Watoto Salama Foundation (WSF) is seeking a Project Officer – Livelihoods to support the economic recovery of communities by implementing programs that restore or improve access to income and food security. This includes agricultural support, vocational training, cash transfer programming, and micro-enterprise development.

Responsibilities or duties

Key Responsibilities:

• Food Security & Nutrition: Implement agricultural interventions (distribution of seeds, tools, livestock) and improve dietary diversity and nutrition practices.
• Economic Recovery: Facilitate vocational skills training and business management courses for targeted households to promote self-reliance.
• Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA): Support the planning and distribution of cash grants/vouchers, ensuring accurate beneficiary selection and post-distribution monitoring.
• Market Analysis: Conduct rapid market assessments to inform intervention strategies and understand local economic dynamics.
• Savings Groups: Establish and support Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) to provide financial inclusion options for communities.
• Linkages: Connect beneficiaries with government social protection schemes, financial institutions, and private sector market actors.

Qualifications or requirements 

Qualifications & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, Business Administration, or related field.
• Skills: Knowledge of value chain development, basic business planning, market analysis, and cash transfer modalities.
• Competencies: Strong analytical skills, results-oriented, and practical knowledge of rural economic dynamics.

Experience needed

Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience in livelihoods, food security, or poverty reduction programming.

• Food Security & Nutrition: Implement agricultural interventions (distribution of seeds, tools, livestock) and improve dietary diversity and nutrition practices.
• Economic Recovery: Facilitate vocational skills training and business management courses for targeted households to promote self-reliance.
• Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA): Support the planning and distribution of cash grants/vouchers, ensuring accurate beneficiary selection and post-distribution monitoring.
• Market Analysis: Conduct rapid market assessments to inform intervention strategies and understand local economic dynamics.
• Savings Groups: Establish and support Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) to provide financial inclusion options for communities.
• Linkages: Connect beneficiaries with government social protection schemes, financial institutions, and private sector market actors.

• Knowledge of value chain development
• Basic business planning
• Market analysis
• Cash transfer modalities
• Strong analytical skills
• Results-oriented
• Practical knowledge of rural economic dynamics

• Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, Business Administration, or related field.