Action Against Hunger (ACF) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational and non-profit making organisation working in the Palestinian Territory since 2002.

 

ACF is recruiting for its Gaza office a

Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager 

For an initial period of 12 months 

 

The Candidate will:

 

-Collect and analyze primary and secondary data related to the food security and livelihoods sector in the Gaza Strip; this undertaken in close coordination with other local and international organizations. 

-Analyze the activities  in the livestock and agricultural sectors with cooperatives and relevant stakeholders

-Identify the needs of the most vulnerable populations through regular visits and literature review, and through the design and implementation of relevant needs assessments.

-Propose cost-effective and high-impact responses to identified needs.

-Proactive participation in the implementation and revision of ACF’s food security strategy.

-Develop food security and livelihoods projects in coordination with WASH, administration and logistics departments.

-Ensure implementation of an integrated approach between FSL and WASH departments.

-Identify sectors which should be integrated with FSL interventions – including:  protection, gender, nutritional security and psychosocial support.

-Propose an integrated approach for these sectors for inclusion in ACF programming. 

-Represent ACF in relevant external coordination meetings (Technical Working Groups and Agriculture/FSS clusters/sectors).

-Ensure effective communication with stakeholders involved in food security (data sharing and brainstorming); and with local authorities involved in project definition and/or implementation.

-Analyze and develop effective operational partnerships and oversight on the implementation and monitoring of programmes to ensure timely and effective implementation and financial management.

-Agreement on goals and objectives with key staff and monthly assessment of progress against outputs.

-Organize and supervise the effective implementation of ACF food security and livelihoods project activities, in close coordination with administration, logistics, and WASH departments.

-Define program implementation modalities and methodologies (including, but not limited to technical specifications, identification and registration of beneficiaries, distribution and sensitization).

-Analyze the appropriateness, adequacy and potential impact of all interventions based on known contexts and needs.

-Produce regular internal and external reports for submission to supervisory staff.

-Follow up of project budgets and expenditure to ensure the effective and appropriate utilization of funds for each project within specified timeframes and donor regulations.

-Identify program constraints and problems during implementation, propose solutions and implement after validation by Technical Coordinator and Head of Base.

-Develop an adequate monitoring and evaluation plan linked with the relevant project indicators; formalize the results in a report to be shared with supervisory staff.

-Report activities achievements both internally (to supervisory staff and team members) and externally (donors).

-Participate in the recruitment and training of field officers, social workers and new members of the Gaza FSL team.

-Plan and coordinate team members’ activities through weekly and monthly work schedules;

-Identify the FSL team training needs.

-Evaluate each team member’s performance once per year, in collaboration with the Admin/HR Department and Head of Base.  

-Participate in the development of all technical tools related to FSL projects (ToRs for consultants and evaluators, ad hoc reports, capitalization reports…).

-Participate in workshops and ad hoc meetings related to FSL areas of intervention and report systematically to the HoB and Technical Coordinator.

-Report on protection issues observed in the course of implementation of ACF projects in Gaza - Food Security and Livelihoods and WASH.

-Review, update and edit documents produced by the FSL team.

 

Profile of the Candidate:

 

-Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Agriculture 

-Livelihoods program design and implementation, preferably in the Gaza Strip. Knowledge of agriculture, livestock and value chain development would be an asset.

-At least 5 years field humanitarian experience, Experience on conflict affected areas would be an asset.

-Ability to write donor reports and proposals in English.

-Able to design programs and budgets at scale. 

-Training and capacity building experience.

-Strong analytical skills.

-Able to propose innovative solutions.

-Diplomatic and tactful, positive and solution oriented, professional and transparent.

-Team spirit and good communication skills.

-Organized and self-motivating.

-Experience in team management and problem solving.

-Able to work under pressure Fluency in reading, writing and speaking English.

-Fully proficient in MS-Office, Outlook and Skype, familiarity with GIS and ODK an asset.

 

Application Procedure:

 

ACF is an equal opportunities employer. Women are encouraged to apply for this position

 

Interested candidates should send a letter of motivation and their updated CV including at least two professional references covering the last two supervisors for their last two jobs to 

 

recruitment-gaza@pt.acfspain.org 

 

Applications will be accepted up to and including the 24h May 2016.

PLEASE indicate the reference FSL/TTPP/16/06 in all correspondence.

Only those candidates pre-selected for a test and an interview will be contacted.