South Sudan: Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator in South Sudan

What PAH is about:

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is a non-governmental organization employing people who want to make the world a better place. For over 25 years, we have been providing relief in big and small emergencies worldwide alongside with running missions in several countries in crisis. Our interventions of both humanitarian and development character have been carried out in 49 countries so far. We concentrate on ensuring sustainable and stable development of regions suffering consequences of war and/or natural disasters. We possess long-standing expertise in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), but also implement projects in Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), as well as Shelter, Nutrition and Education. For more information, please refer to www.pah.org.pl

PAH in South Sudan

PAH has been working in South Sudan since 2006 as one of the first NGOs established in Jonglei State. We are a small team of committed individuals aiming at delivering tangible and sustainable change in the largest, most populous and most conflicted state of South Sudan. We are needs- and community based, hence aside drilling and repairing boreholes, developing accompanying O&M structures and innovative approaches to sanitation and hygiene promotion, we have also been developing our emergency response capacity. Our Emergency Response Team (ERT) mainly reacts to WASH and NFI needs of populations affected by conflicts and natural disasters, which have been on the increase for the past three years. Thanks to the expertise gathered over the years, we were also appointed to lead WASH Cluster in the state: we coordinate WASH emergency response with partners and hence make sure all vulnerable communities are served at the time of crisis.

Who PAH is looking for:

PAH in South Sudan is looking for a Food Security and Livelihood Coordinator. The person will hold the following responsibilities:

• In consultation with the Head of Programs, lead the strategic direction, development and expansion of the food security and livelihood programs;
• Ensure that all work follows the PAH South Sudan Strategic Plan and PAH global policies and procedures, donor contract and agreement obligations.

· Contribute towards developing integrated multisector projects in sectors of FSL, WASH, Shelter/NFIs, Nutrition and Education

• Ensure effective and high quality reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both internal and external use capturing best practice to support program decision-making;
• Help in the development of realistic budgets for food security livelihoods program both in the short-term and the long-term and identify the areas which require fundraising.

· Liaise with local and national government and non-government stakeholders (including NGO and private sector bodies) active within their area of work and within the region;

· Represent PAH at the various cluster group and coordination meetings with UN/ NGOs, donors, partners and government;

· Actively engage in national program staff capacity building in key aspects of program cycle management.

What PAH requires:

· At least a bachelor’s degree in disciplines related to agricultural economics, development economics, agriculture, food security, nutrition, Natural resource management, Environmental studies;

· Minimum 3 years of field experience in food security and livelihoods project implementation in challenging environment in developing countries;

· Experience in staff management in a cross-cultural environment;

· Budget management experience;

· Experience designing curriculum for livelihoods related trainings and capacity building activities;

· Demonstrated training and facilitation experience;

· Previous experience from the region desirable;

· Ability to work under pressure;

· Strong interpersonal, intercultural and communication skills;

· Critical analysis and problem solving skills;

· Ability to work independently and meet deadlines;

· Excellent written and spoken English skills.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your short resume (max. 2 pages), cover letter, salary expectations and a list of three referees to recruitment.ssud@pah.org.pl later than Thursday, 1^st March 2018