Regional Livelihood Adviser – Middle East Office

Regional Livelihood Adviser – Middle East Office

JOB DESCRIPTION

What we are looking for

As a Core Competency technical advisor for the region, you will need to have in-depth knowledge and expertise of Livelihoods & Food Security in humanitarian response and early economic recovery. Experience in programme strategy, quality assessments, tools and resources development are all required for this position, in addition to knowledge, experience and skills with market-based programming and working with partners. Also, contextual knowledge or previous experience in the Middle East and North Africa is an asset.

Working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure is key for this position as well as delivering learning and development as part of quality improvement and capacity sharing and strengthening.

What you will do

The Regional Core Competency (CC) Advisor for Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS) will be responsible for providing specialist advice, technical oversight, capacity sharing and guidance to the Country Offices for ensuring that optimal CC programme strategies, systems, policy, tools and practices are in place, will also contribute to funding bids from the CC perspective and assist the Country Office in ensuring that donor opportunities are identified, and donor obligations and requirements are met.

The Livelihoods and Food Security Advisor is responsible for technical guidance in 3 strategic areas: Food Assistance (primarily in first-line response utilizing markets-based approaches such as cash and voucher); Business, Entrepreneurship and Employment and Food and Agriculture Systems support.

In this position you will:

• Support the development of country/regional core competence strategies and implementation plans in line with global policies and strategies.
• Work in partnership with the Head Office Programme department to contribute to innovation and development, including piloting and learning from experiences at the country office and regional level, development of policies, strategies and tools, and sharing learning with other regions.
• Contribute to the resource mobilization and fundraising for regional programme development related to LFS.
• Technical development, support and regional capacity strengthening and sharing – providing strategic advice, technical support and capacity strengthening and sharing with Country Offices in the region on relevant core competency or cross-cutting issues, providing technical supervision to LFS Leads in the Country Offices.
• Be a part of the Global LFS team developing policies, strategies and guidance for the overall LFS work in NRC.
• Ensure that LFS based programming approaches contributes to integrated programming and analysis and best practices of these interventions are documented and shared.
• Contribute to development and delivery of induction and training provision of CO staff and work collaboratively with L&D (Learning & Development) and contribute to recruitment of technical staff.
• Quality standards, data analysis and Work in partnership with MEL staff, to ensure the alignment of the programmatic areas in Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and PCM (Project Cycle Management) systems, ensuring that best practices within the core competency are identified, documented and disseminated both within the region and beyond.
• Responsible for supporting and monitoring country programme compliance with the Programme Policy and respective quality assurances in relation to the core competency.
• Networking, representation and relationships – responsible for identification, development and maintenance of relationships with relevant regional stakeholders (e.g., donors, UN (United Nations) agencies, NGOs, research- and educational institutions, private sector) related to programmes in general and more specifically as related to NRC’s Core Competencies.
• Work in partnership with the regional and country office advocacy leads to identify and develop regional advocacy issues related to the core competence and relevant cross-cutting issues.

Specific responsibilities are outlined in the job description. Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position.

What you will bring

• At least 6 years working experience in a senior position within Livelihoods & Food Security in the humanitarian and development sector.
• Specific experience and expertise in:
• Livelihoods & Food Security in humanitarian response and early economic recovery.
• Strategic approaches to programme development.
• Market-based programming – designing relevant market assessment and analysis including value chain analysis, labour market assessment and market systems analysis required.
• Tools and resources development.
• Programme quality assessments, programme development and delivery.
• Delivering learning and development as part of quality improvement and capacity sharing and strengthening.
• Partnership with public and private institutions and organisations.
• Understanding of and commitment to:
• Integrated programming approaches
• Organisational learning, and the role and contribution of MEL to quality management and development.
• Working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure, including capacity strengthening.
• Master’s degree or similar level in relevant field of economic recovery, sustainable livelihoods, urban development and livelihoods or related field of expertise.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
• Contextual knowledge or previous experience in the Middle East and North Africa is an asset.

What we offer

• Duty station: Amman, Jordan
• Contract: 24 months
• Travel: Approximately 40% regional travel
• Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s salary scale, with accompanying terms and conditions
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

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Important information about the application process

• We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates. Please ensure you attach copies of your academic and professional certificates.
• Internal candidates only: please click on the suitcase icon labelled “I am an employee” to be redirected to NRC’s internal careers site.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as given on your passport. Complete all the system-required fields for experience, employment history and education.
• Submit your application and CV in English, taking care to attach your latest CV.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position.
• If you have any questions about this role, please email [email protected] with the job title as the subject line.

Why NRC?

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

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We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:

• do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts
• join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility
• be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity

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ABOUT US

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.