Pact Economic Strengthening Coordinator Jobs in Zambia

Position Summary

The Economic Strengthening Coordinator will be responsible for the design, implementation and technical quality of strategies and activities to improve the economic stability of young people and households caring for vulnerable children and adolescents supported by USAID Empowered Youth Project I (EYP).

S/he plays a pivotal role in planning for all aspects of livelihoods and economic opportunities related activities for the project by ensuring that these services respond to the needs of the intended beneficiaries and project objectives. This includes coordination and provision of TA and support related to economic strengthening activities including, but not limited to, training and mentoring of case workers on economic strengthening approaches, innovations, and models; oversight of savings groups; enterprise development and links to wage employment activities; and to ensure that ES components are linked to the project goal. .

Specific Duties:

• Supervise ES program activities, ensuring a high-level of quality including the design, development and implementation of technical guidance as it relates to ES, ensuring all ES activities are in line with state-of-the-art, globally-recognized best practices for addressing needs of VCA and their caregivers.

• Exercising a supportive supervision approach, train and mentor technical staff and subgrantees responsible for child wellbeing and the empowerment of vulnerable adolescents and their caregivers.

• Build awareness of key ES concepts and principles among subgrantees and institutions. This includes assisting families in earning and saving income, managing money, allocating household resources to improving children and youth’s wellness outcomes, and small business and enterprise development and management.

• Develop and guide subgrantees on effective methodologies for identifying appropriate ES interventions for specific households and VCA (i.e. credit and market opportunities, group savings, income generation, micro-enterprise development training, farming-as-a-business, extensionist, other vocational training opportunities, youth employability, etc.). Train/mentor in principles and standards for good implementation of, or linkages to these interventions.

• Develop and ensure the implementation of strategies and interventions that promote the economic empowerment of young people.

• Coordinate the implementation of PEPFAR approved evidence-based ES interventions with partners and beneficiaries.

• Ensure the documentation and dissemination of best practices and lessons learned, capture timely, high quality information and utilize data to inform decisions and foster learning and innovation.

• Monitor and maintain relevant manuals, training materials, and reports for economic strengthening.

• Ensure all economic strengthening strategies are gender-sensitive and promote equitable programming.

• Create and implement a plan to engage the private sector in economic strengthening activities for greater and sustainable impacts.

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual planning, monitoring, and reporting for all Economic Strengthening (ES)

related activities.

• Oversee pilot or demonstration projects to test and adopt specific ES activities.

• Regularly visit savings groups to provide appreciative support and supportive supervision and to ensure that a spirit of motivated teamwork and open communication is maintained throughout the project sites.

• Identifying emerging areas of challenge and participating in the modification of program materials to meet those needs.

• Ensuring that program information is accurately and promptly communicated from and to the field.

• Regularly travel to the field to provide ES technical support and mentorship to implementing partners.

• Contribute to work plans, quarterly and annual reports, and other reports and papers summarizing project results and evidence.

• Coordinate and collaborate with other PEPFAR clinical and community partners on ES interventions.

• Prepare regular reports documenting processes, outputs and outcomes of ES work.

• Any other duties as assigned.

Basic Requirements

• Master’s Degree in economics, international development or a related field preferred; gender studies or experience an advantage.

• 5+ years’ experience designing, implementing and monitoring household economic strengthening activities working on multifaceted and complex international development programs.

• At least 3 years of technical management experience, including direct supervision of technical teams and implementing partners.

• Experience managing a disparate group of staff.

• Solid knowledge of social protection, household economic strengthening, and microenterprise and market development instruments and frameworks.

• Experience in leveraging private sector partnerships and resources for creation of business opportunities, business mentorship and skills training, market access, strategies to strengthen household resilience, etc.

• Demonstrated leadership qualities, depth and breadth of technical and management expertise and experience, and strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills including such skills in English.

• Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume work flow without constant or close supervision

• Excellent training skills in working with adult learners, particularly at the community level; experience in an appreciative approach a plus.

• Ability and willingness to travel to the field at 50%-60% of LOE

How to Apply

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, citizenship status, genetic information, matriculation, family responsibilities, personal appearance, credit information, tobacco use (except in the workplace), membership in an employee organization, or other protected classifications or non-merit factors.

Interested and Qualified candidates should send their application letter ad CV to

zchpp@pactworld.org indicating the Job Title in the Subject line on or before the due date 8 December 2020.

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