Food Security And Livelihoods Deputy Program Manager Job at Action Against Hunger | ACF International

Started by Jobrib, Jun 08, 2015, 03:31 AM

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Job Title: Food Security & Livelihoods Deputy Program Manager

Company: Action Against Hunger | ACF International

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND

Experience: 2 years

Location: Borno, Nigeria

Job Field: NGO/Non-Profit

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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.

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Summary of Key Objectives:

•    Provide support to ACF's Emergency Program Manager (EPM) to implement the FFP program.

•    Manage field teams within food security & livelihoods sub sector to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all FSL interventions.

•    Ensure tracking and reporting of technical activities under food security & livelihood subsector.

•    Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program at LGA level and at state level when required.

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Qualifications; Essential Skills &

Experience:

•    Degree in FSL related studies e.g. agro-economy, natural resource management, anthropology, etc.

•    Minimum two years' work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.

•    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.

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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 or Kanoori.

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