Overview
The Resilience EFSL Officer will carry out food security assessments and surveys to advise on appropriate programming, and lead the implementation of the Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihoods programme.
Tasks Summary
- Carry out food security assessments and surveys amongst emergency affected populations.
- Lead, develop and provide technical input to the implementation of the Food security and vulnerable livelihoods programme.
- Provide regular updates on the overall food security and livelihoods situation.
- Provide on-going food security and livelihood updates to link into any South Sudan programme advocacy strategy.
- Support in developing new proposals, including budget and log frame, and setting up implementation and activity plans.
- Monitor the changing external environment within the Programme area as it relates to Agriculture, livelihood and cash Programme.
- Establish a framework for documenting learning from livelihood activities.
- Support the Food Security and Livelihood Team Leader.
- Produce regular reports and contribute donor final reports.
- Ensure effective communication systems are maintained between the food security/livelihoods team and other units.
- Represent Oxfam GB at certain meetings involving local government and sector ministries.
- Ensure adequate technical support to the food security/livelihoods and monitoring staff.
- Stand in for the Area Program Manager in his/her absence.
- Ensure coordination and avoiding duplication with other FSL actors.
- Support the recruitment of EFSL assistants.
- Identify and assess the capacity needs of EFSL staff and counterparts.
- Carry out training and build the capacity of Oxfam staff and partners in emergency food security and vulnerable livelihoods programming.
- Ensure mainstreaming of gender and protection into livelihoods programming.
- Ensure that empowering approaches to working with the communities and counterparts are incorporated in the programme.
Experience Requirements
- At least 3-years’ experience of working in South Sudan, of which a substantial part should involve recent FSL work.
- Proven practical experience in two or more of the following - food security assessments and surveys, agriculture and livestock interventions, cash/vouchers-based interventions, and targeting.
- Understanding of relief and development issues relating to risks to livelihoods and livelihoods support, food security in natural and conflict related disasters.
- Experience of implementing new programs including planning and execution of plans.
- Experience of training staff and developing staff and partner capacity.
- Have good knowledge of Sphere standards, Humanitarian Accountability Principles, and Humanitarian needs assessment.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Proven experience as a team player and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams.
- Diplomacy, good interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Self-aware and able to assess own, team and other stakeholders’ abilities and limitations.
- High level of computer literacy especially Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Demonstrated experience of integrating gender and diversity issues into programmes.
- Experience of management/supervisory responsibilities.
- Familiar with and abide by the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and other regulatory codes.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
Qualification Requirements
• Maximum qualification bachelor’s degree and minimum Diploma in the following disciplines in agriculture, fishery, forestry, economics, agribusiness, Horticulture.
