Regional Livelihoods & Food Security Adviser EA & Yemen

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contracts.

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core value: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes shall guide our actions and relationships.

Background

The Regional Programme Department, based in Nairobi and managed by the Regional Programme Director, is responsible for the strategic development of NRC programming in the region by maximizing the support to and the development of Country Offices (CO) as well as by exploring and creating synergies among COs. The Regional Programme Department is focused on research, policies, guidance & procedures, evidence and learning, capacity building, programme quality and donor relations.

Overview of Role

The Regional Core Competency (CC) Advisor for Livelihoods and Food Security (LFS) is responsible for providing specialist advice and guidance to the Country Director and/or Head of Programme and CC/Thematic Specialists at Country level in ensuring that optimal CC programme strategies, systems, policy, tools and practices are in place. The Regional LFS Adviser 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 CC and Thematic team are part of a technical matrix structure and are required to work collaboratively with colleagues in both the technical and the operational management structures in country offices, and the regional management group. They also have a technical accountability to the global programme function, policy, strategy, and direction as determined through the Head Office level of NRC. Collaborative working with colleagues within the wider regional programme team, at HO and in other Regions is essential to effectiveness in the role and maximising the shared learning across NRC.

Role and responsibilities

Generic responsibilities

Policy and strategy and programme development

1. Responsible for ensuring compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures in relation to the thematic area while contributing to the development of policies, strategies, tools and new approaches with a focus on innovation and piloting.
2. Responsible of supporting the development of country/regional core competence strategies and implementation plans in line with global policies and strategies.
3. Work in partnership with the HO Programme department to contribute to specific areas of 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.

Technical development, support and capacity building

1. Responsible for providing strategic advice and technical support and capacity building support to the Country Offices in the region on relevant core competency or cross-cutting issues across Country Offices in the region and the Regional Office.
2. Ensure that LFS based programming approaches contributes to integrated programming and analysis and that these interventions are measured

Quality standards, data analysis and M&E

1. Responsible for ensuring that best practices within the core competency are identified, documented and disseminated both within the region and beyond.
2. Work in partnership with M&E staff, to ensure the alignment of the programmatic areas in the M&E and PCM systems in relation to own core competency.
3. 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

1. Responsible for identification, development and maintenance of relationships with relevant stakeholders (e.g., donors, UN agencies, NGOs, research- and educational institutions, private sector) related to programmes in general and more specifically as related to NRC’s Core Competencies.
2. 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

1. Provide technical oversight of Food Security activities and working as a focal point of Resilience programming and climate change and environmental degradation in the region
2. Work collaboratively with L&D lead in the Region, and HO Programme and L&D colleagues, on the review and development of learning provision within the region relating to LFS, including induction, training provision to CO CC project managers, and capacity building initiatives.
3. Support in the development of Food Security emergency preparedness, contingency planning and response capacities and contribute to emergency Food Security response in the region on demand.
4. Contribute to the adaptation of NRC’s global CC programme approaches and development of guidelines, tools and innovative approaches based on research of trends and learning from the country offices.
5. Responsible for the identification of pilot projects for the further development of the LFS core competency in the region. Contribute to the communication of results and the development of recommendations.

Professional competencies

Generic professional competencies:

• Several years of documented experience working within Livelihoods and Food Security
• Extensive experience in programming in complex and volatile contexts
• Experience of strategic approaches to programme development
• Experience of developing practical tools and resources
• Experience of programme quality assessments, programme development and delivery
• Understanding of and commitment to organisational learning, and the role and contribution of M&E to quality management and development
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts, with preference for previous experience in the East African and Yemen Region
• Understanding of, and commitment to working collaboratively with technical and operational colleagues within a matrix structure, including capacity building
• Experience of delivering learning and development as part of quality improvement and capacity building
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Behavioural competencies

• Strategic Thinking
• Handling insecure environments
• Communicating with impact and respect
• Planning and delivering results
• Managing performance and development
• Influencing

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What we offer

Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya

Contract Length: 12 months

Grade: 9 according to NRC’s salary scale

Travel: Up to 40%

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