PSL Livelihood Manager

The Rene Moawad Foundation (RMF) is seeking a “Livelihood Manager” for its new USAID-funded “ Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods- PSL” Project, which was recently awarded by USAID to RMF following successful competitiveness on the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) No. 72026820RFA00002; USAID Lebanon Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) “Initiative to Deliver Essential Assistance and Services (IDEAS)” Activity; New Partnership Initiative (NPI) Addendum – Promoting Local Livelihoods Opportunities. The PSL project will be implemented over the course of 5 years and aims to improve the livelihoods of residents of target municipalities through training, technical assistance, infrastructure rehabilitation, and marketing and improve and upgrade existing assets in their municipalities. The PSL goal is to sustain the livelihoods of 31,500 households across 7 clusters joining 105 municipalities in the North, Bekaa, South and Mount Lebanon areas (first phase). 

The Livelihood Manager will be in charge of:

1.       Supporting the PSL Chief of Party (COP) in coordinating interventions across the PSL consortium which joins 7 partner organizations, which tasks involve:

a.       Leading the community assessment process of potential clusters;

b.      Developing clusters’ selection criteria

c.       Evaluating clusters against criteria, 

d.      Engaging committees in the planning process, 

e.      Developing and finalizations interventions’ proposals,

f.        Ensuring proper implementation and monitoring of selected interventions at targeted clusters. 

2.       Managing the operational team on the field which consist of 4 operational managers and 7 field coordinators.

3.       Developing PSL annual working plans and update it regularly.

4.       Developing bi-annually progress reports to be submitted by USAID. 

5.       Coordinating with PSL Grants Manager to ensure appropriate resources are being provisioned from partners and consultants to meet PSL activities

6.       Coordinating with M&E department to ensure proper implementation of MEL plan and proper reporting.

7.       Coordinating with PSL Communication  Officer to ensure proper implementation of communication and Marking and Branding Plan.

8.       Actively providing input in overcoming challenges faced in the implementation period and integrating lessons learned into the methodology.

9.       Other tasks to be agreed with COP.