Food Security and Resilience Consultant

Job Title: Food Security and Resilience Consultant

Contract: Temporary

Duration: 100-120 Days

Salary: £500 – £600 daily rate depending on experience

Start Date: ASAP

Location: Globally flexible and will be discussed with the successful candidate, regular international travel to field programmes will be required.

Reporting to: Programme Manager

About Us

The HALO Trust is the leading global NGO addressing the impact and drivers of conflict in over 30 countries and territories, employing more than 12,500 staff. Our primary duty is to serve people affected by conflict, clearing landmines and the explosive remnants of war that threaten lives and livelihoods long after fighting has finished. We make land safe where war has ended, while also assisting those affected by active conflict and endemic violence, creating more durable solutions to support stability.

The HALO Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

The HALO Trust is committed to a culture that is both diverse and inclusive and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. 

The HALO Trust is committed to ensuring that it provides a safe and trusted environment which safeguards and promotes the welfare and wellbeing of anyone who comes into contact with, or is part of, the Charity, with a zero-tolerance approach to behaviours which challenge this.

About the Role

We are delighted to invite individual consultants to support the development of HALO’s crucial work.

Key deliverables would include:

• Support the project design and delivery of the HALO’s regenerative agriculture projects in Afghanistan, Iraq, Horn of Africa and Zimbabwe.
• Develop guidelines for the implementation of other regenerative agriculture projects
• Work with programmes to develop partnerships, project plans and funding proposals for other food and water security projects.
• Support the Head of Environment to development of HALO’s understanding on issues of food security and resilience, through coordination with the Policy & Advocacy teams, Partnerships and Philanthropy teams, HALO USA and Communications.
• Deliver trainings on food security and resilience topics.
• Develop a resource guide and HALO’s network to bring in additional subject matter expertise when required.

• A minimum of a master’s level education in an area pertaining to resilience and food security.
• Professional experience in an international organisation in a resilience related role (desirable).
• Proof of research abilities and examples of publications in a specialist subject (desirable).
• Excellent network of professional associates, to enable additional subject matter expertise if required.
• Analytical capability combined with practical problem-solving skills.
• Candidate should be willing to travel throughout the four months of the contract.

Candidates should submit their CV as well as a brief letter of introduction that addresses your ability to deliver on the objectives in the role description. The closing date for this role is 11.45pm on the 25th of April 2024.