Action contre la Faim recherche un Responsable technique agroécologie et systèmes alimentaires locaux, Mogadiscio, Somalie

II. Essential Job Duties

Quality Standards

• Lead BRCiS Members and Downstream partners through the development of minimum standards for activities under the assigned Output including discussion facilitation, technical leadership/advice, preparation of formal guidance documentation (including for publication), and revision of guidance over time.
• Ensure that programme quality standards are sufficiently harmonized to allow effective project management and measurement, while remaining flexible enough for contextualization based on geography, access/operational factors, communities’ positionality on the Resilience Spectrum, etc.
• Collaborate with the BRCiS CMU and BRCiS Member focal points for downstream implementing partner capacity strengthening, identifying and addressing opportunities for cross-consortium capacity strengthening related to the assigned Output.
• Provide leadership in the development of technical guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures on agro-ecology approaches in relation to nutrition-sensitive food production.
• In close collaboration with other work stream co-leads and CMU, harmonize approaches and strategies for ecosystem restoration and conservation.
• Carry out regular field-based monitoring of activities, including travel to insecure environments.
• Proactively identify and document best practices, lessons learnt and relevant human-interest stories for publication and dissemination.
• Promote social behavior change and gender transformation approaches within the BRCIS consortium and within the work stream led by Action Against Hunger.
• Oversee the development and implementation of the Work stream-level adaptive management work plan and overall BRCiS Learning Strategy including management of learning consultancies, outcome harvesting exercises, activity pilots, and/or other activities resourced by the Work stream, in consultation with BRCiS CMU Programme Manager and the BRCiS CMU MEAL Manager.
• Lead regular meetings (including and especially in accessible field locations) to oversee the adaptive learning implementation at field level and lead knowledge and experience sharing across the Consortium members.
• Participate in national, regional, and global technical fora to remain up-to-date on technical developments and best practices and proactively identify external innovations for consideration by the Work stream.
• Collaborate with the Project Improvement Advisor (hired by IRC, 50% seconded to BRCiS III) and BRCiS CMU on the establishment, measurement, and application for programme management use of Output-level Value for Money indicators as part of the overall BRCiS III Value for Money Framework.
• Represent the BRCiS III project in presentations of adaptive management findings (research, reports, best practice guidelines, etc.) to external stakeholders including BRCiS III donor representatives, peer implementers, and national, regional, and global communities of practice.
• In any other ways requested by the BRCiS CMU, support the overall design, adaptation, and delivery of the BRCiS III Learning Strategy and the BRCiS III Influencing Strategy for all aspects related to the assigned Output and Work stream.
• Provide technical advice and support to the FSL&R department to ensure that projects are designed and implemented in accordance with industry best practices and standards.
• Develop and implement strategies and action plans for improving resilience in Action Against Hunger program areas.
• Provide technical leadership on the rollout of Seeds of Hope and the initiative to promote local food production in Somalia
• Provide technical support to the FSL&R department in project design: technical review of internal and external reports and proposal development for funding.
• Provide advice and support Participatory Resilience Analysis and Measurement (PRAM) methodologies, project implementation and measurement.
• Develop and implement a nutrition-sensitive measurement framework and promote nutrition-security policies and strategies.
• Facilitate the identification and capitalization of innovation and research opportunities together with the FSL&R team.
• Train relevant staff on food production processes and consumption of nutritious diet.
• Develop an agenda and multisectoral intervention package specific to the problem of chronic malnutrition.
• Support the development of community and individual practices of value for malnutrition.
• Empower staff and communities to identify the causes of malnutrition and identify the most at-risk to find standard solutions.
• Support the Head of food security, livelihood, and resilience in positioning the FSL&R department.

Adaptive Programme Management and Learning

Contribute to Action Against Global Goals and Hunger country strategy.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

• No supervisory responsibilities for the position.

IV. Fiscal Responsibility

N/A

V. Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with interruptions.
• To travel to the field, the employee must attest to a level of physical fitness capable of enduring physically difficult, highly stressful situations which may include the necessity to walk long distances, to eat a limited diet and/or to reside in potentially uncomfortable housing or tents.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

VI. Working Conditions, Travel and Environment

• The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required by contact with the missions, mission security, or other obligations.
• Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business travel as well as to the missions if appropriate. While visiting the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well is to infectious diseases.

VII. Gender Equality Commitments & Zero Tolerance to Abuse

• Foster an environment that reinforces values of people of all genders equal access to information.
• Provide a work environment where people of all genders must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
• Promote a safe, secure, and respectful environment for all stakeholders, particularly for children, beneficiaries, and members of staff.
• Help to prevent any type of abuse including workplace harassment and sexual abuse and exploitation.
• Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status.
• Value and respect all cultures.

VIII. Required Qualifications

IX. Required Skills & Experience

• A minimum of 5 years in humanitarian/development aid in complex and/or insecure environments, preferably in East/Horn of Africa and including significant field-based experience with relevant technical approaches to project workstream
• Master’s degree in agroecosystem, natural resource management, Climate resilience, and agricultural economics or any other agriculture and climate related discipline.
• Technical knowledge of climate change adaptation strategies, production systems and socio-economic issues
• Demonstrable experience with resilience programming and/or measurement, past experience with adaptive programming is essential
• Excellent report and proposal writing skills in English language, including synthesis and elaboration of qualitative and quantitative inputs/data
• Excellent English language communication skills – negotiation, networking, influencing, public speaking and facilitating workshops at different levels.
• Ability to work closely with field based national staff and experience in various staff training and development approaches.
• Strong planning, monitoring and organizational skills with good knowledge of the use of logical and result-based monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
• Knowledge of the context of Somalia
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts, multi-country disaster preparedness, response, and recovery programming.
• Experience with coordination in a humanitarian context (i.e., consortium coordination, cluster coordination)

• A positive, solution-oriented attitude to working within a diverse team is essential.

• Hands-on approach to key tasks; delegation skills are important, but not the default. This position will directly handle many key tasks that cannot be delegated.
• Commitment to continuous learning and willingness to keep abreast of new developments in the disaster management field.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team