Sector Manager- FSL job at Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Sector Manager- FSL
Job Location: Monguno, Borno

Job Summary

• The position is based in Monguno, Borno State and supervised by the Multi-Sector Project Manager.
• The Sector Manager required to lead the Food, Security and Livelihood field team in the implementation of Food Security and Livelihood activities of the EU project.
• The aim is to achieve the specific objective of EU project which is to improve nutrition security of conflict affected populations through uptake of critical household health and hygiene behaviors with the aim of providing primary health care, water, livelihoods sources, sanitation and hygiene services.

Task and Responsibilities

• Develop detailed planning and implementation strategies .
• Identify program implementation modalities that enhance partnership & coordination with government official and local communities, internal integration within sectors and other programs (Nutrition, WASH).
• Contribute to organizational and sector-wide learning through documentation of lessons learned, best practices, evaluations etc. from the contextually adapted agricultural productivity and income generating  activities component of the program.
• Contribute to preparing FSL internal and external reports including case studies and success stories as relate to the contextually adapted agricultural productivity and income generating  activities component of the program.
• Track and provide quality report on technical activities.
• Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program at LGA and state levels when required.
• Facilitate and support systematic monitoring and evaluation of activities.
• In close coordination with FSL field staff and M&E team; supervise, review and lead technical assessments, surveys, design and M&E of the contextually adapted agricultural productivity and income generating  activities component of the program.

Requirements

• Degree in FSL related studies e.g. agro-economy, natural resource management, anthropology, disaster risk management etc.
• Minimum two years’ work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.
• Capacity to be adaptable and flexible.
• Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies.
• Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
• Excellent Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Commitment to Action Against Hunger mission, values and policy

Note

• Advert may close before due date once we receive applications from qualified candidates
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.