Job Responsibilities

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
• Adhere to NRC‘s Code of Conduct, Standard Operating Procedures, and Guiding Principles to uphold the highest professional ethical obligations.
• Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action
• Prepare status reports as required by management
• Share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities.
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
• Conducting need and village assessment, Household food security assessment for agriculture interventions, overseeing the beneficiary selection process, conduct the capacity assessment of smallholder’s farmers and facilitate private sector engagement, mentoring and coaching in the household level. 
• Working closely with Ministry/Directorate of agriculture, FSAC, and other stakeholders to implement NRC’s Agribusiness livelihoods activities.
• Ensuring that baseline assessments are carried out on time, including participating in data collection and data analysis as needed.
• Support the LFS team on technical as well as extension methodology and the introduction of staple food crops, off-season production as well as exploring opportunities and models for contract farming.
• Support the LFS team on Integrated Pest and Diseases Management (IPM) Techniques, Surface irrigation, Storage, and transportation techniques.
• Ensuring that LFS plans are implemented on time, working closely with the M&E team in Mazar AO .
• Provide regular report and immediately report any challenges or implementation delays to the LFS PM.
• Assess existing situation for market-based programming and cash-based intervention, highlight the challenges and risks and report to the management.
• Prepare training materials and provide relevant training to the staff and project participants as required. 
• Work closely with WASH, Shelter and ICLA CCs in terms of integration, to ensure same project participants received a full package support.
• Maintain clear and up to date records of project participants and activities (project participants numbers, locations, contact details, activity progress).  
• Attend coordination meetings in governmental sectors whenever asked to do.
• Ensure, Market assessment is carried out whenever required.
• The LFS officer will also support private sector livelihood projects and provide business and life skill trainings to project participants enrolled in small-enterprise development project, in small groups (at beneficiaries’ houses or in communal spaces within the community). Helping project participants identify what type of business they want to establish, where, and with who.
• Assist LFS officer in drafting a business plan and budget for the new microenterprise business who they want to establish; spend the start-up cash grants and the delivered livelihood kits in the most effective way.
• Performs any other task as assigned by supervisor.