Food Security & Livelihoods Deputy Program Manager at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Food Security & Livelihoods Deputy Program Manager

Location: Yobe

Job Description

• The Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Deputy Program Manager will primarily be responsible for implementing the Cash transfer program as part of ACF's multi-sectorial response programs in Yobe state, Nigeria.
• The programs aim to protect and restore the livelihoods of people affected by insurgency in Yobe State through the replacement or rehabilitation of pre-existing livelihood assets and inputs, through cash based interventions and capacity building to improve skills or production in pre-existing livelihood assets.

Summary of Key Objectives

• Support in the implementation of the FSL and cash-based components of the program
• Manage field teams within FSL and cash programs to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all FSL interventions.
• Ensure tracking and reporting of technical activities under livelihood and cash programs.
• Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program at LGA level and at state level when required.

Qualifications

• Degree in FSL and cash based intervention related studies e.g. agro-economy, economics, anthropology, etc.
• Minimum two years' work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
• Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies
• Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
• Three years relevant work experience
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in English.
• Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy

Preferred:

• Previous experience managing cash based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers)
• Previous experience with ACF
• Experience implementing programming on behalf of donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities
• Fluency in Hausa

Application Closing Date
Sunday, 26th April, 2015

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV together with their Cover Letter as an email attachment to the following email address to: [email protected] Applicants should indicate in the subject title of their forwarding mail, the title of the position they are applying for.

Note: Please do not attach your certificates to the application email. Any application received after the closing date above will not be considered.