Economic Recovery Assistant

This role has a field focus on Kilis province in effective implementation of economic recovery activities responsible for full compliance with DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. The role contributes to developing economic recovery strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities:

General Programming & Operations & Interaction with partner (80%)

• Assist Employability officer in business mapping to identify eligible private sector entities to be collaborated in wage subsidy program.
• In line with market information/data collected and analyzed, support the economic recovery team to implement wage subsidy activity.
• Engage in outreach activities related to the project (with community members, local NGOs, and private sector contacts) and assist in maintaining an updated business database.
• Assist the Employability Officer in beneficiary identification, selection, and placement on relevant activities, as well as in attendance monitoring and initiation of timely replacements.
• Contribute to organization of regular program monitoring for in-the-workplace training and wage subsidy activities through site monitoring visits and FGDs, and assure proper utilization and documentation of program monitoring tools and prepare reports on the findings with action plans.
• Support Employability Officer in collection of necessary MoVs and supportive documents from parties collaborated in wage subsidy and In-the-workplace training schemes and in maintenance of a well-organized documentation of program activities.
• Keep an active private sector engagement to identify collaboration opportunities for facilitation of job creation, and job placement with work permit support.
• In coordination with the Employability Officer, coordinate with partner to inform them about labor market needs, job prospects and vacancies.
• Support data collection of any assessment/research that may arise during the duration of the program

Monitoring and Evaluation (10%)

• Review MEAL reports produced for activities under responsibility; contribute to development of actions plans and suggestions of appriorate corrective actions.
• Execute approved corrective actions under the supervision of Team Leader and Employability Officer.
• Facilitate the communication between MEAL team and beneficiaries to assure timely implementation of MEAL plans and market mapping related activities.

Technical Support (5%)

• Extend technical support to partner counselling assistants when needed.
• Assist employability officer to assure both implementing partner and other parties collaborated in in-the-workplace training and WS schemes produce quality reports and share necessary documents with DRC as per pre-determined terms and extend guidance to make sure compliance.

Coordination (5%)

• Under the supervision of Economic Recovery Team Leader and Manager, proactively seek, assess, and report new opportunities in regards to activities under responsibility
• Promote and ensure an active engagement and networking with relevant national authorities and other stakeholders to contribute to the effective implementation of DRC programs.
• Roles reporting to this position: No direct reports
• Reports to: Economic Recovery Team Leader – Kilis

About you

• To be successful in this role you must have a university degree in business administration, economics, marketing, trade, social science and related fields.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required qualifications

• At least 1 year of relevant professional experience within economic recovery/livelihood  sector working for an NGO.
• Experience in market research and analysis.
• Experience in business administration and business development.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Experience with following standard ,procedures and guidelines.
• Experience working in the field (preferably experience from southern Türkiye)
• Fluency in Turkish and Arabic. English is a strong asset.

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