Oficial de Recuperación Económica (Medios de Vida)

The Oficial de Recuperación Económica (Medios de Vida) will implement livelihood activities within DRC's Economic Recovery programs in Venezuela, providing technical support to vulnerable entrepreneurs and microbusinesses. The role includes facilitating training, coordinating with local partners, and ensuring quality and accountability in project implementation.

Responsibilities

• Identify livelihood sector activities including socio-economic and market diagnostics to identify productive chains, key public and private sector actors, and financial inclusion opportunities.
• Evaluate technical, social, environmental, and economic viability of livelihood proposals ensuring sustainability, cultural relevance, and sensitivity to protection and disaster risks.
• Contribute local context data for proposal adjustment and formulation integrating economic recovery with protection, WASH, and disaster preparedness sectors.
• Suggest innovative ideas and appropriate techniques for economic recovery interventions under supervision.
• Implement planning, execution, monitoring, and technical closure of livelihood activities coordinating with team leaders and logistics and finance teams.
• Design and implement training processes on business plans, green livelihoods, vocational guidance, soft skills, marketing plans, cost structures, management, and financial education using hybrid methodologies including digital platforms like Moodle.
• Serve as focal point for strategic partnerships with private, public, or institutional actors for livelihood activities.
• Develop follow-up plans for beneficiaries related to productivity increase and program indicator measurement.
• Identify, coordinate, and deliver in-kind support such as productive inputs, tools, and equipment according to socio-economic needs and protection guidelines.
• Participate in monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting providing technical analysis and budget guidance for livelihood components.
• Transfer knowledge and accompany local organizations in implementing economic recovery programs using DRC methodologies including targeting, training, business plan evaluations, and participant follow-up.
• Facilitate community information, outreach, and participation processes ensuring access and acceptance.
• Monitor participation of vulnerable groups and specific needs for inclusion.
• Ensure quality, community participation, and accountability mechanisms in activity execution.
• Ensure compilation of verification means and qualitative data for project activities.
• Conduct surveys for registration, baseline, post-distribution monitoring, exit lines, and other necessary project surveys.
• Report incidents, delays, or challenges in programmatic, logistical, or financial implementation to supervisors.
• Monitor beneficiary progress, document results, and generate lessons learned.
• Contribute to documentation of best practices, success stories, and case studies.
• Support preparation of technical and narrative reports as required.

Requirements

• 2 years of relevant experience in livelihoods work, especially in developing and strengthening entrepreneurship and circular economy business models.
• Experience developing cost structures for small businesses, marketing plans, and strengthening soft skills for entrepreneurship is valued.
• Experience working in coordination with protection, disaster preparedness, WASH, social work, human rights, or similar field projects within NGOs or non-profit organizations.
• Field experience working with communities in hard-to-reach urban and rural areas, displaced persons, migrants, and refugees.
• Experience facilitating hybrid learning models and using digital tools such as Moodle for training vulnerable populations is valued.
• Experience and ability to relate to people, interact with multidisciplinary teams, resolve conflicts, and manage group dynamics.
• Skills and experience in training and capacity development of non-profit staff with basic or intermediate knowledge in livelihoods.
• Report writing and internal communication document skills.
• Excellent skills in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience managing databases.
• University degree related to business administration, accounting, economics, human development, social work, psychology, marketing, teaching, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Spanish language proficiency.
• English language proficiency at A2 level is desirable.

Skills

• Livelihoods Program Evaluation
• Entrepreneurship Development
• Circular Economy Analysis
• Cost Structure Development
• Marketing Plan Development
• Soft Skills Training
• Coordination with Protection Projects
• Disaster Preparedness Coordination
• WASH Coordination
• Social Work Collaboration
• Human Rights Project Coordination
• Field Community Engagement
• Experience with Displaced Persons
• Working with Migrants and Refugees
• Blended Learning Facilitation
• Moodle Training Platform
• Conflict Resolution
• Group dynamics management
• Training and Capacity Building
• Report Writing
• Internal Communications
• MS Word
• Excel
• Power Point
• Database Management

Languages

Spanish, English