Regional Coordinator, Food Secrity and Livelihoods 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 below:

Job Title: Regional Coordinator, Food Security and Livelihoods

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Duration: 12 months
Start Date: 1st September, 2016.

Job Description
You'll contribute to ending world hunger by:

• Providing technical support to regional teams in ensuring that ACF FSL strategic direction and focus, quality benchmarks and technical standards are incorporated in programs and projects.

Key Activities

• Support the consolidation, development and strengthening of ACF’s strategic and technical leadership in food security and livelihoods at the regional level.
• Ensures program quality at Regional level and support program development.
• Represent ACF and its positioning in external coordination, donor, and technical meetings/visits on technical and operational matters.
• To support regional programmatic integration and related capacity building.
• To represent and position ACF in key regional initiatives.

Requirements
You’re an experienced humanitarian professional:

• You have an advanced University degree (Master's) preferably in Economics, International Development Studies Social Sciences (Sociology), Agricultural Economics, Agriculture and Development.
• You have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in food security and livelihoods.
• You are experience in Food Security and Livelihood assessments including cash and market assessments in both development and emergency contexts.
• You have experience in program cycle management, monitoring & evaluation.

You are very efficient leading processes:

• You have a clear understanding of child and gender protection issues in the field.
• You have good management and coordination skills and ability to translate analysis and evaluation into operational planning and strategy.
• You are experienced in donor communications.
• You are self-disciplined and can work autonomously making decisions with minimal guidance.

Your leadership style reinforces trust within your team:

• You possess good coordination, diplomatic and negotiation skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online