Area Project Officer – Early Recovery Livelihood Project

About the role

The Area Project Officer will manage and coordinate activities of the Early Recovery Livelihood (ERL) Project in the North Area, ensuring effective beneficiary identification, grant delivery, and team supervision.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate day‑to‑day implementation of project activities and supervise the project team.
• Identify eligible small‑business beneficiaries, oversee screening, assessments, and grant disbursement.
• Supervise Business Development Officers, allocate caseloads, review workplans and ensure quality of mentoring and monitoring.
• Manage complaints, grievance processes and finalise beneficiary lists for approval.
• Organise training workshops, logistics and ensure timely delivery of capacity‑building sessions.
• Prepare monthly progress reports, coordinate data collection and monitoring with M&E staff.
• Ensure gender, disability, protection and safeguarding considerations are integrated throughout.

Required profile

• University degree in Business Administration, Development Studies, Economics, Project Management, Livelihoods, Microfinance or related field.
• At least five years of relevant experience in project management, livelihoods, micro‑finance or TVET, including two years of staff supervision.
• Fluency in English and Arabic (working languages of the UN Secretariat).