Food Security Specialist

Food Security Specialist Job Responsibilities
Develop Food Security (and Livelihood) strategy, technical guidance and Macro LFAs
Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures
Contribute to fundraising, develop and revise funding proposal, budgets and donor reports
Identify trends technical standards and donor priorities
Follow up on compliance with contractual commitments within Food Security (and Livelihood), ensure high technical quality and synergies in project implementation
Provide technical direction and project implementation support
Ensure that key learnings are extracted from CC implementation, and incorporate them in CC and staff development processes
Provide systematic training and build capacity of technical staff
Represent NRC in relevant forums/working group and clusters, including with national authorities and donors
Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
Develop a country livelihoods strategy mainstreamed through NRC’s Core Competencies and implementation plan in consultation with the ME Department taking the lead when required of specific assessments
Assess and analyse the current livelihood coping strategies of refugees (and vulnerable local populations) in targeted areas.
Identify the socio-economic profiles of the assessed population (main wealth-groups/socio-economic categories of the population characterized in terms of household composition; livelihood assets; shelter condition, income sources; exposure to food insecurity);
Assess and Identify priorities, opportunities, constraints and capacity-gaps for accessing employment/livelihood opportunities
Lead skills, value chains, markets assessments / analysis in targeted areas
Develop recommendations and operational guidance’s of which type, when and where NRC should apply Cash
Based Intervention in targeted areas (camps and out of camps), consulting key stakeholders at each stage.
Ensure that M&E procedures for CBIs are, understood followed and adapted to the context: review and adaptation of assessment and monitoring tools for the CBI (pre intervention, during and post intervention), contributing to the development of systems to improve targeting, appropriateness and to reduce the risk of aid diversion and conflict of interest by program staff, local authorities and local partners.
Identify multipurpose cash and vouchers program modalities suitable for Core Competencies integration (beneficiary targeting criteria, community mobilization approaches, transfer mechanisms and local partnerships).
Undertake and or supervise research and assessments, develop ToRs and ensure quality reports are produced and shared with line manager and as agreed.
In coordination with the M&E Department, ensure that the required quantitative and qualitative data is collected and provided as for ME internal procedures.
Documentation of good practices– case studies, successful programming approaches and lessons learnt
Qualifications For Food Security Specialist Job Minimum 5 years of experience of food security and / or livelihood programme in a humanitarian or recovery context
Minimum 5 years of Programme Management experience
University degree in economy, rural development, livelihoods, or related field
Proven track record of setting up and implementing monitoring, documentation and learning systems
Knowledge of food security refugee’s context
Experience with integrated livelihoods programming, enabling the development of livelihoods strategies
Experience of implementation of cash-based programming
Education field: Social sciense
College / University, Bachelor’s degree
Fluency in English, both written and verbal
Excellent writing and analytical skills
Language: English