Learning through Skills Acquisition Initiative (LETSAI) is a youth-led, women-focused non-profit organization established in June 2015. LETSAI particularly targets women, youths and children, the most vulnerable members of the society; it addresses protection issues through sustainable livelihood, Gender-Based Violence (GBV), psychosocial support through women groups and counseling sessions, and women empowerment interventions. The organization works with the relevant stakeholders towards peace building, sensitize women on GBV, management of survivors of violence by building and developing the skills of women and young girls. Hygiene promotion as a component where best practices of hygiene are being enhanced through house to house sensitization. The organizational values include timeliness, good attitude, integrity, excellence and professionalism while mainstreaming gender in all her interventions.
- Experience 5 years
- Location Borno
Job Summary: The IGA Officer will be supporting the implementation of the income-generating activities in line with donor requirements and the Learning through skills acquisition initiative (LETSAI) program Strategy.Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Organize technical training on Income Generating Activities.
- Monitor, follow up and regularly support each IGA.
- Organize market linkages for IGAs.
- Organize best performing IGA beneficiaries in groups to strengthen their capacity to interact with other actors of the value chain.
- Prepare weekly and monthly individual work plans of the IGA team and submit to the program manager for approval and implementation.
- Organize material distribution to beneficiaries for startup of the IGAs.
- Participate in beneficiary profiling,
- beneficiary registration, and base line-end line assessments in liaison with
- the PMU of the project through technical review and guidance on data collection tools.
- Document and compile reports on project activities including Monthly & Quarterly donor reports, internal reports
- (Project Activity Reports (APRs) and activity reports (meetings, and any otheractivity).
- Support the establishment of a database for all project activities to regularly monitor and evaluate their activities.
Gender Equality Commitments
- Foster an environment that supports the values of women and men, and equal access to information.
- Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance. Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status. Value and respect all cultures.
Fiscal Responsibility
Prepare monthly forecast, procurement requests to submit to PM for approval and implementation.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree (honors) in economics, business, marketing, or any other relevant field. Additionally, a diploma in related studies with at least 5 years practical experience in a successful IGA related project shall be considered. You have previous work experience with a busy multi-sectoral setting/programming and in a refugee setting.
- You have strong communication skills (written and oral) in English. HAUSA is a must
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently.
- Extremely flexible with the ability to cope with stressful situations.
- Excellent reporting skills with good.
- Culturally sensitive.
- You are enthusiastically pursuing a career in Program implementation
- Fluency in written and spoken Hausa
- You must be physically fit and reliable, able to ride a motorcycle with a valid riding permit.
- You have extensive knowledge in irrigation system installation, maintenance, and repair.
- Ability to interact professionally with all customers, employees, and those from external organizations.
- Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the position as subject of email.
