Economic Recovery Officer

The Economic Recovery Officer will be responsible for field level planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the DANIDA funded project under the direct supervision and guidance of the Economic Recovery Manager. The role involves coordination with partners, capacity building, data gathering, and ensuring compliance with project and donor requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely input and feedback and compile, and submit regular project updates to the line manager.
• Plan and facilitate capacity development training workshop for implementing partners staff, CBO representatives, government officials with developing curriculum/ modules and delivery guidelines.
• Conduct need assessment through using participatory tools and data gather and prepare draft report.
• Implement the field activities as per approved FD6 and FD7 and ensure completion certificate from authorities.
• Monitor the Implementation Partners activities at field level with proper guidance and facilitation where applicable.
• Develop different livelihoods projects related to technical specifications on the product/inputs for procurement in compliance with sector and government line agencies.
• Gather field data/information and provide inputs in the IPTT as monthly basis in coordination with MEAL team.
• Lead the PDM survey with MEAL team and facilitate the entire process.
• Facilitate cash-based interventions and closely working with CFW/volunteers and process, prepare and submit the monthly payment procedure in coordination with SC and Finance.
• Designing and maintaining records of experiments accurately and systematically.
• Drafting IMEAL related monthly and annual activity report- 5Ws reports for FSS, LSDS and EEN/BGN.
• Make field arrangements for planned visits/ high level visitor/donor official to project locations.
• Set up clear beneficiary follow-up mechanisms and ensure appropriate follow-ups are made to support beneficiaries.
• Coordinate activities with relevant stakeholders-UNO/UP Chairman/CICs /civil societies/actors at field level with establishing synergic linkages.
• Ensure participation in different sectoral forums (EETWG, FSS, LSDS) and exploring opportunities to work with other internal sectors (protection, SMS) as required.
• Assist to livelihoods manager in the preparation or drafting concept notes/project documents/reports as necessary.
• Assist to manager for drafting Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), different guidelines/ tools for partners and Terms of Reference (ToR) for hiring consultants.
• Lead to design visibility plana and executive with internal DRC BGD communication team.
• Support in resolving any emerging problems and issues in the field.
• Ensure that the DRC Code of Conduct and PSEA reporting mechanism is understood, acknowledged in writing, and adhered to by stakeholders/Partners.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the line manager.
• Comply with all global and location-specific safety rules, policies, and procedures. Report safety incidents, near- misses and other relevant information to the safety team as shall be briefed during onboarding.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of relevant experience along with 2 years of experience on emergency response in Bangladesh.
• UN /International NGO work experience with livelihoods project would be added an asset.
• Good understanding of emergency and (early) recovery livelihoods support interventions, and integrated programming/approaches, including the Cash Assistance Programme.
• Strong skills in humanitarian programme assessment, response analysis and modality selection, set-up/design, implementation, and MEAL.
• Significant experience with international humanitarian and/or development organisations, and demonstrable experience working on economic recovery programming (including Food Security, Financial Inclusion and/or Decent Livelihoods) in contexts of forced displacement.
• Excellent and up to date knowledge of Cash Based Assistance (CBA) in general, and in pursuit of Economic Recovery outcomes in particular, including the latest technical and methodological best practice.
• Strong and practical knowledge of project intervention delivery with community participation and proven ability to support development of (Markey System Approach) MSA in support of Economic Recovery outcomes.
• Coordinate IP’s/CBOs for ensuring to achieve deliverables as per target compliances with DRC/donors policies and guidelines and as per agreement.
• Coordinate and follow up inclusively with Livelihood’s actors/ agencies, service providers, financial institutes, and relevant government agencies in the field.
• Represent DRC in any relevant field based thematic meetings with stakeholders and otherwise as needed.
• Technical knowledge and experience on advanced green agriculture practices.
• Team building experience would be added an advantage.
• Experience working in multi-cultural work settings.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skill.
• Graduate in any discipline but preference will be given to agricultural/ environmental/ climate change discipline.
• English (Fluent in writing and speaking)
• Bengali (Fluent in writing and speaking)

Skills

• Emergency Response
• Livelihood Programming
• Cash Assistance Programme
• Humanitarian Programme Assessment
• Response Analysis
• Modality Selection
• Programme Implementation
• MEAL
• Economic Recovery Programming
• Food Security
• Financial Inclusion Knowledge
• Decent Livelihoods
• Cash-Based Assistance
• Project Intervention Delivery
• Community Participation Promotion
• Market System Approach
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Green Agriculture Practices
• Excel
• Communications Skills
• Negotiation Skills

Languages

English, Bengali