TEAM LEADER (CONSULTANCY)

Together with our partners, Action Against Hunger has been fighting hunger for more than 40 years, supporting affected communities and people in over 50 countries. People and communities are at the centre of everything we do as we work hand-in-hand with them to develop and implement effective solutions to prevent and reduce hunger.

Name of the project: Evaluation of Somalia WFP Country Strategic Plan
Job title: Team Leader (Consultancy)
Country: Somalia (any time zone)
Dates: March – November 2025
Language: English is required. Somali is desirable but not essential.

Experience: At least 8 to 10 years’ experience. The following skills and experiences are essential to be considered for this role:

• Team Management, coordination, planning, ability to resolve problems and deliver on time.
• Strong presentation skills and excellent writing skills.
• Experience in leading complex, strategic evaluations at country level, such as evaluations of country strategic plans, organisational positioning and nexus dynamics, including with UN organizations – eight to ten years.
• Experience with applying theory based mixed methods approaches.
• Strong ability to navigate political sensitivities and conflict-affected settings, and strong understanding of the complexity of relations between UN, national partners and donors.
• In-depth knowledge of the broader humanitarian system and key challenges of humanitarian action in crisis situations (e.g., access, adherence to humanitarian principles, protection, accountability to affected populations, localization, etc.)
• Prior experience working with the UN.
• Prior working experience in Somalia.

If you also have expertise in any of the following areas, we would like to hear from you:

• Experience with evaluation of emergency responses in both natural disaster and conflict settings, including humanitarian principles and protection, lean season support, assistance for refugees and displaced people.
• Experience with evaluation of interventions related to treatment and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition and nutrition-sensitive programming.
• Experience with evaluation of school-based programmes, including home-grown school feeding and links to rural economies.
• Experience with evaluation of asset creation, support to smallholder farmers and farmer organisations, market access, food systems, natural resource management and climate change adaptation.
• Experience with evaluation of interventions related to support to policy coherence and support to government, particularly in the fields of social protection and safety nets, early recovery support, national data and information systems.
• Vulnerability assessments and targeting of assistance.
• Cash-based transfers.
• Gender equality and empowerment of women.
• Accountability to Affected Populations.
• Environment.
• Experience in preparing high quality, complex evaluation deliverables (detailed reports and summaries).
• Experience in quality assurance of written technical reports and ability to provide methodological advice.
• Experience in coaching senior staff and conflict resolution.