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:
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Livelihoods Coordinator will be supporting the livelihood Officer in the implementation of the livelihoods and life skills activities for unaccompanied children and youth refugees, Migrant and host communities living Aswan and surrounding areas. The post holder will provide technical support and leadership to the life skill & livelihood 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 to achieve 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.
Projects Scope:
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 Aswan and surrounding areas.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Livelihoods Officer.
Staff reporting to this post: 4 Facilitators.
Field Travel: The Specialist is expected to spend at least 75% of his/ her time in the field
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Project Implementation:
• Support the livelihood officer in the planning of the life skills and livelihood activities, and lead the daily follow-up on the implementation.
• Participate and lead the community coaches in the provision of career guidance sessions.
• 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 platforms. 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 several participants through all of the component activities if needed.
• Responsible for the capacity building of the community livelihoods coaches.
• 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 guidelines.
• Ensure Child Safeguarding standards are understood and met in liaison with the Child Safeguarding focal point.
Documentation and reporting
• Ensure information is captured accurately on our data collection system.
• Ensure that the filing system is in place and maintain up-to-date, well-organized, and accurate case files and records.
• Prepare monthly field activities’ and achievements reports.
• Lead the MEAL activities in the component in coordination with the MEAL unit.
Partnerships/Networks
• In coordination with the livelihoods officer he/she will lead the relation with the projects’ Community-based organizations and employers.
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 conduct.
• During emergencies, he/she should act in a way that facilitates SCI’s response to
• emergencies, giving priority to all assigned.
• 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 procedures.
• 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 procedures.
BEHAVIOURS
Accountability:
Managing resources efficiently, achieving and modeling Save the Children values.
Ambition:
• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for oneself (and their team), take responsibility for own personal development, and encourages others to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others. Collaboration:
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable and active listener Creativity:
• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Integrity:
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency
Confidentiality and data protection:
• Ensures that beneficiaries’ data are kept confidential and in line with data protection policies
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
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 AND SKILLS
• 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