Livelihoods and Food Security Officer at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Livelihood and Food Security Officer reports to the Livelihood and Food Security Coordinator

Job description

• Coordinate the food security activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
• Ensure adherence to NRC policies and donor requirements
• Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
• Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
• Coordinate with relevant partners working in the same implementation areas
• Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
• Supervise, train and develop team of food assistants
• Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents as required
• Investigate and facilitate introduction of new technology, methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities

Qualifications

• Bachelors' degree Agriculture, Agriculture Economics or any relevant Field
• Work experience from the Northeast of Nigeria
• Proven experience in Cash/ voucher transfers, Income Generation Activities and Backyard Vegetable Gardening
• Experience from working in livelihoods and food security humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

Education field

• Agricultural / Forestry / Aquaculture
• Education title: Bachelors' degree in Agricultural

Education level

• College / University, Bachelor's degree

Personal qualities

• Handling insecure environments
• Empowering and building trust
• Managing performance and development
• Planning and delivering results
• Ability to work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision
• Communicating with impact and respect: All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable.

Language

• English

We offer

• Commencement: May 2019
• Duration: Eight (8) months
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions ( Grade Level 5 Step 1)
• Duty stations: Maiduguri with 5% frequent travels. Travel outside duty stations is dependent on changing security conditions, especially for certain roads in the area.
• Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start.
• Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location.

Miscellaneous info

• Travel: Some travelling must be expected

Related documents

NRC Grade Structure 
JD - Livelihood and Food Security Officer