Economic Recovery Officer (SME)

The Economic Recovery Officer (SME) is responsible for ensuring the high quality delivery of specialized project activities related to Economic Recovery and Livelihoods, focusing on small businesses and women and men led enterprises. The role involves beneficiary assessment, business development support, market assessment, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct coordination meeting with relevant stakeholders and community leaders.
• Responsible for beneficiary assessment and verification with the consideration of SME criteria and SOPs.
• Responsible with preparation of business development training manuals and materials.
• Provide on timely business development training to selected small businesses owners and women/men led businesses.
• Provide support to EcRec team in preparation of viable business plan for beneficiaries.
• Responsible to conduct market assessment for beneficiaries.
• Review and recommend the business plan and support the line management for the approval of business grants in line with DRC and donor polices.
• Follow up SME beneficiaries through regular follow up and support coaching beneficiaries.
• Identifying their problems and provide support in the revision of business plans.
• Contribute to facilitate the market linkage/information with supported beneficiaries.
• Maintain the record for all the SMEs and update them accordingly.
• Report on regular basis to the Livelihoods PO/TL progress and challenges faced by micro enterprise or cash for work beneficiaries.
• Any other task assigned by line manager.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of experience required in implementing Livelihoods interventions oriented to micro/cash for work activities.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience required on projects targeting urban and peri-urban vulnerable population.
• Demonstrated experience to provide training and mobilize communities.
• Demonstrated experience in projects including cash grants for business is an asset.
• Computer skills, particularly MS Office; Excel and Word.
• Good mobilization, sensitization and facilitation skills.
• Strong knowledge of working with Micro and Small Businesses in the fragile context.
• Familiarity with local markets, products promotion and establishing relations with market actors.
• Ability to identify market drivers and viable business.
• Familiarity with micro-enterprise and cash for work standard operation manual.
• Ability to organize and conduct trainings, with specific capacities on business-oriented trainings.
• Ability to foster and guide the creation of business plans, including risk.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, agriculture engineering, Economic or related subjects is an asset.
• English (intermediate) language proficiency.
• Pashto (fluent) language proficiency.
• Dari (fluent) language proficiency.

Skills

• Livelihoods Interventions
• Micro Cash for Work
• Urban Vulnerable Populations
• Social Mobilization
• Training Delivery
• Cash Grants Management
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Excel
• Word
• Micro and Small Business Support
• Market Analysis
• Brand Promotion
• Stakeholder Relationships
• Market Drivers Identification
• Micro-enterprise Operations
• Cash for Work Operations
• Business Training
• Business Plan Development
• Risk Assessment

Languages

English, Pashto, Dari