London or Nairobi
We are looking for an experienced and engaging individual to join the SC UK Programme Policy and Quality Department as Regional Food Security and Livelihoods Advisor. In this exciting position, you will play a key role in strengthening our Food Security and Livelihoods Programmes, largely in East Africa, through supporting our teams in Country Offices to design, implement and learn from high quality programmes.
Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
As Regional Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Advisor you will provide thematic leadership in one key area of technical focus and will influence decision-makers in our and other organisations in this area of focus. Supporting fundraising efforts, you will contribute to the development of high quality concept notes and proposals and ensure that gender, resilience, and child participation are mainstreamed into FSL programmes. In addition you will:
· Support the technical start-up of project implementation as necessary
· Contribute to the implementation of the Child Poverty Strategy and Hunger Reduction and Livelihoods plan through supporting its delivery, monitoring and review
· Ensure relevant Country Office technical staff have access to internal and external best practices, tools and guidance to support implementation of FSL programming
· Contribute to the development of country offices’ strategies, and annual plans, ensuring links to Save the Children’s global Child Poverty theme
· Support Country Offices in effective resource planning and management, including identifying and addressing strategic and technical capacity gaps related to the focus of the post.
To be successful you will have demonstrated experience in the design, implementation, and management of Food Security and Livelihood programmes in an international development context. You will be educated to Masters level or have equivalent field experience relating to Food Security / Livelihoods. Experience of working in the East and Southern Africa region is also essential. In addition you will have:
· A high level of expertise of the debates surrounding at least one of the following technical areas: market based approaches, youth livelihoods, nutrition-sensitive livelihoods, Early Warning and Early Action
· Knowledge of institutional donors (notably DFID and EC) and a proven track record of developing funding proposals and reports for a range of institutional and other donors
· Familiarity with various analytical tools relating to FSL, such as the Household Economy Analysis approach
· Experience in developing, monitoring and reporting on budgets
· A willingness and ability to travel at short notice, occasionally to remote and insecure locations up to 30% of the time.
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing date: 5th of April 2017
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