Economic Recovery Assistant

The Economic Recovery Assistant serves as the primary focal point for communication and contact with programme participants to ensure effective and quality implementation of Economic Recovery activities. The role includes conducting intake sessions, supporting officers in wage and self-employment activities, and acting as receptionist at the livelihoods center in Kahramanmaraş.

Responsibilities

• Conduct wage and self-employment intake sessions with potential programme participants from refugee and host communities in the geographic area of assignment.
• Constantly share feedback and observations about intake forms and local community trends with the Economic Recovery Team Leader.
• Conduct quality follow-up sessions with Economic Recovery activities’ participants and ensure feedback is reported to component Officers and Economic Recovery Team Leader.
• Ensure possible protection and safety risks are captured within the intake sessions to ensure tailored Economic Recovery support and referrals based on needs identified, if required.
• Support Self Employment Officer - Venture Support in communication with programme participants to ensure effective implementation of self-employment processes in home-based business and micro-small medium enterprise start-up support which includes, but not limited to, training invitation, follow-ups, attending selection committee, and confirmation of grant items.
• Support Wage Employment & Private Sector Engagement Officer in communication with programme participants to effectively assess job seekers to be referred to the appropriate activity, which includes, but not limited to, monitoring visits, and job seekers contact and referrals.
• Maintain the documentation of required tools and forms archived and uploaded online.
• Act as the receptionist for the livelihoods center to welcome visitors and respond to queries.
• Work closely with Economic Recovery Officer - Wage Employment & Private Sector Engagement and Economic Recovery Officer - Self-employment & Venture Support to remain up to date on the Economic Recovery team activities.
• Provide constant feedback on the outreach activities of Economic Recovery team and advise on enhancing outreach to host and refugee communities in the geographic area.
• Engage in outreach activities related to the programme (with community members, local NGOs, and private sector contacts).
• Contribute to the organization of regular program monitoring of program activities through site monitoring visits and FGDs, assure proper utilization and documentation of program monitoring tools, and prepare reports on the findings with action plans.
• Support data collection of any assessment/research that may arise during the duration of the program.
• Contribute to the programme review meeting based on field observations and the technical review of intake tools used for the implementation of the programme.
• Assist Economic Recovery Officers to ensure programme participants are linked with livelihood opportunities based on market trends and in line with DRC’s decent work framework.
• Under the supervision of the Economic Recovery Team Leader, proactively seek, assess, and report new opportunities in regard to activities under the responsibility.
• Promote and ensure an active engagement and networking with relevant national authorities and other stakeholders to contribute to the effective implementation of DRC programmes.
• Ensure intake sessions are implemented according to MEAL requirements and inform Economic Recovery Team Leader and MEAL focal point activities about corrective actions needed.
• Facilitate the communication between MEAL team and programme participants to ensure the timely implementation of MEAL plans.
• Any other tasks assigned by first or second manager in line with the role focus.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or higher in business management, economics, finance, social science or other relevant fields.
• Minimum 1 year of practical experience in economic recovery/livelihood working for an INGO.
• Experience in working on individual assessments focused on vulnerability and capacity.
• Experience working in the humanitarian field with displaced individuals (preferably experience of working in Southern Turkey).
• Understanding refugees' rights and protection issues, children, and women.
• Excellent skill in MS Word, and Excel.
• Fluency in Turkish and Arabic is required.

Skills

• Economic Recovery
• Livelihood Programming
• Individual Vulnerability Assessment
• Humanitarian Experience
• Refugee Protection Knowledge
• Protection Issues Awareness
• Child Protection
• Women Protection
• MS Word
• Excel
• Participant Communications
• Intake Session Facilitation
• Wage Employment Support
• Self-employment Support
• Reception Duties

Languages

Turkish, Arabic