JOB SUMMARY:
Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Senior Food Security and Livelihood Advisor will provide strategic vision, leadership and technical assistance in improving the overall performance of the Food Security and Livelihood activities. The incumbent is responsible for implementation and follow-up of project activities of PWO. She/he provides ongoing technical support to project officers. She/he also oversees that project activities implemented are integrated with the overall program of the organization and harmonized with regional, zonal and woreda development plans of operational areas of PWO.
JOB PURPOSE
The purpose of this role is to support PWO Head and Field offices to design and deliver high-quality food security and livelihood programmes that reduce hunger and malnutrition (both chronic and acute malnutrition) and support access to food in sustainable manner.
This position will play a critical role in raising new institutional funds and supporting the delivery of high-quality programmes with the potential to be scaled up by PWO and others. The post-holder will be a credible and authoritative voice in discussions about resilience building, food security and livelihood development, situation analyses and response. He/she will provide support in programme development, fundraising, quality assurance, advocacy, capacity-building, knowledge management and networking. This support will be delivered both from a distance and through regular field office/project site visits.
We believe that by improving the resilience of household livelihoods and the skills and opportunities open to pastoral and agro-pastoral communities will be widened. We are also able to lay the foundations to enable these communities’ lead decent lives and cope with changing climatic conditions.
We work to reduce poverty and deprivation, improving the resilience of pastoralist and agro-pastoralists focusing on livelihood and food security improvement and minimizing exposure to risks.
In this exciting position, you will play a key role guiding our food security and livelihoods programming in Somali Region, building new and innovative development programmes, supporting emergency responses where necessary and bringing strategic coherence to our work and setting the organization’s path in new areas.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKSCoordination responsibilities and tasks
Programmatic responsibilities and tasks
Networking and representation responsibilities and tasks
Terms of Employment: contract base (one year with possibility of extension depending on performances)
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
The position requires a Master’s Degree in Agriculture, Development Studies, Development Economics, Food Security or related field.
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