Livelihoods Officer

Estonian Refugee Council (ERC) is coordinating and carrying out livelihoods and economic recovery programming activities in Ukraine. ERC uses different livelihoods and economic recovery programming modalities in order to assist affected populations with restoring or improving their independent and sustainable livelihoods, such as carrying out entrepreneurship programmes and Cash for Work (CfW) programmes, or establishing social enterprises to create employment opportunities for displaced people.
The Livelihoods Officer, based in Kharkiv/Dnipro, Ukraine, is responsible for managing and developing ERC’s livelihoods and economic recovery programmes carried out in Ukraine. The post-holder works to further develop ERC’s livelihoods programming, participates in the development of project proposals relevant to the programme in crisis-affected countries, coordinates and oversees the implementation of livelihoods programming activities, carry out monitoring and evaluation activities relevant to the programme, develops new and maintains existing partnerships relevant to the programme, and participates in the development of ERC’s online application platform or other related tools.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Carry out livelihoods programme activities in line with project proposals, programme SOPs, ERC internal regulations and in accordance with the prоgramme implementation plan.
• Maintain a record of the implementation of programme activities and results under projects involved in, and keep the project documents and folders according to ERC knowledge management rules.
• Ensure the functioning of project(s) implementation processes in close cooperation with livelihoods assistant(s) (guide livelihood assistant(s) on project implementation issues, incl. advice on the choice of relevant tools etc);
• Participate in the development of project proposals relevant to the programme.
• Communicate with and provide support to programme beneficiaries throughout the programme.
• Participate in the development of and in maintaining suitable systems and tools to manage, collect, and safely store beneficiary information and other data related to the implementation of the programme activities.
• Participate in the development of suitable monitoring and evaluation methods and plans for the activities running under the programme in cooperation with the M&E team.
• Cooperate closely with and provide timely input to the communication team to ensure that activities taking place under the programme are clearly and effectively communicated internally and externally

Key competencies

• University degree in a relevant field (management, business administration, or similar) or proven equivalent 1-3 years working experience in humanitarian sector          
• Prior experience with business development is an asset.
• High-level language skills in English and Ukrainian and/or Russian.
• Strong interpersonal skills: must be able to work collaboratively, manage professional relationships, manage in multicultural settings, provide and receive feedback constructively, be solution-oriented, meet and communicate deadlines effectively
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and environments.