KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Lead the Field Office livelihood support progamme activities, including coordination with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Actively seek identification, development and management of potential partnerships/complementarity with NGOs, community-based organizations, private sector partners, authorities and United Nations partners in the area of responsibility.
3. Manage variety of activities including food assistance for assets, food assistance for training, livelihoods grants, smallholder producer support programmes, disaster risk reduction activities, early warning and anticipatory actions and related capacity strengthening interventions.
4. Liaise with governorate and district level authorities to coordinate the design, planning, and implementation of livelihood support activities in the region, update them on WFP’s plans and support them in the development of their own plans highlighting areas for potential WFP support.
5. Ensure alignment of Field Office activities with subnational and local authority plans, WFP’s Country Strategic Plan (ICSP 2023-2025) and related activity country-wide guidance.

6. Ensure that asset creation plans are developed based on the Community Based Participatory Planning (CBPP) approach and are technically feasible/appropriate; Supporting partners in conducting CBPP and translating CBPP into early programme roll out and asset creation commencement.

7. Work closely with the Area Office and CO prgoramme teams, including the Engineering Unit in Yemen CO, to ensure quality and cost efficiency and minimie negative environmental impact of WFP-created assets.

8. Support the Head of Field Office in the management of the relevant Cooperating Partners, including day to day operations, development and review of Field Level Agreements with Cooperating partners, proposal reviews, reports, evaluations, capacity building and relations in general.

9. Provide inputs to the Sitrep and other reports or communications products.

10. Any other tasks as needed.

Skills

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Food Security, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or other fields relevant to international development assistance, Natural Resource Management, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience: For holders of an advanced degree, 5 years of relevant work experience, and 7 years for holders of first-level university degree of progressively responsible experience in managing food security/assistance programmes or other development-related fields, preferably with experience in design and management of livelihood and economic recovery interventions. 

Language: Fluency (level C) in the English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese is an added advantage.