Advisor - Emergnecy Food and Nutrition Security CARE United States
CARE USA is recruiting for Technical Advisor - Emergnecy Food and Nutrition Security. Apply to (kaking@care.org) or at CARE's website at (www.care.org/careers)
CARE is seeking an experienced Technical Advisor- Emergency Food & Nutrition Security. The Technical Advisor for Emergency Food and Nutrition Security is a highly experienced professional with expertise in food security and nutrition in chronic and transitory food insecure environments, as well as its links with long-term food security programs.
The Technical Advisor is expected to support the Senior Advisor in the implementation of CARE International's emergency food security & nutrition strategy and the new initiatives identified to strengthen CARE's technical capacity to ensure appropriate, targeted and effective food security and nutrition programming in highly difficult and complex operating environment. S/he will be deployable up to 50% of her/his time to provide technical support and guidance for CARE's food security and nutrition programs. This includes provision of surge support and capacity building to the Country Offices (CO) specially in areas of situation assessment, response analysis, program design and development, program quality, technical guidelines, women empowerment in emergency and documentation and sharing of lessons learned and best practices.
Required Skills:
• Bachelor's Degree in Social Science, International Development or any related humanitarian field;
• 8 -10 years humanitarian work experience with specific focus on assessment, analysis, design and implementation of food security and nutrition programs, M&E, cash transfer and vouchers programs, logistics and food aid management;
• Substantial experience in deployment and in responding to major emergencies and working with appropriate emergency donors and relevant UN agencies (e.g. FFP, OFDA, USAID, ECHO, UNHCR, WFP, etc.);
• Demonstrated mastery of internationally accepted food security concepts, standards and practices, as well as planning, assessments, analysis, design and proposal writing skills;
• She/he must be able to quickly deploy to field, assess overall problems at a disaster site, propose potential solutions, and clearly articulate this assessment to CARE CO/HQ staff;
• Willingness to travel up to 50%, at times under extreme working conditions/high security risks;
• Fluency in English as well as at least one of the following: French, Portuguese, Spanish, or a major African/Asian language;
• Ability to keep focused on the overall CARE strategy and standards while developing programs that are sensitive to cultural, gender and political realities of the workplace;
• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and ability to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner;
• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to CARE's core values and humanitarian principles;
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner;
• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards i.e. Sphere and the Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct.
Job Email id: kaking(at)care.org
CARE is seeking an experienced Technical Advisor- Emergency Food & Nutrition Security. The Technical Advisor for Emergency Food and Nutrition Security is a highly experienced professional with expertise in food security and nutrition in chronic and transitory food insecure environments, as well as its links with long-term food security programs.
The Technical Advisor is expected to support the Senior Advisor in the implementation of CARE International's emergency food security & nutrition strategy and the new initiatives identified to strengthen CARE's technical capacity to ensure appropriate, targeted and effective food security and nutrition programming in highly difficult and complex operating environment. S/he will be deployable up to 50% of her/his time to provide technical support and guidance for CARE's food security and nutrition programs. This includes provision of surge support and capacity building to the Country Offices (CO) specially in areas of situation assessment, response analysis, program design and development, program quality, technical guidelines, women empowerment in emergency and documentation and sharing of lessons learned and best practices.
Required Skills:
• Bachelor's Degree in Social Science, International Development or any related humanitarian field;
• 8 -10 years humanitarian work experience with specific focus on assessment, analysis, design and implementation of food security and nutrition programs, M&E, cash transfer and vouchers programs, logistics and food aid management;
• Substantial experience in deployment and in responding to major emergencies and working with appropriate emergency donors and relevant UN agencies (e.g. FFP, OFDA, USAID, ECHO, UNHCR, WFP, etc.);
• Demonstrated mastery of internationally accepted food security concepts, standards and practices, as well as planning, assessments, analysis, design and proposal writing skills;
• She/he must be able to quickly deploy to field, assess overall problems at a disaster site, propose potential solutions, and clearly articulate this assessment to CARE CO/HQ staff;
• Willingness to travel up to 50%, at times under extreme working conditions/high security risks;
• Fluency in English as well as at least one of the following: French, Portuguese, Spanish, or a major African/Asian language;
• Ability to keep focused on the overall CARE strategy and standards while developing programs that are sensitive to cultural, gender and political realities of the workplace;
• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and ability to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner;
• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to CARE's core values and humanitarian principles;
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner;
• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards i.e. Sphere and the Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct.
Job Email id: kaking(at)care.org
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