Livelihoods Program Assistants at Initiative for Agricultural Intervention and Developmental Integration

Employment Type: Intern
Duration: 9 months
Start Date: As soon as possible

Job Summary

• Coordinate with MEL team to map, identify and register program participants
• Lead in the selection of beneficiaries with support from Program Manager
• Facilitate setting up of VSLA groups to provide safe space for beneficiaries
• Identify reliable and trusted members locally to serve as village agents for VSLAs
• Coordinate the sensitization of beneficiaries
• Coordinate with protection sector to get village agents trained on psychosocial support
• Facilitate training of beneficiaries on financial literacy, book keeping and smart saving practices
• Lead the market assessment to ascertain the most profitable skills in the intervention locations
• Work with operations (procurement) to select financial service provider (FSP) for cash disbursement
• Lead the cash disbursement to beneficiaries through FSP
• Coordinate post distribution monitoring with MEL team
• Ensure the grantees VSLA meetings and small scale businesses are monitored monthly
• Ensure effective community engagement to create enabling environment and ownership
• Submit monthly program update including success stories to supervisor.

Remuneration
This position is none paid. Meaning no salary - however, little stipends could be provided occasionally to cover transport and communication.