Job Details:

• Organization: UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
• Location: Bāmyān
• Grade: Level not specified – Level not specified
• Occupational Groups:
• Food Security, Livestock and Livelihoods
• Closing Date: 2023-12-28

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to end the injustice of poverty, inequality, and climate change. Working with our broad network of experts and partners in 170 countries, we help nations build integrated, lasting solutions for people and the planet. UNDP has been working in Afghanistan for more than 50 years on climate change and resilience, gender, governance, health, livelihoods, and the rule of law. Under the broader framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in close coordination with other UN agencies, UNDP is supporting the Afghan people’s aspiration for peace, prosperity, and sustainability. UNDP is currently implementing its flagship crisis response program, ABADEI (Area Based Approach to Development Emergency Initiatives), as part of the ongoing UN-led response to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and the breakdown of Afghanistan’s economy following the August 2021 shift in power.

The ABADEI Strategy is a tailored area-based integrated programming approach to support basic human needs, complementing short-term humanitarian life-saving assistance with the safeguarding of livelihoods and the strengthening of community resilience. It is centered around addressing worsening poverty and vulnerability, supporting community resilience and social cohesion, addressing climatic vulnerability, and enabling the rehabilitation of small-scale infrastructure vital for basic human needs. It supports the creation of immediate sources of income through vocational skills training, cash-for-work, cash-for-market, small businesses, and livelihood opportunities with a particular focus on agri-business and regenerative agriculture infrastructure and services (critical for food security) that are under threat. It is sensitive to the chronic and newly emerging vulnerabilities of Afghan women and girls and aims at providing them assistance in a manner that does not exacerbate their susceptibility to violence and deprivation of opportunities and rights.

Scope of Work

The incumbent will undertake the following to ensure the success of the project:

• Support effective design and implementation of livelihood interventions in the ABADEI program.
• Provide support in developing partnerships and ensure coordination with implementing partners and relevant stakeholders including UN agencies.
• Contribute to knowledge management and information sharing in the ABADEI program team.
• To undertake any other duties as required

Support effective design and implementation of livelihood interventions in the ABADEI program, focusing on the achievement of the following results:

• Provide technical support to implement livelihood activities in line with the ABADEI program strategy including stakeholder consultation, and community participation to operationalize activities.
• Provide technical inputs to develop suitable livelihood options for vulnerable communities.
• Support to prepare capacity development materials on livelihoods; provide technical support in conducting capacity-building initiatives
• Generate new ideas and approaches, consolidate best practices from the field, and propose effective ways of doing things;
• Monitor program implementation of partners (contractors, consultants, grantees) under agreements, work plans, deliverables, and timelines;
• Ensure timely and quality progress by partners in line with agreed templates and schedules; review reports; provide feedback to UNDP and partners;
• Oversee implementation of livelihood-related components in the region to ensure delivery of all the targets with desired outputs.
• Establish and maintain a network of contacts for general information sharing and to remain up to date on partnership-related issues;
• Coordinate with partners and stakeholders in the process of implementing livelihood initiatives
• Assess and evaluate funding proposals from potential partner organizations maintaining quality and consistency.
• Support UNDP’s positioning as an effective partner in livelihoods and job creation
• Support to develop specific livelihoods activities for women and ensure integration of gender issues and concerns in livelihoods programming
• Keep track of financial and expenditure records related to livelihood activities if required
• Identify operational and programmatic challenges concerning livelihood work and propose solutions

Provide support in developing partnerships and ensure coordination with implementing partners and relevant stakeholders including UN agencies, focusing on the achievement of the following:

• Support capacity building of local partners, organize relevant orientations and trainings for local partners
• Identify potential organizations to engage within the targeted areas and contribute to building a network
• Act as the UNDP/ABADEI livelihood focal person in the region to develop and support a coordination mechanism that allows to sharing of information and harmonizes the work carried out by different partners.
• Support working relationships and create programmatic linkages with relevant UN Agencies and counterparts as guided by the supervisor.

Contribute to knowledge management and information sharing in the UNDP country office

• Collect information related to infrastructure work and provide inputs for the preparation of substantive briefs
• Identify and document best practices and lessons learned from infrastructure interventions
• Assist in producing publicity materials on infrastructure work including success and lessons learned

To undertake any other duties as required.

1. Institutional Arrangement

The technical Associate (Livelihood) will work in close coordination with the Livelihood Officer in the ABADEI program and be responsible for providing technical support to the livelihood component. S/he works under the guidance and supervision of the Program Manager ABADEI and in close collaboration with team members. The incumbent will also work closely with partners, UN Agencies, technical advisors and experts, and civil society to help implement livelihood activities.

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