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FOOD SECURITY LIVELIHOODS (FSL) SUPERVISOR – FIKA, YOBE STATE

The Food Security Livelihoods (FSL) Supervisor will primarily be responsible for directly managing field assistant simplementing food security and livelihood activities of the Improving food access and nutrition for vulnerable displaced and host population in Yobe State, in Northern Nigeria. This program aims to provide cash and/or vouchers to the IDPs and host communities to provide immediate access to food.

FOOD SECURITY LIVELIHOODS (FSL) SUPERVISOR

SUMMARY OF KEY OBJECTIVES:
Provide support to the FSL Deputy Program Manager to implement the program successfully, harmonizing and developing technical approach, and ensuring that the technical standards, guidelines and methodologies developed are applied.
Supervise field project team within food security & livelihoods sector to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all FSL interventions.
Ensure tracking and reporting of technical activities under food security and livelihood sector.
Participate in technical recruitment and training of the project field team.
Provide support to FSL DPM and FSL PM to implement FSL strategy, and make recommendations for improving the project according to activity results.

QUALIFICATIONS & ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
Degree in a food security related field e.g. Agronomics, Agriculture, Animal health, Agricultural engineering, Development Studies e.t.c
Capacity to supervise a team
Professional, good organizational capacity, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies.
Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
Three years relevant work experience
Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
Fluency in Hausa and English
Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy

PREFERRED
Previous experience managing cash based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers)
Previous team management and activity planning experience
Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
Previous experience with ACF
Previous donor programming experience (e.g. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) and analytical capacity


TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV together with their Cover Letter as an email attachment to the following email address to: recruitment.ng@acf-international.org Applicants should indicate in the subject title of their forwarding mail, the title of the position they are applying for.

Note: Please do not attach your certificates to the application email. Any application received after Tuesday, 31st March, 2015 will not be considered.

DUE DATE: 31 March, 2015