth and adolescent/livelihoods officer he/she will lead the relation with the projects’ Community-based organizations and

In case of Emergency:

• Promote children’s rights, contributing to their well-being and protection in times of emergencies, guided by humanitarian principles and a code of
• During emergencies, he/she should act in a way that facilitates SCI’s response to
• emergencies, giving priority to all
• Be prepared to support SCI interventions in response to emergencies and show needed flexibility

General:

• Demonstrate leadership in relation to Save the Children policies and practice with respect to safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies and
• Comply with Save the Children policies and practices with respect to safeguarding policy, code of conduct, health, and safety, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies and

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values

• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, take responsibility for their own personal development, and encourage their team to do the same

• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners and supporters

• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength, approachable, good listener,easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, business, or relevant social science.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in livelihood projects (Understanding livelihoods context in Egypt).

• Experience in training and coaching for a specific group of beneficiaries.

• Ability to deliver training and critically think about the materials’ content and contextualization to the targeted beneficiary.

• Ability to network, follow-up, and advocate with different service providers.

• Ability to speak with participants one on one or to large groups.

• Ability to prepare flowcharts, schedules, and step-by-step action plans Fluency in Arabic (spoken and written) and good in English is required

• Commitment to SCI values and Child Safeguarding policy.

Desirable:

• Academic or professional degree in development related fields is desirable.

• Familiar with Refugees and Migrants context in Egypt and associated political/cultural sensitivities.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

JD written by: MM Date: 13/6/2023
JD agreed by: Date:
Updated By: Date:
Evaluated: Date:

The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
· All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
· Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.