United Mission to Nepal (UMN) is an international development organisation which aims to enable the poorest people living in poverty to transform their lives, leading towards the fullness of life. As we serve the people of Nepal, multicultural teams of Nepali and volunteer expatriate staff work alongside local organisations in eight districts (six clusters and two hospitals), building partnerships that lead to healthy, dignified, and empowered individuals and transformed communities.

Livelihoods Advisor

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Basic Job Information

Job Category	:	NGO / INGO / Social work
Job Level	:	senior
No. of Vacancy/s	:	[ 1 ]
Job Location	:	Kathmandu
Offered Salary	:	None
Apply Before(Deadline)	:	Mar. 20, 2011 00:00 (13 years ago)

Job Specification

Education Level	:	Graduate (Masters)
Experience Required	:	Not Required

Other Specification

Excellent knowledge and understanding of current situation of Rural Livelihoods issues in Nepal
Sound knowledge and experience in project management including planning, budgeting, reporting and developing proposals
Familiar with up-to-date poverty eradication strategies, policies and development practices in Nepal and outside
Ideally would have some cross-cultural work experience
Proactive in searching out opportunities for influence
A good trainer, mentor, and coach and eager to build the capacity of others
Good computer skill and communication skills in Nepali and English language, both written and verbal, in order to present technical information in an appropriate manner
Seeking to model the UMN values and vision
Good persuading & influencing skills, able to enthuse others
Social skills necessary to build effective working relationships with a broad range of people
Lifelong learner
Flexible in terms of work time, workload, work activities and travel.
Able to thrive in a situation of change and uncertainty

Job Description

Reports to: Livelihoods Team Leader

Assist the Livelihoods Team Leader to ensure UMN's Livelihoods interventions are innovative, at the cutting edge of good practice and risk taking particularly in the area of income generation and rural entrepreneurship including micro finance
Provide leadership, support and coaching to all programme officers working in livelihoods programmes and regularly monitor the progress
Assist the Team Leader for timely and effective planning, budgeting and reporting in relevant clusters
Receive the reports regularly from the relevant clusters and give feedback so that they can adequately document livelihoods programme work
Build and maintain relationship and communication with the Team Leader and Cluster Team Leaders with regard to the management of Programme Officers working in livelihoods
Facilitate between UMN partners and possible support organizations and donors
Assist the Team Leader for adequate funding to implement UMNâ€™s Livelihoods programmes by providing relevant technical input and writing funding proposals and donor reporting as opportunity arise
Provide mentoring, technical guidance and advice to the cluster based officers in helping partners to develop effective and innovative livelihoods improvement programmes
Ensure advocacy issues relevant to improvement of rural livelihoods are addressed at all levels
Encourage forging of appropriate partnerships and networks at all levels inside and outside UMN
Coordinate within Sustainable Livelihoods technical area and integration into other Technical Areas of UMN
Ensure national contribution or impact is made in Sustainable Livelihoods by bringing the learning from the grassroots