Country: Niger
Closing date: 14 Feb 2018
World Vision International
World Vision is a humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 42,000+ staff members working in more than 90 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.
Here’s where you come in:
As Food Security Technical Coordinator, Niger, you will have the responsibility for establishing and managing systems to ensure cohesion across all technical sectors in the application. You should also ensure technical interventions are integrated, layered and sequenced appropriately at all levels of implementation within the Food for Peace (FFP) activity, and other USAID investments including RISE 2 . You will also provide technical guidance and supervision of sub-grantees and/or sub-contractors on a broad spectrum of food security technical focus areas. S/he will supervise technical specialists in the relevant sectoral areas.
Requirements include:
- An advanced degree (PhD or Master’s) plus a minimum of five years relevant experience is required.
- Demonstrated experience developing - and ensuring quality control for - technically rigorous, food security integration and collaboration.
- Knowledge of nutrition, agriculture and food security programming in both humanitarian and development settings.
- Knowledge of and familiarity with international assistance program preferably USAID Office or Food for Peace (FFP) policies.
- Experience working with sub grantees and contracts under grants for complex projects.
- The candidate must be professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English and French.
How to apply:
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World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position online and apply by the closing date 14 FEB 2018. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. dy>