Food and Economic Security Advisor - National Role

FOOD and Economic Security advisor

JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: Beirut

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term, 6 months, renewable

JOB FAMILY:  Programme/Technical

ONE OXFAM GRADE:   C2      

DEPARTMENT:

GLOBAL PROGRAMMES                                                                         

TEAM: Humanitarian Programme

SALARY:  As per Scale

HOURS: 40 (FTE)

FLEXIBLE WORKING

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

TEAM PURPOSE: The Oxfam team in Lebanon implements integrated humanitarian, development and policy interventions in line with Oxfam’s country strategy for Lebanon as relevant to Beirut, the Bekaa and North Lebanon areas, including protection & governance; cash assistance and economic development/livelihood; WASH/water governance with a focus on partnerships. The humanitarian pillar, in particular, ensures that marginalized women and men of all nationalities and statuses are able to have safe access to WASH, attain their rights to life, security, protection and basic assistance, and that they are enabled to support their own basic needs, develop their livelihoods, all in a manner that respects and maintains their dignity.

JOB PURPOSE: The Food and Economic Security Advisor provides timely and high-quality technical support to Oxfam and partner teams in Lebanon on all matters related to cash assistance and livelihood. S/he promotes programme learning and continuous improvement of programme quality and effectiveness, strengthened accountability, and supports the production of evidence from programmes underpinning effective advocacy and campaigns.

JOB REPORTS TO

Humanitarian Programme Coordinator

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB

None

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

Technical sign-off

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

Beirut (with travel to all field locations in Beirut, Bekaa and North Lebanon)

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Humanitarian Programme Coordinator, Governance and Economic Justice Programme Coordinator, WASH Advisor, Protection Advisor, Gender Advisor, Humanitarian Programme Managers, Senior Project Officers, Cash Assistants, MEAL Teams and others…

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)

Technical Advice and Support

• Provide specialist advice to support the implementation of Oxfam’s humanitarian program (in Beirut Bekaa and in north Lebanon) on basic assistance, food security and livelihoods. This includes providing technical advice on coherence, standardizing approaches, good partnerships, and programme quality.
• Support the teams and partners’ risk analysis related to programme activities before and during implementation and advise on amending activities and approaches where necessary.
• Support the programme team in donor reporting, and technical review specifically on Cash activities and adopted approaches.
• Ensure all Food and Economic Security programmes adopt a safe programming approach and promote gender justice.
• Support in identifying capacity building needs and opportunities for Oxfam staff and local partner organizations, and lead on training partners and staff.

Research, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Support the humanitarian team and partners (in Bekaa, North Lebanon & Beirut) in developing and applying appropriate monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) tools in relation to Oxfam’s humanitarian work in Lebanon.
• Support the development and implementation of national programme evaluations, learning events and specific programme-related research activities.
• Lead on market research elements, market and prices monitoring, and brief the country programme accordingly.
• Produce regular reports on market trends and programme analysis on Food and Economic Security.

Programme Design and Strategy

• Support the Humanitarian Programme Coordinator on humanitarian programme design and proposal development for Food and Economic Security programming.
• Lead the development of a comprehensive action plan for the Food and Economic Security Programme that ensures the alignment of humanitarian and development programming, working towards a transition into longer-term programmes with a strong partnership approach that include the following elements a) meeting humanitarian needs; b) building resilience; and c) pathways to economic development.  
• Support the identification of new partners for Oxfam in Lebanon.
• Participate in country programme planning, strategy development and reviews.

Coordination & Influencing

• Represent Oxfam externally, with a view to enhancing coordination, and adopting complementary approaches including active participation in relevant coordination and planning mechanisms and supporting field staff in field-level coordination, with focus on the Basic Assistance and Food Security and Agriculture Sectors.
• Lead on or join field visits by donors, Oxfam staff and other visitors.

CORE DIMENSIONS

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
• Behavioural competencies: Influencing, relationship building, strategic thinking and judgment, vision setting, self-awareness.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Most importantly, every individual in Oxfam needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity."

2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

ESSENTIAL

• Self-Awareness
• Mutual accountability
• Decisiveness
• Strategic Thinking and Judgment
• Relationship Building

In addition:

• Experience working in Lebanon
• At least 5 years of involvement in Cash and/or Food Security programming and/or in providing technical advice to Cash Assistance or Food Security programmes.
• Proven experience in carrying out analyses and providing strategic advice to programme staff and/or partner teams.
• Strong conceptual and practical understanding of Cash Assistance and/or Food Security programmes standards, key sectoral issues, and processes.
• Ability to represent Oxfam in country in sector meetings and with other NGOs/INGOs, donors, and local authorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including ability to fluently articulate key issues verbally and in writing (Arabic and English)
• Commitment to gender equity, diversity, and equal opportunities.
• Experience in capacity building of staff and partners, and the professional development of staff.
• Ability to travel to project areas in Beirut, North Lebanon and the Bekaa

Desirable

• Experience and understanding of community-based approaches at the field level, including the constraints, sensitivities and risks associated with such work.
• Experience working with partners.
• Understanding of advocacy and campaigning work.
• IPC analysis certification or participation/understanding of IPC processes.
• Conflict analysis skills.

SAFER RECRUITMENT: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.