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Food Cluster Coordinator

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

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Social Science

Social Science and Community

Mekelle

5 years

1 Position

2024-03-06

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2024-03-12

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Agricultural Economics

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Duty Station: Mekelle, Ethiopia

Duration: 6 Months

Job Purpose

The Food Cluster Coordinator (FCC) plays a vital role in ensuring timely, coherent, and effective coordination of the food security interventions by mobilizing stakeholders to respond in a coordinated and strategic manner to food needs in Tigray region. The Food Cluster Coordinator will lead the food response coordination along with partners and stakeholders involved in the humanitarian response in the region, and focus on:

•    Supporting effective coordination of food response in Tigray region.

•    Informing strategic decisions of the Cluster Lead Agency (CLA), Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) and         regional Emergency Coordination Center (ECC).

•    Coordinating, Planning, and implementing Cluster strategies, including contingency planning and preparedness with food cluster partners.

•    Participating in relevant inter-sectorial forum and work in close collaboration with relevant clusters (e.g. CCCM, Protection, Nutrition, etc)

•    Monitoring and evaluating of cluster performance.

•    Strengthening Advocacy efforts on Food security

•    Ensuring Accountability to affected people. 

The Food Cluster Coordinator will work impartially with all members of the cluster and represents the group, and not a specific agency. She/he will work closely with the Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) or their designated official in the region as required.  The food cluster coordinator will work closely with the Country level coordination structures - the Food Cluster Coordinator and the Information Management Officers (IMOs), by providing regular updates on food response, gaps and challenges that need advocacy at national level.

Job Requirements:

  • University degree in food security, agriculture, economics, humanitarian affairs or related field.

Experience:

  • Minimum 5 years of professional experience in humanitarian response at a mid or senior level. Experience in food security related topics is mandatory and experience in the food security cluster coordination is highly desirable. Working knowledge of English and knowledge of local language/s.

  • Willingness and ability to work in difficult environments, in often stressful time- critical situations

  • Formal training in cluster coordination or previous cluster experience is strongly desirable.

  • Experience of the country or region of deployment is desirable.

Knowledge & Skills:

  • Ability to work and plan at strategic and operational levels.

  • Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture, including humanitarian principles, coordination mechanisms, humanitarian reform and action, and funding mechanisms (e.g. Humanitarian Programme Cycle Ability to express and summarize ideas orally and in writing in a diplomatic and inclusive manner.

  • Ability to organize workshops, meetings and to present outcomes on behalf of a group of stakeholders.

  • Assessment, Survey, and Monitoring and Evaluation

Language:

Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of the local language is added advantage.

How to Apply

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Fields Of Study

Food Science

Agricultural Economics

Economics

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