Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator

Position:                                         Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator

Reports to:                                     FSL Head of Department

Location:                                         Lusaka, Zambia

Length of contract:                        18 months with a possibility of renewal  

Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 28 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 55 countries, our 8,990 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.

Action Against Hunger USA is part of the Action Against Hunger International network. As an independent NGO, Action Against Hunger USA currently manages operations in 8 countries: Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia and Haiti.

About the Country Program in Zambia

Action Against Hunger has been operational in Zambia since 2021 implementing both development and humanitarian programmes through a multi-sectoral strategy where Nutrition, Health, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH and Protection, Gender and psychosocial support are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience.

Summary of position

As a member of the Action Against Hunger Lusaka, Zambia Team, the Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator will provide technical and oversight support to the Food Security, Livelihoods, Resilience, Disaster Risk Management interventions, and be part of the broader Food Security & Livelihoods initiatives at the Country, regional and network levels.

 Purpose:

The Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator provides technical leadership and operational support to the food security and livelihoods portfolio in the Zambia for improved nutrition security.

Key Activities to be performed.

· Engage with technical and operations teams, country program teams, and counterparts in the Action Against Hunger network to for improved nutrition security.

· Represent Action Against Hunger lusaka, Zambia in relevant internal and regional external fora and working groups.

· Regularly contribute to External Relations (ER)/ communication efforts, press releases and other documentation at regional level

· Facilitate FSL information, experiences and case studies to ER/communications for public communications, website materials at regional level.

·  Advance Action Against Hunger Lusaka, Zambia FSL advocacy strategy and messages at regional level and country level

 · Provision of technical support to food security and livelihoods Interventions – strategy, conceptualization, planning, implementation and reporting.

· Promote and ensure compliance to Action Against Hunger technical guidelines, policies, manuals, position papers and procedures related to Food Security and Livelihoods.

· Promote and ensure compliance of country programs to Action Against Hunger mainstreamed approaches around Social Behavior Change, Disaster Risk Management, Gender and Protection in Food security and Livelihood interventions.

· Ensure secondary analysis of existing or proposed programs to ensure relevance, impact, viability, sustainability and quality of the action.

· Ensure documentation, capitalization and dissemination of program experiences, statistics and lessons learned.

·  Facilitate the identification of innovation and research opportunities together with the country program team and research team.

· Inform Action Against Hunger lusaka, Zambia’s Regional Strategy and departmental objectives

·  Identifying and engaging in coordination with AAH-US senior FSL advisors with other agencies &/or partners in FSL in East Africa to ensure up-to-date programming, tools, technical developments and innovations

· Lead the design and development of multi-countries / regional FSL opportunities with inputs from the country teams.

· Identify funding opportunities for programming at regional level which contribute to Action Against Hunger-lusaka, Zambia’s overall strategy and development

· Advise in the recruitment of FSL technical field practitioners by providing a technical assessment of each candidate's skills & experience

· Advise and inform the development of FSL related JDs for mission technical positions.

· Facilitate briefing/debriefing of FSL technical staff for Action Against Hunger Lusaka, Zambia’s country programs.

Identify the on-going learning and development needs of FSL technical country coordinators, and assist in providing or supporting their professional development.

Gender Equality commitments & Zero Tolerance to Abuse

· Foster an environment that reinforces values of people of all genders equal access to information.

· Provide a work environment where people of all genders must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.

· Promote a safe, secure, and respectful environment for all stakeholders, particularly for children, beneficiaries, and members of staff.

· Help to prevent any type of abuse including workplace harassment and sexual abuse and exploitation.

· 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.

 Physical demands

• To travel to Action Against Hunger’s areas of operations, the employee must attest to a level of physical fitness capable of enduring physically difficult, highly stressful situations which may include the necessity to walk long distances, to eat a limited diet and/ or to reside in potentially uncomfortable housing or tents.
• 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.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in food security, Agricultural Education and Extension, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness Management, Food Policy and Applied food science, socio politics, or related topics
• At least ten years’ experience in food systems, nutrition sensitive agriculture, Livelihoods and Resilience.
• Membership with a relevant professional body

 Required Skills & Experience

· Experience working in humanitarian and development contexts, recovery and rehabilitation as well as with national governments, regional bodies, UN agencies and INGOs.

· Excellent knowledge of technical fields related to Food Security & Livelihoods that includes excellent working knowledge of food security, Market systems and nutrition sensitive resilience.

· Sound analytical and technical competence in the subject matter of food security and livelihoods

·  Field experience in FSL programming, including agro ecology, value chain analysis, income generation, emergency food assistance, COD, HEA, etc.

· Strong analytical and writing skills essential.

· Knowledge and experience in assessment and research methods.

· Strong organizational skills and technical review/writing of detailed technical documents.

· Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work both independently and as a member of a team

· Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

· Capacity to represent the organization in various fora.

· Genuine interest in and commitment to the humanitarian principles of Action Against Hunger

Benefits

Application Process.

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button. All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated resume and both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees & qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Action Against Hunger-USA complies with all applicable laws governing non discrimination in employment.