Job ID
44293
Job Title
Livelihood Assistant
To work for
INTERSOS
Country
Syria
City
Hamah
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Not Specified
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
General Duties
- Participate in the direct implementation of INTERSOS Livelihood
activities including community mobilization, beneficiary
identification, 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.
- Carry out household interviews/surveys, focus group
discussions, key informant interviews, and data collection as
per plans. Data entry can be required.
- Provide support to implement program activity plans in line
with agreed standard procedures and INTERSOS Code of Conduct.
- Working in a team and coordinating with other LH 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.).
- Collect and make local information accessible and usable by
project management and non- specialists.
- Support the Livelihoods Officer 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.
Monitoring & Reporting
- Conduct daily field visits to implement the activities
according to the planned
schedule as well as ad hoc visits according to needs.
- Ensure the activities are fully documented through attendance
sheets of participants, pictures, videos, and activities ad-hoc
reports.
- Ensure data collection and guarantee the data entry on a
regular basis as per the standard monitoring formats and in
coordination with the INTERSOS MEAL department
- Provide reports to the LH Officer and the Programme Manager
providing updates on the progress of activities against
indicators/targets and highlighting challenges
and solutions
- Take part/conduct assessments in the same and/or different
areas from the project’s implementation site when required.
Coordination and External representation
- Establish and maintain positive working relations with
authorities and relevant
stakeholders in the community to ensure cooperation and success
of project implementation
- Establish and maintain positive working relations with DoSAL
ensuring constant information sharing, reporting, and
coordination.
- Ensure adherence to INTERSOS and donor's administrative
rules and regulations.
- Ensure adherence to INTERSOS administrative rules and
regulations.
- Participate in the direct implementation of INTERSOS Livelihood
activities including community mobilization, beneficiary
identification, 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.
- Carry out household interviews/surveys, focus group
discussions, key informant interviews, and data collection as
per plans. Data entry can be required.
- Provide support to implement program activity plans in line
with agreed standard procedures and INTERSOS Code of Conduct.
- Working in a team and coordinating with other LH 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.).
- Collect and make local information accessible and usable by
project management and non- specialists.
- Support the Livelihoods Officer 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.
Monitoring & Reporting
- Conduct daily field visits to implement the activities
according to the planned
schedule as well as ad hoc visits according to needs.
- Ensure the activities are fully documented through attendance
sheets of participants, pictures, videos, and activities ad-hoc
reports.
- Ensure data collection and guarantee the data entry on a
regular basis as per the standard monitoring formats and in
coordination with the INTERSOS MEAL department
- Provide reports to the LH Officer and the Programme Manager
providing updates on the progress of activities against
indicators/targets and highlighting challenges
and solutions
- Take part/conduct assessments in the same and/or different
areas from the project’s implementation site when required.
Coordination and External representation
- Establish and maintain positive working relations with
authorities and relevant
stakeholders in the community to ensure cooperation and success
of project implementation
- Establish and maintain positive working relations with DoSAL
ensuring constant information sharing, reporting, and
coordination.
- Ensure adherence to INTERSOS and donor's administrative
rules and regulations.
- Ensure adherence to INTERSOS administrative rules and
regulations.
Qualifications
Education
- University degree in Social Sciences, Development/Humanitarian
studies,Business Administration or equivalent
Professional experience
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in similar positions and in
humanitarian contexts with NGOs
Professional requirements
- Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
- Ability and willingness to travel across the assigned project
areas at short notice and spend extended periods with
communities.
- Good knowledge of the ERL system in Syria.
- Good understanding of the Syria crisis’s impact on the
population.
- Good report writing skills.
- Previous experience in implementing livelihood activities.
Personal requirements
- Team building and cooperation
- Non-discriminatory attitude
- Strong report writing skills
- Ability to work independently and integrate into a
multicultural team
- Active listening and empathy
- Strong diplomatic, interpersonal, listening and communication
skills
- Behavioral flexibility and stress management
- Commitment to INTERSOS principles
Languages
- Good in English and Arabic (Written and Spoken)
- University degree in Social Sciences, Development/Humanitarian
studies,Business Administration or equivalent
Professional experience
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in similar positions and in
humanitarian contexts with NGOs
Professional requirements
- Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
- Ability and willingness to travel across the assigned project
areas at short notice and spend extended periods with
communities.
- Good knowledge of the ERL system in Syria.
- Good understanding of the Syria crisis’s impact on the
population.
- Good report writing skills.
- Previous experience in implementing livelihood activities.
Personal requirements
- Team building and cooperation
- Non-discriminatory attitude
- Strong report writing skills
- Ability to work independently and integrate into a
multicultural team
- Active listening and empathy
- Strong diplomatic, interpersonal, listening and communication
skills
- Behavioral flexibility and stress management
- Commitment to INTERSOS principles
Languages
- Good in English and Arabic (Written and Spoken)
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Hama Office – Idleb and Hama Governorate
Salary and Benefits
As Per Intersos Salary Scale
About us
A humanitarian organization that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts.
With its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively meet the needs of people in crisis, with a particular attention to the vulnerable groups, as women and children. It provides first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. It ensures that basic needs, as education, clean water and health, are met.
With its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively meet the needs of people in crisis, with a particular attention to the vulnerable groups, as women and children. It provides first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. It ensures that basic needs, as education, clean water and health, are met.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Sep 01, 2025
Expiry Date
Sep 16, 2025
CV Language
English
