Economic Recovery Specialist

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Description

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• Under direct supervision of economic recovery manager, regularly inform and coordinate with the team leader and self-employment officer for the planning and implementation of business management capacity training sessions.
• Participate in the grant selection committee.
• Assure necessary documentation for the activity in line with relevant SOPs.
• Under the guidance of the economic recovery Manager, explore alternative market opportunities for food production and processing of dairy and livestock products.
• Analyze at all times the changing needs amongst refugee groups to ensure that DRC provides relevant support
• Identify, analyze, and report new approaches for business skills training and adapt the curriculum in accordance with the findings.
• Identify the need for assessments as well as focus group discussions with beneficiaries.
• Follow up with micro business grantees and provide the required support to enhance their business performance.
• Participate in facilitating and coordinating activities within the team and with other DRC’s departments.
• Support the Ec-Rec coordinator with up-to-date information about the market changes and follow-up on monitoring visits with the donor.
• Drafting weekly activity reports and submitting it to the EcRec manager on a weekly basis

• Provide technical guidance to the team regarding agriculture and livestock-related activities.
• Provide up-to-date market changes to inform the Ec-Rec team of the needs and available services in the market.
• Contribute and participate in drafting the market analysis reports.
• Review the training materials, coaching templates, and business improvement plan forms.

• Proactively seek, assess, and report new opportunities to deliver higher quality as far as BDS activities are concerned.
• Promote and ensure at all times a pragmatic and effective dialogue as well as networking with local institutions and authorities, private Institutes, workshops, national and international NGOs, etc. where relevant and needed.
• Liaise and coordinate with relevant partners/service providers/implementing partners for the provision of skills trainings and day-to day activity implementation.
• Support Economic Recovery Manager in liaising and coordination with relevant stakeholders for organization of outreach activities such as business networking events, fairs, private sector engagement initiatives.

• Provide regular reporting on indicators, achievements and challenges related to the project,
• Facilitate the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of the project through team meetings, activity monitoring, post-assistance visits and focus groups, regular reporting, and any other monitoring tools.
• Participate in the internal Evaluation of the program.

• If requested by the Economic Recovery Coordinator, represent DRC in Food Security and Livelihoods groups meetings.
• About you
• To be successful in this role, you must have University degree in economics, business administration, or social sciences.
• Moreover, we also expect the following:
• Required experience and competencies

• Minimum 3 years of experience working for an INGO in the economic recovery/livelihood sector.
• Bachelor’s degree in food engineering, agricultural engineering, economics, business administration, marketing or any other relevant discipline.
• Strong experience in private business sector: business administration, marketing, supply chain, commerce.
• Experience with working with partners
• Proven Experience in providing business management and capacity-building training
• Experience engaging with the private sector in livestock and agriculture sectors.
• Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Turkish Nationality
• Fluency in Arabic Turkish and English
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.
• Preferred Qualification and Experiences

• Project Management (including budget/contract management)
• Project monitoring (including reporting and data management)

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