Description du poste

MISSION
Solidarités: Solidarités is a non- profit humanitarian association, based in France and governed under the French Law. The organization was created in 1980 under the name of Solidarités Afghanistan to help the people of Afghanistan. Solidarités is nowadays implementing projects in 15 countries all over the world and has been implementing projects in Afghanistan for 30 years. Solidarités’ mandate is to provide emergency relief to countries where populations are dispossessed due to war or natural disasters.

Activities consist in supplying essential goods to people in need, when public services and commercial activity have been disrupted and has still not recovered.

Context: Solidarités has been present in Kenya since 2007. The areas of intervention include urban slums of Nairobi and the ASAL areas of Chalbi District and Turkana Central District. From Nairobi, Solidarités also implements programmes in Bardera and Afmadow in Somalia. The programmes which are currently implemented by Solidarités comprise of water and sanitation activities as well as food security activities. Solidarites has implemented Water and Sanitation activities, and Food Security activities in Kenya. The method should allow a holistic understanding of the strategies and assets that constitute the livelihoods of the people who live in the assessed zone. The method should be based on a multi-scale approach which will provide in-depth analysis of the livelihoods at a macro level (District), meso level (livelihood zones) and micro level (household level). At a macro level, the analysis will show how the institutional factor and the historical, cultural, socio-economic and bio-physical factors contribute to the current and possibly to the future livelihood status of the population in the assessed zone. At a meso level, the analysis will describe the vulnerability and the hazards affecting each livelihood zone as well as the existing livelihood strategies and assets. At the micro level, the analysis will help understand how resources are accessed and utilised at household level. The analysis should enable strategic short and mid-term interventions which aim at promoting the livelihoods of the population living in the assessed zone.

POSITION
The livelihood expert must first evaluate the relevance of a livelihood study in the proposed zone of Turkana. The livelihood expert will: - design the method of collecting data and information (this method will be discussed and agreed upon with Solidarités technical team) - collect and analyse all the necessary information to answer the key questions and to describe the livelihoods of the population living in the assessed zone - use the logistic and financial means provided by Solidarités to achieve the following results: • Analysis of livelihood vulnerability and risk • Description /mapping of livelihood zones • Livelihood baseline profiles (household typology in each livelihood zone) • Description of mechanisms of accessing to and sharing natural resources used by the different livelihood groups • Description of a “normal” year for each livelihood zone The method should allow a holistic understanding of the strategies and assets that constitute the livelihoods of the people who live in the assessed zone. The method should be based on a multi-scale approach which will provide in-depth analysis of the livelihoods at a macro level (District), meso level (livelihood zones) and micro level (household level). At a macro level, the analysis will show how the institutional factor and the historical, cultural, socio-economic and bio-physical factors contribute to the current and possibly to the future livelihood status of the population in the assessed zone. At a meso level, the analysis will describe the vulnerability and the hazards affecting each livelihood zone as well as the existing livelihood strategies and assets. At the micro level, the analysis will help understand how resources are accessed and utilised at household level. The analysis should enable strategic short and mid-term interventions which aim at promoting the livelihoods of the population living in the assessed zone.