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Job Title | Senior Food Security/Livelihoods and Resilience Specialist |
Code | 0319 |
Project/Program | PDQ |
Place of Work | Addis Ababa |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the salary scale of the Organization |
No. of Positions | 1(One) |
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Senior Specialist will work closely with teams of livelihoods specialists and responsible for the design and development of high quality programmes (including proposal development), policy engagement and advocacy outcomes of SC’s Livelihoods and Resilience work in Ethiopia. The Senior Specialist is also responsible for contributing to strong Monitoring and Evaluations systems (M&E) to measure the impact of the programmes, for providing technical advice (in close co-ordination with the Programme Implementation department) and capacity support to staff in the field to ensure the Livelihoods work is of high quality and achieves the programme objectives.
The ability of Senior Food Security and Resilience Specialist is to push forward market systems development (M4P) approaches and innovative/new ideas in all stages of programming will be one of the position’s three success factors. The second will be the degree to which that person promotes and captures learning by her/his team, institutionalizing activity reviews, identifying and evaluating preconceptions and promoting a culture of inquisition. The third success factor will be the degree to which that person drives results, making critical decisions and producing scheduled outputs at deadline and to expected quality.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Livelihoods, Resilience and WASH Thematic Director
Staff directly reporting to this post:
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
In line with SCI’s dual mandate, these key areas of accountability apply to SCI Ethiopia’s work in emergencies (acute and chronic) and in development settings.
Strategic Programme Development
Strategic Fundraising
Policy Analysis, Policy Engagement and Advocacy for Policy Change
· Ensure an integrated approach to program implementation in order to maximize resource utilization and synergy between the staff and different MC programs where relevant and feasible.
Livelihoods Technical Advisory Support and Programme Quality
· In cooperation with PDQ Learning and Knowledge Management, ensure proper documentation of experiences and lessons learned during Child Participation projects under supervision
· In cooperation with Member Service, provide information and inputs to be used for SCI Livelihoods information and communication materials
· Ensure an integrated approach to program implementation
· Provide direct and ongoing field supervision to provide quality advise and technical review
Representation and Coordination
· Share livelihoods related information with relevant stakeholders such as local government departments, NGO’s and local authorities, as appropriate and advised by the line manager
Other:
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
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