Project Assistant Livelihoods Vacancy-Job Ref: GJMMSTC/0906/2025820

Project Assistant Livelihoods Vacancy-Job Ref: GJMMSTC/0906/2025820
Sittwe (Myanmar)

ROLE PURPOSE

This position is responsible to assist to Program Coordinator ( Livelihoods) for effective leadership and assume overall responsibility for the performance of all financial literacy and Income Generation activieis component including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of high quality, innovative programs in specific location and coordination with operation departments and collaboration with other implemeantion sectors.

SCOPE OF ROLE: Reports to: ( Program Coordinator – Livelihoods ) Staff reporting to this post: (None) Budget Responsibilities: No Financial approval Role Dimensions: No regular Contract

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Assessment / survey

Assist to Program Coordinator for baseline/endline survey, Program assessments , market/value chain analysis, labour market analysis and data entry and assist in design of project activities in livelihoods programing in line with agreed work plan
Collect program data for operations research as needed Planning and implementation

Draw and set up annual work plan and then ensure to complete targeted work plan (DIP/APU) on time and quality fully and report to Program Coordinator.

Assist Livelihoods Programme Coordinator in preparing township work plan and budget estimation
Develop the project implementation strategies and operational work plan;
Assist all aspects of expansion for target villages , assist in village selection, beneficiaries selection and prioritization with Township Managers
Ensure the skill development training (Technical and Vocational Skill and Education Development Training), Financial Education, Business Skill Development and Transferable Life Skill training ) for targeted beneficiaries.

Ensure the cash grant providing for trargeted beneficiaries and secture for cash disburcement.

Ensure the good practice and quality business plan for difference type of communities.
Solve immediately any field level implementation and Reporting to the Program Coordinator fully and on time;
Responsible for addressing any project-related issue quickly and raise any potential risks or issues to the Programme Coordinator.
Ensure the Child Participantion and Child risk management for the whole project implementation
Supervise overall operations of the targeted areas with regards to the community skill development traning, training facilitation skill improvement and implementation;

Inform Livelihoods program coordinator regularly the update of local information and actively participate in the effective adaptation of implementation approach ,with creative idea in the context of update situation IEC and Procurement process
Developed the Procurement Plan and ensure the guideline of Donor and SCI principle.
Assist the Livelihoods Program Manager in ensuring that project inputs are provided in a timely manner; procure/arrange for project supplies and materials as needed.
Coordination with communication focal and Supply chain team for Printing and design developing under the donor visibility guildline.
Work with financial, administrative and logistic staffs regarding all programmatic aspect of the project. Budget Management
Assist funding needs, managing cash flow and cash request to Program Coordinator;
Manage Volunteer to implement activities within budget and in accordance with the agreed work plan Reporting.

Provide the regular field visit report and updating the Mothly Actual Progress Update of program achievme and planning.
Assist to generate monthly and annual reports on all operations under supervision coordination with Program Coordinator;
Supporting and mentoring the quality program report for volunteer and youth leader.
Regular supporting and collecting the partner update achiemvement, key challenges and update ocal contex Training Managrment
Assist in developing training manuals and IEC materials
Organize, administer and facilitate capacity building activities in geographic areas of assignment.
Facilitate the staff capacity building TOT training for volunteer.
Conduct thematic/sector specific vocational training and Business skills building sessions among community members and other stakeholders in area of assignment
Facilitate the Financial Education development training and creation for good learning environment of financial literacy base on communites’s best practices.

Promote the communities’ behavior in best practice of fianancial eduction.
Facilitation and support for entrepreneurship in target beneficiaries base on community learning enviropment development.
Facilitate the Transferable Life Skill Training to targeted beneficiaries and ensure to get good practice in personal development. Coordintion and Liaison
Assist the Livelihoods Programme Coordinator in coordinating with Partner organization, other organizations / Sectors and local authorities, in their area of jurisdiction (e.g., township or villages, as the case may be).

Represent the Financial and income generation activities component of the project to Local Authorities, project staff and donors; Person
Coordinate development efforts of Financial, Business Management and Transferrable Life Skill component to ensure well integrated in to overall project. Child Safeguarding Responsibility Make sure that you and all of your supervisees and your team member are aware of Child Safeguarding, code of conduct, SCI’s policies and procedures, and apply all the time. BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
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Accountability:

Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:

Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale. Collaboration:
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to. Creativity:
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Willing to take disciplined risks. Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
Always acts in the best interests of children PERSON SPECIFICATION
At least 1 year experience in related field (assistant level) Livelihoods
University degree or equivalent experience
Experiences in FE & BSD, grant provision, TLS,Vocational and relative activities
Experience or willing in working at hard to reach/ remote areas with limited resources
Respect the local culture, belief and tradition and eager to learn from community. Understanding of local dialects is preferable
Strong commitment and dedication for development of grass root people
Good team member and willing to work with various type of people
Computer proficiency (or at last willingness to learn)
Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
Good local Language communication skills, both written and verbal
Excellent personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
Willingness to travel to field offices and work in difficult environment according to travel requirements
General:

Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results for children
Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy
Additional job responsibilities The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All staff has an obligation and a responsibility to:

Ensure they fully understand the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct and Local/Country Procedures.
Conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.
Ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk) – this means constantly scrutinizing their work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children about possible design/implementation “flaws”.
Promote the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations and government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary families, and community members in general.
Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.
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All managers have the above responsibilities as well as ensuring

Their staff are doing the above.
That child safeguarding is integrated and given a “voice” in all management processes including recruitment, induction, performance management, team meetings, annual planning processes, field level monitoring, etc.
Safeguarding our Staff: The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Tags
child poverty
financial literacy
income generation
monitoring and evaluation
vocational training
Skills
Financial Literacy
Business Skill Development
Vocational Training
Data Entry
Local Language Communication

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