ACF is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for ACF in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
1) Management of (i.e. Support to and Follow-up of) regional projects: methodological guidance (tools, guidelines, advises), M&E tools & systems harmonization, follow-up of projects' progress, support to scaling-up, backstopping, lesson-learning and the dissemination of good practices across countries
2) Strategic development: identification of funding opportunities, development of partnerships, support to / lead on the design of regional proposals, donor negotiations & representation in its field (FSL)
3) Advocacy and profile-raising: in the field of Food Security & Livelihoods, participation to regional meetings & fora, donor representation, regional organizations’ representation, networking with UN/ NGOs/ academics & universities/ regional bodies, advocacy (in the field of Food Security & Livelihoods and in collaboration with other WARO team members).
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
Objective 1: Contribute to an improved quality and impact of regional projects
· Report to HQ and WARO on monthly basis about activity progress using country report data (compilation of monthly APR), and alert on deviation/delays.
· Ensure backstopping, undertake field visits for supervision & support; produce recommendations for any readjustment of projects if needed, (always in collaboration with HQ technical advisers and mission coordination teams)
· Ensure compliance with donor procedures and commitments, timely and high-quality donor reporting;
· Provide methodological guidance (tools, guidelines, advise) based on ACF FSL technical standards: M&E tools & systems harmonization (validation of tools, timing, formats, etc), follow-up of projects' progress.
Objective 2: Increase our operational capacity in the region for FSL
- Monitor the Food Security & Livelihoods situation in West Africa.
- Learn lessons from ACF programmes and other actors’ programmes on what works best and what still needs to be done in the fields of Food Security & Livelihoods; propose possible developments to HQs and country missions ;
- Develop ACF Regional Food Security & Livelihoods portfolio.
Objective 3: Contribute to enhanced ACF technical positioning and advocacy capacity
Technical Interlocution with donors, partners & regional stakeholders at a senior level.
Support the Regional Representative for technical advice and networking within the region for : Food Security & Nutrition Working Group, IASC, CILSS, PREGEC, RPCA Capitalization transmitting information to the headquarters and mission
Interact with the HQs to learn, disseminate and harmonize ACF regional positioning and programming with ACF global policies, standards and technical positioning, briefing or guidance documents.
CANDIDATE PROFILE:
- Advanced university degree in economics and/or rural development and/or agronomy. A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- 5 years’ experience in this field is required at national and international level in Food Security & Livelihoods program planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation (both treatment and prevention).
- Experience in complex proposal development (writing, revising, editing).
- Very strong communication and information management skills; track record of work with a wide range of stakeholders both externally and internally.
- Solid representation, communication and negotiation skills for donors’ negotiations and representation in high-level technical for a in the region.
- Fluency both in French and English.
- Knowledge of West Africa would be valued.
REMUNERATIVE PACKAGE
We offer immediate incorporation to a dynamic international network with the following remuneration package:
- Formal work contract: 12 months.
- Base: Dakar
- Salary: from 1850€ to 2400€ gross per month according to candidate’s previous experience (according to standard list of ACF- Spain). ACF- Spain remuneration system allows a salary progression based on the annual development appraisal.
- Up to 20% additional remuneration depending on the position’s context and responsibilities (according the grading scale set by ACF-E)
- House and maintenance covered by the organization (including per diem): package estimated according to the destination.
- Travel costs to and from the mission.
- 25 working days of paid leave per year.
- Break: additional rest period, including travel cost to a reference area and economic help of 215€.
- Health, repatriation, travel and life insurance covered by the organization.
- Extra per month and per child (Under 18 years old): from 100€ to 225€ monthly (according to standard list of ACF-Spain).
HOW TO APPLY:
We will only consider the candidacies received by our online service. Please click in the following link to accede to the service:
Note. - Given the urgency of this position, the vacancy may close before the deadline. For more information about this position, visit our Website www.accioncontraelhambre.org in case of not find it published here means that the selection process has been closed.
