Food Security & Nutrition PM

1. Purpose

This position is responsible for assessment, response analysis, design and implementation of the food security and nutrition components of CARE’s emergency response. S/he will need to co-ordinate with other team members and CARE staff, especially nutrition, logistics, health and technical sectors, to ensure a rapid, proportionate and effective response. S/he will need to ensure response to immediate food security and nutrition issues with simultaneous consideration of longer term needs and possible scenarios. Depending on the situation the specialist may need to take a very active role in technical co-ordination, support and advocacy with the country specific Food Security and Nutrition Clusters and other stake holders and technical agencies relevant to the sector.

2. Reporting Lines

Director of Programmes

3. Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Assessment
•    Provide sectoral leadership and expertise in the assessment.
•    Ensure integration of all nutrition aspects into food security during all stages including assessment, response analysis and implementation.
•    Conduct initial rapid assessment of current situation in collaboration with local specialists and affected population; determine priorities and immediate activities and resources i.e. more detailed assessment versus need to address immediate nutritional and/or food security problems.
•    Conduct thorough response analysis and recommend comprehensive and effective actions for response which may include both food and cash based interventions and recuperative programs to address moderate and severe acute malnutrition.
•    Represent CARE to food security and nutrition clusters, stakeholders and Governmental and non-Governmental agencies (and military where present) for the purposes of the nutrition and / or food security aspects of the assessment.
•    Assess in-country resources, human, material and financial for response with relevant staff and agencies and assist in capacity building of national staff.

Program Design
•    Define aims and objectives of the overall nutrition and/ or food security program.
•    Select and design most appropriate nutritional and/ or food security interventions based on the outcomes of assessments and the context.
•    Develop gender analysis of both the external context to inform interventions and internal context to inform systems and structures such as food targets taking into consideration nutritional needs, and ensure gender balance within CARE’s teams especially at field level.
•    Ensure that issues of protection, gender, livelihoods, DRR and environmental impact, operation and maintenance are factored into the program design.
•    Ensure CARE’s guidelines and Sphere standards both qualitative and quantitative are considered and any departures documented. 
•    Work in close collaboration with broader Country Office programs to ensure that emergency interventions build upon and link in to longer term programming.
•    Develop letters of intent, concept papers, budgets and proposals in respect of the above.

Response Management and Implementation
•    Plan and manage program(s) in a phased and prioritised manner with full consultation and co-ordination with CARE staff and other agencies both governmental and non-governmental.
•    Ensure gender is fully considered throughout the project cycle with women being enabled to influence decision-making around nutrition and /or food security issues.
•    Organise with the Procurement, Commodity Management and Logistics Teams materials and support needed for all activities and guide the team on Local/Regional Purchase as required.
•    Design and develop appropriate surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems for nutrition and or food security interventions.
•    Ensure early and rigorous implementation of quality and accountability mechanisms. 
•    Integrate M&E systems to support beneficiary accountability, donor reporting and CARE’s Emergency protocols, performance metrics and organizational learning.
•    M&E systems should reflect data on the current health and nutritional well being of the population being served.  Data can be used from such sources as country office reports, OCHA and/or the UNHCR or similar health information system.

Information and Co-ordination
•    Provide regular updates to Team leader and team on progress, priorities and constraints – verbally and in writing on an agreed frequency.
•    Engage and follow up with CARE CI technical sector support staff
•    Represent CARE to governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with the Team Leader.
•    Support the implementation of, and represent CARE in, food security & nutrition coordination mechanisms.
•    Brief updates and reports on sectoral activities/strategies to donors and other stakeholders.
•    All staff members understand and abide by the CARE Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) / Child Protection (CP) Policy.  All staff must sign the relevant Code of Conduct. Staff are required to report any suspicions of exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people via established internal mechanisms. All staff must adhere to CARE’s zero tolerance policy for sexual exploitation and abuse of children. 

Human Resources and Administration
•    Coordinate and/or implement training and briefing of CARE staff and stakeholders on nutrition and/or food security issues.

4. Qualifications / special skills or knowledge

Core Competencies
•    People Skills: Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local and international staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
•    Communication Skills: Well developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of CARE. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.
•    Integrity: Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to CARE's core values and humanitarian principles.
•    Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
•    Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.
•    Work style: Is well planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem solving skills. 
•    Knowledge and skills: knowledge of CARE policies and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct. Requires general finance, administration, information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
•    3 – 5 years humanitarian aid experience.
•    Multiple language skills desirable.

b. Experience: 

3-5 years of experience in the nutrition and/or food security sector applied in emergency response operations

c. Academic background:

Bachelor degree in one or several of the following areas: Nutrition, Food Security

d. Languages: English and/ or Arabic are the working language of CARE International.

Knowledge of other languages is an asset.

5. Other contract elements

Benefits: Social security/Health Insurance & Transport allowance.
The direct supervisor reserves the right to adapt this job description at any time during employment according to needs. 
Any extension of this contract is dependent on performance review and funding availability

6. PSEA and Child Safeguarding Policies

CARE International in Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
CARE International in Lebanon and its employees and stakeholders abide by the CARE International Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Safeguarding Policies.