Responsibilities
• Participate in the direct implementation of Oxfam FSL activities including community mobilisation, beneficiary registration and verification, cash or CFW, start-up capital agriculture inputs and livelihoods business support distribution process and monitoring
• Working with community members and representatives to facilitate the program implementation and proactively achieve solutions to problems arising.
• Maintain follow-up of the implementation of infrastructure rehabilitation projects (such as bakeries, irrigation canals, and agricultural wells) in coordination with site engineers (civil, mechanical, and electrical), ensuring adherence to technical specifications, quality standards, and safety procedures.
• Conducts technical and field assessments for rehabilitation sites to identify needs and required civil, electrical, and mechanical works; prepares corresponding technical reports, bills of quantities (BoQs), and defines the scope of required rehabilitation works.
• Coordinate closely with site engineers, contractors, and other technical staff to ensure efficient implementation and progress of the rehabilitation activities, promptly reporting any deviations, challenges, or safety concerns to the line manager.
• Participate in monitoring field visits and provide field visit notes, including progress documentation, photos, and site observations, to support program reporting and learning.
• Support testing and commissioning processes for rehabilitated sites (such as electrical systems, mechanical installations, or pumping systems) and confirm operational readiness.
• Support the preparation of technical and progress reports related to infrastructure rehabilitation and ensure proper documentation of all field activities.
• Carry out household interviews/survey, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, data collection as per plans. Data entry can be required
• Provides support to implement program activity plans in line with agreed standard procedures and Oxfam Code of Conduct.
• Working in a team and coordination with other FSL staff and with other department staff
• Supervision and follow up of beneficiaries to ensure data recording (attendance lists, meeting minutes, delivery notes, distribution lists, questionnaires, etc.).
• Support the process of resolving challenges with target communities and beneficiaries
• Work patterns are high pressure and require proper judgement about basic adjustment and urgent action on routine.
• Collect and make local information accessible and usable by project management and non-specialists.
• Support the process of coordination with Project Support Committees and community leaders to participate in decision making and support delivery process
• Support Agriculture and Livelihoods Officers, Field Assistants, and volunteers in engaging with communities through meetings and interviews.
• Drafting notes of field visits for review by programme team; preparing secondary data analysis and reports as required by the programme team.