Food Security and Livelihoods Assistant - Beirut

The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those who need better healthcare, education, and Child Protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday,

All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

Violence against children is no longer tolerated.

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

The Opportunity

As part of the responsibilities the post holder will ensure the establishment of Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) systems, and ensure that humanitarian needs (by our own staff and/or as a result of how we do our work) are identified and addressed on an ongoing basis. She/he will report and respond to interventions as determined by his/her position and responsibilities identified in Save the Children International strategy.

She/he will be responsible of the provision of daily/weekly reports. Moreover, he/she will be responsible for non food items (NFIs)/ food items (FIs), cash distribution, outreach activities, assessments, verification, and post distribution monitoring (PDM).

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

• Bachelor degree in Economics, Finance, International Relations, Development studies or similar field
• Minimum 1 year of experience in development programs, preferably working in food security & livelihoods, and with experience in development projects.
• Experience in field work, Development projects mainly 
• Experience in conducting training sessions for communities and beneficiaries and especially
• Employability curriculums
• Experience in cash and voucher programming
• Experience in distribution activities 
• Experience in Livelihoods projects
• Computer skills (especially Excel) 
• Strength in interpersonal, communication and presentation skills 
• Flexibility and willingness to change work practices and hours, and capability to work in insecure environment 
• Familiarity with the BML and south region
• Available to travel in country 
• Familiarity with refugee communities in country of operation
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.

A copy of the full role profile can be found at: Food Security and Livelihoods Assistant - Beirut