Food Security and Livelihood Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Objective 1

• Provide support to the FSL Sector Manager in the implementation of FFP cash transfer and other livelihood activities in targeted communities within the given LGAs

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Oversee detailed planning and support implementation of field level activities relating to the cash-based food assistance under the guidance of the FSL Sector Manager.
• Work with community leaders and other relevant stakeholders to support the identification and selection of vulnerable communities and beneficiaries for cash or food voucher support.
• Support the identification, contracting, and management of vendors through regular engagement, documentation of vendors’ activities and provision of timely support throughout the project.
• Ensure accountability, fairness, and transparency in the cash or voucher transfer activities by ensuring community-level stakeholders (IDPs and host community members) are well informed and provide regular information through available channels.
• Coordinate closely with the FSL Sector Manager to ensure that cross-LGA programs are implemented efficiently.
• Follow-ups on the program activities to ensure that program objectives and outputs are achieved – and activities are implemented in accordance with standard rules, regulations and operational procedures, agreed strategies, implementation plans, and requirements.
• Manage and support the field team’s implementation of FFP project related activities as planned in the Detail Implementation Plan (DIP) in close coordination with other concerned authorities.

Objective 2

• Facilitate the collection and collation of information and BNF data for FFP activities through registrations, surveys, assessments, regular post distribution monitoring and field supervision visits.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Facilitate and supervise the collection and management of beneficiaries’ data, distribution list for reference purposes and successful implementation of program activities.
• Facilitate in coordination with the M&E unit, data sourcing, and analysis with the aim of improving program approaches based on evidence.
• Contribute to organizational and sector-wide Learning through proper documentation of lessons learned, best practices, success stories, case studies, etc. on the cash-based intervention in emergency and early recovery context.
• Plan and oversee regular program monitoring and evaluation activities, like Baseline, PDMs, Market Price Monitoring, end line, etc. in collaboration with relevant units/departments.
• Ensure field visits to monitor the ongoing project activities conducted by FSL Assistants and Community Mobilization team to provide support and technical guidance.
• With FSL Sector Manager, collaborate on the development of tools to monitor and improve the quality of the FFP Project.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by Sector Manager

Objective 3

• Participate in regular internal and external coordination meeting for the program at the local government level

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of the project’s community mobilization strategies for targeting and registration of beneficiaries in collaboration with the Community Mobilization Officer.
• Develop and strengthen good linkages and coordination with local government, government line agencies, related stakeholders and service providers to ensure their support for the implementation of project activities
• Coordinate with logistics in preparation for the weekly movement plans according to the weekly work plans of the team.
• Conduct beneficiaries training on usage of a smartcard, training monitoring with the support of FSL Assistant and FSL Sector Manger
• Conduct Vendor training and oversee the monitoring of vendors activities to ensure beneficiaries are not short-changed.
• Participate in the LGA level coordination of Cash and Food Security Working groups.
• Support development of communication mechanisms with key stakeholders at LGA and Ward levels
• Maintain and build relationships with authorities, partners and relevant actors in all the intervention LGAs of Yobe State on behalf of ACF

Objective 4

• Support the FSL Sector Manager in Reporting through bi-weekly and monthly draft reports with accurate output level data.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support the Sector Manager in reporting for internal and external use through drafts reports with inputs and outputs for the reporting period.
• Support the Sector Manager in producing monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
• Extract data and information from weekly reports from the field and aggregate same for inclusion in the month and quarterly reports
• Work with M&E under the direction of the FSL SM to ensure that all annexes needed for the report are available  

Objective 5

• Ensure the proper HR management of the Field-Based Cash Team

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support the recruitment and training of program staff under the support of the FSL Sector Manager, Area Manager, Senior Project Manager, and Base HR.
• Identify training and development needs of FSL Assistants and propose and/or provide training, coaching and mentoring as required.
• Manage the daily activities of the program staff in order to ensure the smooth running of the FSL program in line with HR procedures and policies.
•  Undertake performance management activities such as 10 minutes conversation and performance appraisals for FSL assistants as required by HR.
•  In collaboration with the HR department, ensure the support to the field teams for all matters concerning human resources.
• Work with the FSL team in different LGAs on cross-learning and beneficiary capacity building initiatives.

Internal & External Relationship
Internal:

• FSL Sector Manager: Line Manager - exchange of information, collaboration, coordination
• FSL Assistants: Line Managing– exchange of information, reporting, collaboration, coordination
• Area Manager/ Senior Project Manager: – exchange of information, reporting, collaboration, coordination
• Technical Coordinators: Technical oversight, Technical support, and coaching
• Support Departments: collaboration and exchange of information

External:

• LGA and Ward level representatives of humanitarian actors: exchange of information
• Other Project Officers/ Sector Managers: NUT/ WASH/M&E: exchange of information on programs, coordination and monitoring, and evaluation
• Other NGOs: Partnerships and Technical exchange of information
• Participate actively in Food Security working Groups, Cash Transfer working Group, OCHA meetings, INGO forum
• Local and State Government: Training and Supervision, engage stakeholders in coordination with FieldCo, Sector Manager, Area Manager, and Senior Project Manager

Position Requirements
Qualifications:

• Degree in Food Security-related field e.g. Economics, Agronomics, Agriculture, Development Studies, etc.
• Priority will be given to internal staff that possesses a Diploma in the relevant field and have 1-2 years of relevant experience on the FFP Project implementation.
• NYSC Discharge Certificate

Skills and Experience
Essential:

• Professional, good organizational capacity, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
• Excellent team, budget and project management, and representation competencies
• Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
• Three years of relevant work experience
• Capacity to supervise a team
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in Hausa and English
• Commitment to ACF mission, values, and policy

Preferred:

• Previous work experience with ACF
• Previous experience managing cash-based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers)
• Previous team management and activity planning experience
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
• Previous donor programming experience (e.g. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA)
• Analytical capacity
• Good relational qualities
• Good knowledge of implementing projects
• Capacity to write high-quality reports

Minimum Basic Salary

• NGN236,585 per Month.