Catholic Relief Services a Development Organization is seeking qualified, experienced, and highly motivated Senior Project Officer - Livelihoods who will facilitate the achievement of project objectives through coordinating, monitoring and reporting on livelihoods activities and providing technical guidance and advice to staff and implementing partner(s) advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. You will play a critical role in coordinating with implementing partners, the project team and other stakeholders to facilitate high-quality implementation of livelihoods activities in the field. Your coordination, technical, and relationship management skills will ensure that the project for which you are responsible applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

The position is based in Bamenda/Cameroon

Primary Responsibilities:

· Organize and lead the implementation of all livelihoods project activities as outlined in the detailed implementation plan in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices. This will include appropriate targeting of livelihoods participants for poultry production, development and coordination of technical trainings, quality control of poultry inputs to be provided to participants, monitoring of livelihoods outcomes, and provision of technical support to ensure strong accompaniment to poultry participants.

· Represent the organization with humanitarian coordination mechanisms, UN agencies, other I/NGOs, and relevant local government and community actors.

· Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Support accountability through coordinating project monitoring and evaluation activities, and guiding partners in their efforts to reflect on project experiences. Analyze implementation challenges and report any inconsistencies and/or gaps to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.

· Maintain and strengthen working relationships with all local project stakeholders and serve as a liaison between them and the project team to mobilize local actors and promote project activities and impact.

· Supervise and perform ad-hoc inspections of various processes and resources at project sites to ensure timely project activities implementation and adherence to established process standards and procedures.

· Identify technical assistance needs of partner organizations and coordinate capacity building and technical support activities to ensure livelihoods project activities are implemented per project guidelines and standards.

· Coordinate provision of any logistical and administrative support to staff and partners.

· Ensure project documentation and reporting for assigned activities is complete with all required documents and is filed per agency and donor requirements. Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and documentation of case studies and promising practices.

Qualifications and Experience:

· Bachelor's Degree required, preferable in Agriculture, Livestock, of Humanitarian Action. Master’s degree in similar fields a plus.

· Minimum of 4 years of work experience in humanitarian or development project support, 2 years required experience in livelihoods (poultry) interventions.

· Additional experience may substitute for some education.

· Experience monitoring projects and collecting relevant data.

· Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.

Required Languages

· Excellent spoken and written English skills are required, Excellent spoken Pidgin skills highly desired.

· Additional local languages a plus.

Personal Skills

· Analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment

· Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners as well as culturally diverse groups

· Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to write reports, and/or conduct analysis and assessments

· Extremely flexible and with the ability to cope with stressful situations

· Ability to work as a team player in a challenging environment

· Capacity to work independently and manage multiple priorities

· Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented

· Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities

Required Travel: Frequent travel between Bamenda and program sites in the Northwest, as well as occasional travel to Yaoundé. Must be willing and able to travel up to 40%

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.