Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Advisor

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Position: Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Advisor
Job Location: Maiduguri, Borno 
Contract length: 6 months

The Role

• The EFSL Advisor will be expected to lead on sectoral assessment, programme design and master budgeting, coordination, and support fundraising, recruitment and procurement. In most circumstances, the post holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity building existing country programme staff.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Desirable:

• Language skills in Hausa
• Experience or knowledge of working and living in Northeast Nigeria
• Specific experience of designing and managing DFID, USAID, EU and ECHO projects
• Knowledge and / or experience in using HEA, COD and EMMA / MIFIRA
• Familiarity with nutrition surveys
• Specific experience of working in consortia projects.

Essential:

• Significant management experience working in emergency response, including direct experience in implementing cash transfer programmes, market analysis and economic recovery.
• Experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
• Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Previous first phase emergency response experience is essential
• Education to MSc/MA/ level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
• Previous experience of managing a team
• Previous experience of project management
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
• Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands on implementation capacity
• Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
• Excellent communication skills with a high level of written and spoken English
• Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy