Opportunity Type: Job
Organization:United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
Jordan, Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza
About the Organization:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is a United Nations agency established by the general assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance.
Background:
The Relief and Social Services Programme (RSSP) is one of the Agency’s five core programme departments. Agency-wide, the vast majority of RSSP’s financial and human resources are directed towards the relief, or social assistance programme that currently provides quarterly food and cash assistance to refugees across the five fields. The smaller social services programme oversees a variety of work targeting vulnerable groups – one of these pieces of work is the Microcredit Community Support Programme (MCSP). The objective of the MCSP is to increase Palestine refugee household assets through the provision of access to financial and non-financial services and products.
About the Job:
RSSP is seeking a Microcredit Consultant. S/he will work with MCSP staff and their supervisors in the Jordan, West Bank, and Lebanon fields to move the programme to a point where, in a resource constrained environment, RSSP will get the most value for its money.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with MCSP staff and their supervisors in the fields to:
- Validate the management response to the evaluation and make any necessary changes;
- Develop field-specific plans, including milestones and timeframe, to achieve what has been committed to in the management response;
- Position MCSP staff so they are able to carry out their plans.
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in a relevant field;
- Development specialist with minimum 10 years demonstrable experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of programs to lift the poor, or similar groups, out of poverty;
- Direct experience with the design, implementation, and evaluation of microfinance programs for the poor;
- Fluency in written and spoken English;
- Professional experience in the Middle East and Arabic language skills are desirable.