Deadline: 3 March 2016
Save the Children is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Food Security and Livelihoods Advisor in Niamey, Niger. The duration of this post is 2 years.
Save the Children works to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Food Security and Livelihoods Advisor will perform the following functions-
- Provide strategic technical support to SCI program in Niger and technical support to the operational staff in the field.
- Support the quality, design, delivery and representation of SCI FSL programming in Niger.
- Initiate, lead, advise, support and optimize the contribution to SCI programs in Niger and to the International Global Initiatives on FSL.
- Responsible for the development and the quality of interventions, reporting and proposal writing in the thematic area of FSL.
- Coordinate with NGOs Alliance and WFP to influence the effective implementation of social protection for the poorest in Niger.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Postgraduate qualification in discipline related to agricultural economics, development economics, agriculture, food security or other relevant discipline or commensurate work experience in lieu of postgraduate qualification.
- Significant international experience (at least 5 years) in food security and livelihoods programming in at least one country of the Sahel (ideally in Niger) with specific experience and/or advanced understanding of at least three of the following:
- Social protection systems for vulnerable populations especially pastoral and agro-pastoral populations.
- Experience of running and monitoring cash transfer programmes.
- Designing and implementing market assessments and analysis of data collected.
- Relevant training and expertise in using Household Economy Analysis.
- Strong commitment to capacity building of national staff and partners with willingness to adopt a participatory and consultative management approach.
- Significant international experience in relief and rehabilitation programmes in developing countries, with a focus on food security and livelihoods.
- Develop market based programming promoting a better nutrition for children and livelihoods development in an integrated approach.
- Strong report writing skills, including experience in writing proposals and donor reports. For this excellent analytical skills and computer literacy is required.
- Experience of working in insecure/conflict situations and security management.
- Willingness to travel regularly and in difficult circumstances.
- Sensitive to issues affecting children and committed to SCI Safeguarding Policy.
- Fluency in spoken and written French and English.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their CV and covering letter including their salary expectations for this role in English, as a single document, through online process.
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