SOCIAL SAFETY NET SPECIALIST

The Social Safety Net Specialist will provide policy and technical support to the BRIGHTLY Consortium on the social safety net interventions, ensuring that BRIGHTLY Consortium and FCDO are moving together in collaboration with the other external stakeholders, SFD and WFP.

This is a full-time position, working with the Project Management Unit (PMU) and team (supported by the Consortium FSL technical teams) to help ensure that the BRIGHTLY Consortium delivers against its identified outcomes and outputs on Social Safety Nets.

The Social Safety Net Specialist will work efficiently and effectively by contributing to and delivering against an agreed work plan, reporting to the Consortium Coordinator. They will build strong working relationships with BRIGHTLY Consortium technical leads involved in the design, management, and monitoring of the social safety net component of the program.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Technical (policy analysis, advice, and capacity building:

· Provide high-level social protection policy and technical advice to BRIGHTLY Consortium.

· Strengthen the understanding of developments in the social protection context in Yemen, what works and what doesn’t, and what might be relevant.

· Coordination:

· Work closely with the BRIGHTLY Partners technical team, specifically from the emergency food assistance perspective.

· Facilitate dialogue with BRIGHTLY Consortium and stakeholders to ensure high ownership levels and buy-in of the proposed models.

· Facilitate the design and roll-out of a productive safety net model in a selected number of areas of the country.

· Supporting the Project Management Unit (PMU)

· Act as a technical focal point for the PMU within the BRIGHTLY Consortium.

· Participate and actively contribute to PMU team planning sessions.

· Contribute to annual work plans, participating in strategic teamwork planning sessions and writing relevant work plan sections as necessary.

· Contribute to donor reporting, including quarterly and annual reports, annual reviews, and ad hoc requests for information, as required.

· Support Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on protection mainstreaming.

· Act as a technical focal point for the PMU within the BRIGHTLY Consortium, coordinating the technical aspects of social safety net interventions and with TWGs as Social Safety Net Specialist.

· Conduct trainings to the TWGs members on Social Safety Net programming and protection mainstreaming.

· Support the Safer Programing Approach under safeguarding TWGs designed for this project.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A University degree in political science, economics, institutional development, social anthropology, rural development, or other relevant social sciences. An advanced University degree is an added advantage.
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions. MENA experience is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in setting up and undertaking empirical socio-eco-nomic research on social protection and its linkages with rural development, agricultural production, food security, and nutrition
• Knowledge and experience in socio-economic development social protection analysis at the macro- and micro levels, particularly in rural areas, fragile and humanitarian contexts, and in connection with agriculture, food security and nutrition, and rural development (including in fragile and humanitarian settings).
• Depth of familiarity with relevant social protection issues (including in fragile and humanitarian settings) and approaches and capacity to grasp, analyze, and synthesize their relevance to current rural development issues and trends related to food and agriculture particularly in Yemen .
• Extent experience in analyzing and formulating social protection policies for sustainability improvement in the rural sector.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Good computer literacy with full knowledge of office applications.
• Ability to prioritize work assignments, organize own schedule, and perform independently
• Excellent analysis and writing skills; concept notes and program design documents (including log frames).
• Excellent ability to negotiate with internal and external audiences, represent the organization in government, UN, and NGOs, and influence decisions
• Ability to manage stress, work under pressure, problem solve, and make decisions.
• Demonstrate initiative and problem-solving skills in the face of unexpected challenges
• Self-motivated and energetic