Food Security and Livelihood Manager at Community Health, Justice and Peace Initiative for Development (JDPH) – 3 Openings

Job Title: Food Security and Livelihood Manager

Job Description

• Community Health Justice and Peace Initiative for Development – JDPH requires the services of a Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) Manager who will oversee the activities of the Food Security and Livelihood unit of the organization.
• The Food Security and Livelihood Manager will be required to travel to communities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states throughout the duration of the project.
• Contract Duration:   2 years

Responsibilities

• Identify, from the global, regional and national good practices, livelihood adaptation measures that can be introduced through the project.
• Participate in consultations with stakeholders.
• Build the capacity of the FSL team 
• Identify geographical areas of interest to the organization according to humanitarian needs and vulnerable population context.
• Research on innovative interventions to fight hunger.
• Ensure monitoring of food security and livelihood projects (field visit, regular programme monitoring, budget forecast, staff evaluation and planning, donors reports, monthly reports, etc.).
• Ensure the preparation and writing of food security and livelihood proposals and donor reports (log frame, narrative, budget) together with the FSL team and in link with the Grant Manager.
• Support the organization in facilitation of training sessions for technical teams and assisted communities.
• Supervise and evaluate the Food security and livelihoods programme officers and subordinates.
• Closely coordinate and collaborate with other technical departments (nutrition, water and sanitation) and support departments.
• Liaising with donors, authorities, research institutes, partner organizations, NGOs, government bodies, and clusters at sub-regional/country level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, agronomy, food security, humanitarian action or any related field. 
•  Minimum four (4) years of experience in a relevant position and experiences within (I) NGOs under food security and livelihood programming.
• Knowledge in Food Security and livelihood, vegetable gardening, and skills development.
• Highly skilled in project identification, design and budgeting
• Strong working knowledge (spoken, written and reading) of English.
•  Excellent personal organizational skills
• Time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Willingness to travel to field offices and work in difficult environments according to travel requirements
•  Good skills using MS Word, Excel,
• Highly skilled in report writing.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is 8th February, 2025. Qualified and interested candidates should send their updated Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted. It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.