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Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Consultant
Local Partner Initiative for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, region 2 (LOPIN-2)
Position Summary: The Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Consultant will work with the Program Officers and Implementing Agencies in Imo and Anambra States project location to complete graduation of 70% of beneficiaries in Imo State (8,050) and Anambra State (3,928).
Period of Performance: The Consultant will work for a maximum of 15 work days in each month for five months, effective from May 2, 2017 through September 30, 2017. This will give a total of 75 work days.
Rate per day: NGN15,000
Supervisor: The Household Economic Strengthening will report directly to the Quality Improvement Director
Purpose:
- Increase the number of beneficiaries graduated on the LOPIN-2 project to 70% in both Imo and Anambra States by September 30, 2017
- Improve the process of empowerment and graduation of identified beneficiaries on the LOPIN-2 project in Imo and Anambra States through capacity building of households on business management/financial literacy and education and evidence-based empowerment projects.
Activities:
The Consultant will work with the Program Officers and Implementing Agencies and Community Volunteers to do the following:
- Verify / ascertain the readiness of households already earmarked for graduation in Imo and Anambra States
- Generate a segregated list of households based on vulnerability
- Verify and prioritize identified households for graduation and agree on workable empowerment actions and strategies to graduate the beneficiaries within the next 5 months.
- Develop action plan and budget and implement
- Monitor performance of empowered beneficiaries to determine their progress towards graduation; make necessary mid-stream adjustment as found necessary
- Graduate 8,050 and 3,928 beneficiaries in Imo and Anambra States respectively; through administration of graduation checklist.
- Document the process of empowerment and graduation for further use of LOPIN-2
Deliverables:
- Action Plan for Implementation of Empowerment Project and Graduation.
- Report of Consultancy highlighting the processes adopted for empowerment and graduation and projecting the challenges of each stage and mitigating strategies deployed.
Applicants should visit www.weweng.org for requirements and qualifications of above listed position. Also send your comprehensive CV and cover letter as ONE attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job to: consultancies@weweng.org Please indicate the title of the post applied for in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Please you are advised to provide your functional emails/mobile phone number on your CV as well as that of your three referees.
WEWE’s recruitment process for this position will be on a rolling basis, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications will be reviewed in batches on a first come first served basis. WEWE reserve the right to conclude this recruitment process when a suitable candidate is selected.
“WEWE is an equal opportunity employer, which does not discriminate based on tribe, state of origin within Nigeria, religion, age, sex, race or on different physical ability. WEWE does not require that this information is included in your application and it will not be used as selection criteria”.
