Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator

Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator

Solidarites International

Aden, Yemen

About the job

General objective:

Ensure pertinence and quality of the FSL portfolio of SI in Yemen. Develop a pertinent FSL strategy responding to the context and needs. Enhance FSL quality elements and integrate crosscutting programmatic subjects (Protection perspective, environment/climate change, DRR, Information Management). Steer and lead the technical follow up of the existing portfolio.

The main challenges:

Humanitarian funding is reducing and being further streamlined. Positioning in frontlines and good programme follow up becomes insufficient to guarantee mission’s sustainability.

For this reason, the programmatic structure of the Mission requires major investments into strategic areas that can allow the Country programme to evolve: key investments for development of concept notes and proposals towards development donors; integration of other actors/sectors through strategic local and international partnerships; enhancement of programme quality; innovation.

Priorities for the 2/3 first months:

• Lead and follow closely the implementation of the new EU delegation and CDCS funded livelihood project;
• Steer the development of key investments, studies and concept notes for kickstarting new programmatic approaches mainly in the livelihood and economic resilience sector and towards different donors. Be the driving force for putting new FSL activities into place and ensure strong integration of agroecological practices;
• Facilitate the review and development of the FSL strategy/strategic approaches;
• Reinforce integration of priority crosscutting elements: Protection mainstreaming, environment/liate Change, DRR.

Your profile

education/academic background:

• BA minimum.

Specific skills and experience:

• 5 years or more of experience in the humanitarian sector;
• 3-4 years of experience on a similar position.

Technical skills:

• Experience in implementation of cash and livelihood projects and in the development of studies, analysis and concept note for development donors;
• Solid capacity to work on enhancement of the FSL programme quality aspects;
• Solid Experience in livelihood programming.

Transversal skills:

• Advanced communication skills with capacity to juggle conflicting priorities;
• Advanced analytical skills;
• Capacity to work to tight deadlines in a challenging humanitarian environment.

Language:

• fluency in written and oral English mandatory;
• Arabic an asset.

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