Livelihood Officers (3 Positions)

DISTINCT FUTURE OF CVDA

CVDA has been re-registered and licensed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice, Charities and Societies Agency, on November 30, 2009 as an Ethiopian Residents charity in accordance with the Charities and Societies proclamation No. 621/2009 with registration No. 0588. As per 1113/2019 proclamation also re-registered on July 30, 2019.

CVDA has permission to work at the national level however so far operates marginal parts of Benshangule Gumuz Region, Sidama region, South Ethiopia Region, Central Ethiopia region, South west Ethiopia region, Oromiya region, Afar region and Addis Ababa City administration.

It is member of Consortium of Reproductive Health Association (CORHA), Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association (UEWCA), Ethiopian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative/EEITI/, Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition/ECSC-SUN/ and Afar Region Health Partner Forum.

The following are CVDA’s vision, mission, goals, principles and values:

Vision

CVDA envisions a poverty-free Ethiopia where equity and equality are ensured.

Mission:

CVDA’s mission is to enhance socioeconomic development in health, education, agriculture, environment, livelihood, and WaSH, humanitarian responses, community-based peace-building, and good governance through holistic approaches and working with the community to contribute towards sustainable development and an improved standard of living in Ethiopia.

Overall goal:

CVDA’s goal is to contribute to poverty alleviation through community-based approaches by implementing programs for development, good governance, and humanitarian responses in different regions of the country.

CORE VALUES

CVDA and its operations enshrine the following values.

• Integrity: Upholding the principles of honesty and responsibility and maintaining the highest ethical standards possible.
• Courage of conviction: CVDA’s pledge is to fight against poverty and hunger and always take sides with the poorest and most disadvantaged groups and help them bring about positive changes in their lives.
• Accountability: This espouses CVDA’s ongoing commitment to be accountable for its actions and to respond periodically to questions concerning its activities or answer to those who will be affected by our decisions or actions.
• Transparency: CVDA takes decisions and implements them in a manner that follows the rules and regulations. Moreover, CVDA shall provide key stakeholders with reliable, relevant, and timely information on matters that concern them.
• Sensitivity: CVDA is sensitive to conflict, gender, resources, culture, and social values in all of its program design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting and hence it wishes to be impartial and equitable in all its actions and activities

5.5.       PRINCIPLES

CVDA adheres to the following principles:

• Real-time and change-oriented performance
• Belief that results can be achieved if the process is sound and suitable
• Trustworthiness
• Team spirit
• Ownership
• Volunteerism
• Compliance and commitment
• Do no harm
• Value for money\
• Sustainability

PROGRAMSANDACTIVITIES

1, Reproductive and Primary Health Program

1. Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Program
2. Food Security, Livelihood Diversification and Natural Resource Conservation Program

4, Education Program

5, Emergency and Relief Program

Description of the Vacancy

Common Vision for Development Association (CVDA) is on the process of starting project focuses livelihood

Called HOME-GROWN SCHOOL FEEDING & CLIMATE-RESILIENT LIVELIHOODS PROJECT

Which implemented in Bena Tsemay, Malle and Dasenech Woredas, South Ethiopia. So we want to hire project staff for this project mentioned below

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and implement woreda-level activity plans aligned with project targets and seasonal calendars.
• Establish and support 10 Farmer/Pastoralist Field Schools in the assigned woreda.
• Coordinate seasonal training and practical demonstrations on climate-smart agriculture, crop management, pest control and sustainable land management.
• Support transparent distribution and use of climate-resilient seeds, fruit seedlings, tools and poultry inputs.
• Provide on-farm coaching and technical support throughout the production season.
• Coordinate poultry management training and follow-up for targeted households.
• Lead post-harvest management training, demonstrations and adoption monitoring.
• Support establishment/equipment of aggregation stores, cooling systems and quality-control practices.
• Coordinate with development agents, lead farmers, cooperatives, schools and woreda offices.
• Collect and submit accurate field records and contribute to monthly monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure gender, protection, PSEA, safeguarding and accountability standards are applied during field activities.

Key Deliverables / Performance Areas

Woreda workplans; functional FFS; training/coaching records; input distribution support; post-harvest and infrastructure follow-up; field reports; stakeholder coordination records.

Core Competencies

Teamwork and coordination; integrity and accountability; communication and facilitation; results orientation; problem solving; respect for communities; gender and social inclusion; PSEA/safeguarding awareness; conflict sensitivity; and commitment to CVDA policies and donor requirements.

Safeguarding and Compliance

All staff are expected to comply with CVDA policies and applicable WFP requirements, including PSEA, Code of Conduct, safeguarding, protection, prevention of fraud and corruption, confidentiality, beneficiary accountability and non-discrimination. Staff must report concerns through established mechanisms.