Agroecology and Local Food Systems Technical Lead
Action Against Hunger, Somalia
Job Description
Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 24 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 50 countries, our 8,300 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.
Action Against Hunger USA is part of the Action Against Hunger International network. As an independent NGO, Action Against Hunger USA currently manages operations in 8 countries: Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia and Haiti. Action Against Hunger-USA has over $100 million in programs, and approximately 1,800 permanent staff based in New York City, Washington D.C, Nairobi, and country offices. Additional growth is anticipated.
I. Job Summary
Action Against Hunger is one of the Consortium members implementing the anticipated multi-year program entitled Building Resilient Communities in Somalia III (or BRCiS III) that will run from July 1, 2023 until March 31, 2028 as part of FCDO’s Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Building in Somalia (HARBS) business case. The objective of BRCiS III is that marginalised communities in disaster-prone, rural Somalia have sufficient social, financial, and environmental assets to better cope with shocks and stresses and adapt to the effects of climate change. This objective will be achieved through a set of multi-sectoral and system-level workstreams including Inclusive, Shock Responsive Leadership System; Ecosystem workstream and Economic diversification workstream.
This position will work 50% of the time in support of the Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS) Consortium
Purpose:
The purpose of this position being managed in partnership between Action Against Hunger and the BRCiS CMU is to promote inclusive and innovative agro-ecological production and consumption, with a focus on climate-smart approaches, natural resource management and social behaviour change that will eventually contribute to strengthening the resilience of people and systems; and improve nutrition, especially among women and children.
Engagement:
Agroecology and Local food systems specialists will engage with the BRCiS members and their Downstream to provide practical technical guidance.
Delivery:
Provide technical guidance to BRCiS Members and their Downstream in the implementation of BRCiS III strategy on the achievement of Agro-ecological Production and consumption, support in Adaptive Programme Management and Learning, and contribute to Action Against Hunger’s Global Goals and country strategy.
Requirements
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