Goal/Purpose:

Under the supervision of the line manager, and the overall management of the FSL Program Manager, The Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Officer_Livestock will play a critical role in implementing and supporting food security and livelihoods projects in Northeast Syria. The officer will work closely with the community members, local partners, and relevant stakeholders to identify needs, design interventions, and ensure effective project implementation. This role aims to enhance the food security, income generation, financial inclusion, and overall livelihoods of vulnerable communities in the region.

List of main tasks: 

DIAGNOSTIC AND PROJECT CONCEPTION:

• Under the supervision of their line manager and in collaboration with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability (MEAL) team, take part in the identification of villages and stakeholder mapping where work is to be carried out.
• Conduct assessments, surveys and focus groups discussions to identify food security and livelihoods needs and priorities of target communities.
• Communicate with the community as per the strategy defined by the management and make sure that the projects and the selection criteria are well understood and accepted by the communities.
• Identify relevant stakeholders, community leaders, activists in target areas, and ensure their active participation.
• Facilitate community mobilization and organization to ensure community participation at all stage of project cycle.
• Report any relevant additional information collected or observed in the field that could be of relevance for the decision making and the implementation of the activities.
• Participate to analysis of the local environment and understand needs, requests, technical or contextual limitations that might have an impact on the field operations.
• Ensure that activities under his/her responsibility are followed up.
• Participate in consultancy missions.

IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL FOLLOW-UP.

Under instruction of the Line Manager:

• Carries out the activities as defined in weekly meetings with the line management, and as per the work plan communicated.
• Ensures that the implementation of cross cutting themes (gender and protection mainstreaming, conflict sensitivity and environmental sustainability) is integrated into economic recovery activities.
• Support the preparation of BoQs, Purchase Link (PL) when requested.
• Ensure accurate follow-up and monitoring of the activities in the field, using the SI’s standards and tools and provide technical support to beneficiaries, if needed.
• Adhere to SI’s standard operational procedures.
• Anticipate difficulties in the carrying out of the activities, propose adjustments according to the field understanding and the possible feedback from the community.
• Provide technical support to beneficiaries in the areas of interest (agriculture, income generation, value chain development, financial inclusion, etc…).
• Coordinate the implementation with relevant partners and stakeholders.
• Communicate with anticipation to the Line Manager on needs that engage the support department.
• Ensure positive relationship and good communication practices with different support departments.
• Ensure the data collected and reports are safely archived/handed to the Line Manager.
• Establish safety and security measures for each activity and ensure that these rules are respected by workforce under his/her supervision and by beneficiaries

REPORTING / COMMUNICATION:

• Keep monitoring tools and file archived at the Solidarités International office.
• Provide weekly and monthly reports on the challenges faced, lessons learned and progress made
• Report to Supervisor on the progress of activities and specific tasks assigned, problem encountered, the quality of relations with beneficiaries.
• Analyse the humanitarian situation, taking protection problems into consideration/Do no Harm to the population.
• Collaborate with local administration and authorities.

PROJECT SPECIFIC TASKS:

The FSL Officer is part of a program aiming at supporting the agricultural sector, including livestock support, breeders and farmers, encompassing the delivery of livestock inputs, technical trainings and the development of cooperative activities such as breeders’ group.

In addition to the responsibilities mentioned above, the FSL officer is expected to:

• Assist in developing Livestock Strategies, methodologies and identification of new approaches for improving livestock.

• Participates in the development and formulation of good animal husbandry practices that relate to the utilisation of feed resources, efficient animal nutrition and feed safety.

• He/she will take part in the joint health and breed inspections and support the development of livestock related distribution activities.

• Monitor the vaccination and anthelminthic treatment of distributed animals.

• Support in market assessments and conduct continuous market monitoring during the dry season.

• Initiate breeders’ groups and/or breeders/farmers field schools and demonstration plots.

• Facilitate and participate in designing of animal husbandry curricula, training manuals and extension methodologies and modalities, and the provision of training to identified breeders’ group.

• Ensure smooth communication with relevant technical departments during the implementation of livestock related activities, as well as support in identification of para-vets/basic veterinary workers in the community.

• Support the supervisor in the identification of community poultry farms beneficiaries.

• Ensure the distribution of community poultry farms to identified beneficiaries and provide technical trainings.

• Ensure good reporting, calculation, and confirmation of number of households benefited from the distributions and the quantities of goods distributed.

• Build the capacity of target beneficiaries to develop Good Livestock Practices and high yield.

• Plan and organise trainings and orientation activities on Livestock Management.

• Facilitate the development of commercial linkages between breeders, buyers, processors and other value chain actors.

• Manage the distribution of livestock inputs in the selected villages.