Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager

Country Office: Ethiopia

Work Base: [Wollega-Gimbi]

Availability: As Soon As Possible

Salary Scale: EMS - 09

Insurance - (Life, Group Personal Accident and Medical Insurances are covered upon the organization policies).

Seniority Allowance – paid depending up the years of service.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position.

 About Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger-USA is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children and we enable entire communities to be free from hunger. With more than 8,000 staff in over 50 countries, our programs reached 17 million people in 2019.

About the Country Program in Ethiopia

 Action Against Hunger has been operational in Ethiopia since 1984 responding to both chronic and acute needs through a multi-sectoral strategy where nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support activities are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience. Action Against Hunger currently operates in 5 different regions (Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, and Gambella) with a portfolio of 20m USD/year of emergency, resilience building, research, and innovation programs. We have a country team of around 600 staff in 17 regional and satellite offices. Our main donors in Ethiopia in 2020/2021 are BHA, ECHO, Euro paid, UNHCR, UNICEF, GFFO, BPRM, SIDA, EHF, WFP, CIAA, MFA of Netherlands and others. 

I.  Summary of position

FSL Program Manager will lead and manage FSL projects in Wollega. The program manager will have leadership responsibility for the overall management of the project, which will be implemented in different woredas of Wollega region. He/she will provide strategic and operational leadership to overall technical and programmatic quality in intervention, compliance with donor rules and regulations, and the timely submission of all deliverables, including detail implementation plan, monitoring plan, and report. He/she also responsible for budget management, reporting and management of the team implementing the projects.

The food security role’s purpose, engagement and delivery is:

Purpose

The Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager will lead and implement FSL and Cash projects in Wollega. Provide technical and programmatic guidance in the design, planning, and effective implementation of the project including budget, project monitoring and evaluation.

1.  Engagement: 

The Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager will collaborate closely with other departments in the base and capital teams. Externally, s/he build relationship with other organizations, clusters, regional cash working group, local government officials and community leaders in the program implementation area.

2.  Delivery:

The Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager will organize project execution consistent with program objectives engaging counterparts and building reputation for quality design and reliable delivery in line with donor rules, regulations and standards.

II.  Essential job duties

Under the direct supervision of Field Coordinator, the Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager will undertake the following tasks:

• Collect and evaluate information on food security, livelihood and cash assistance and identify the needs of the most vulnerable populations;
• Engage on the market assessment, base line and end line surveys for cash assistance and other FSL projects and propose how to meet these needs;
• Participate actively in developing a food security & cash assistance project formulation;
• Contribute towards the elaboration of proposals;
• To critically follow evolution of the cash / Livelihood Security in the area
• Define implementation modalities (identification and registration of beneficiaries, distribution, monitoring, etc.) and Plan activities for implementation and achievement of program goals in order to achieve the set objectives;
• Organize and supervise the implementation of identified activities- emergency seed provision and cash based assistance in coordination with other departments;
• Monitoring, designing sampling strategy and methodology
• Evaluate the relevance and appropriateness of the intervention in view of the evolution of the context and needs;
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly FSL program reports for the internal and external consumption.
• Plan/forecast program budget and monitor the financial utilization of the program
• Work with field coordinator to prepare interim, intermediate and final FSL program reports.
• Preparing program procurement request.
• Follow clearly appropriate protocols and guidelines on recording and reporting.
• Ensure that data collected are complete, reliable, relevant, timely and valid.
• Develop monitoring and evaluation tool for the ongoing project
• Ensure that Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) and Post-Harvest Monitoring (PHM) and other monitoring exercise are carried out in a regular base.
• Represent Action Against Hunger in regional cash working group, FSL related coordination platforms with different stakeholders such as authorities, communities, local NGOs, INGOs involved in the response and participate at regional, zonal and woreda level meetings and workshops
• Explain the project’s activities and objectives to partners and communities as needed.
• Participate preparation and activities related to donor visit.
• Implement other duties assigned by direct line manager 

III.   Supervisory Responsibilities

• Direct Management: Food security officer and community facilitator.

IV.    Supervisory Responsibilities 

Direct Management: Community facilitators

V.   Gender Equality Commitments  

• Foster an environment that supports values of women and men, and equal access to information.
• Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
• Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion. race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status. 
• Value and respect all cultures. 

VI.    Fiscal Responsibility

• Budget follow up (BFU) regularly and ensure the utilization of allocated budget in timely manner to ensure accurate and effective use of funds
• Update the monthly BFU and facilitate the monthly cash needs forecast ensuring adequate funds are available at all times.
• Ensure expenditure is within budget
• Ensure that budget is implemented in compliance with Action Against Hunger and donor regulations.
• Developing annual financial plans of the program and ensure that these financial plans are implemented in accordance with annual physical/activity plans

VII. Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed on an infrequent basis.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

VIII.   Working Conditions, Travel and Environment

• The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required.
• Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business purposes. While performing the duties of this job in the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well as to infectious diseases. 

Job Requirements

I.  Required Qualifications and Professional Experience

• BA degree / Masters in Agricultural economics, Development Studies, sociology and social anthropology, Food Security studies with at least 5 years of experience in humanitarian organization (NGOs) out of which one year in cash interventions.

II.    Required Skills & Competencies

• Computer knowledge; Excellent knowledge of English ( written and spoken); report writing skill and ability to respect deadlines; Willing to share information and communicate transparently; and capacity to develop and maintain team spirit; proven NGO related; and capacity to analyze humanitarian context.
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy.
• Proven track recording on FSL project management, project implementation, good technical skill on needs assessment, project formulation and monitoring, good knowledge in food security and innovative agricultural activity.

How to Apply

If you are interested, please send your application composed of none returnable CV, a Covering Letter with “Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager–Wollega-Gimbi” written in the subject line, and three references, applicants Through CLICK HERE

Deadline: Saturday 28, May 2022

NB: Only shortlisted applicants will be communicated and the selection process includes a technical test and an interview.