Economic Recovery Officer – Life skills /Digital trainer at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Job Description (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in that works in more than 30 countries throughout the world. Overall purpose of the role: The Economic recovery/Life skills Officer – Digital opportunities project, will report to the economic recovery team leader, h/she will also closely work with the economic recovery and the digital opportunities team. The position will support the digital opportunities trainees in linking them to the aspect livelihoods, offer a wide range life skills training, entrepreneurship training, business plan development and support in livelihoods mentorship.The position is aimed developing the digital opportunities project participants to able to gain skills in negotiation, good communication, developing their CV`s and online profiles, create their own business plans and bid for online jobs successfully.The position holder will work with a team of digital opportunities staffs which include an officer, assistants, digital trainers and a digital opportunities consultant. Duties & Responsibilities: Project Management and Development: Participate in project planning & implementation including activity, budgeting and procurement/logistics planningDevelop and maintain detailed implementation plans to deliver program to agreed timeline and milestonesEnsure all project activities are implemented on time and in line with the set-out work-plansDocument lessons learned from training activities, community meeting and assist in preparing training reportsParticipate together with the digital team to prepare/adopt training manuals E.g lifes skills, entrepreneurship, work readiness/skills for work successEstablish and Maintain the digital training database.Keep inventory of all the ICT equipment’s under your supervisionSupport needs assessment and propose new ideas to improve the digital learning and on-line jobs for youth. Mentorship; Provide both financial literacy and life skills training to the trainees.Provided entrepreneurship training, business plans development skillsSupport the beneficiaries in bidding for online jobs by providing skill in developing good online profiles and helping in development of winnable bidsLead and manage the mentorship sessions offered to the beneficiariesCoordinate closely with Ajira Kenya and Dadaab collective who provide mentorship to the traineesSupport in the review the mentorship curriculum and strategies in place.Support acculturation, priority setting, networking, career planning, and counseling related to the individual’s (mentee’s) identified goals toward advancement in their freelancing career.Support freelancers in client engagement and contract management strategiesWatch out for trends on the online platforms and advise the program team on ways to align implementation Monitoring and Reporting Monitor the mentorship programKeep accurate records of special events and training activities including meeting/class/training attendanceCollect and analyze livelihoods data on a monthly basisParticipate in periodic field level programme review and planning meetingsSupport with weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual donor/internal reportingMonitor the linkages between digital learning and livelihoods especially the growth of earnings by the online freelancersRecord the progress on learning in building their life skills and entrepreneurship skillsReport the general growth and the progress of the beneficiariesSubmit weekly/monthly project updates to the digital learning officer Planning and Budgeting Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly plans and share with your supervisor with the aim of implementing them RequirementsExperience and technical competencies: Four or more years’ experience working with I/NGOs within humanitarian/development contextsDemonstrable experience in livelihoods programming in a refugee and host communityExperience in providing life skills trainingHas an understanding of digital and online job opportunitiesDemonstrates a good understanding of Project Cycle ManagementHas excellent communication (spoken and written) skillsWorking knowledge of MS Office, Excel and other relevant computer applicationsGood planning and organizational skills coupled with problem-solving abilityPossess good level of conflict management skillsPossess a sense of cultural awareness, sensitivity and respect for diversityStrong organizational, team spirit and team work skillsKnowledge of the key issues and trends in livelihood/food security interventionsAbility to tolerate diverse cultural, educational and religious diversity in the workplace Education Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Sociology, Development Studies or Economics. Language: Written and spoken fluency in English and KiswahiliWorking knowledge of the Somali Language is an advantage. Key stakeholders: Internal & External All staffTechniciansAssistants