The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

Plan International Sudan aims to respond effectively, rapidly, and at a significant scale to the core humanitarian needs of children and their families affected by the conflict between the armed forces in Sudan. Specifically, Plan International Sudan aims to minimize disruption to formal and non-formal education systems and to restore formal education services; strengthen the proactive environment for children and their families including age and gender-appropriate services during and after disasters; create opportunities for and build capacity of young people affected by the armed conflict to generate income and to improve their life skills; and to become recognized actor in both in linking related community-based interventions to national coordination and interagency mechanisms where Plan International Sudan will gradually take on leadership functions.

The FSL Specialist will provide strategic direction on Food Security & Livelihood (FSL) interventions across the Plan Sudan Programs implemented in the country. The post holder supports PA FSL staff and ensures Food security and Livelihood interventions are of high quality, and positions Plan International as a leading agency working on Food Security and Livelihood in Emergency with specific recognition of women and girls focus.

The position will develop strong relations with in-country relevant FSL cluster-level networks INGO, NNGO, UN and donor offices. There will be more attention on Plan International’s engagement which focuses on influencing and ensuring the specific needs of girls are met.

The FSL specialist will provide support to the FSL team or focal persons in the PAs and country office and will ensure that the Country Office and PAs have the right technical capability on FSL in Emergency by supporting the professional development of Plan’s staff across the PAs. 
 

Do you have what it takes?

We are looking to recruit an individual who is fully qualified in the field of Food Security in an emergency context.

To succeed in this role, you must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture or a related field, experience in food security in emergencies, strong networking skills, and the ability to work in a multicultural environment.

Essential criteria for this role include strong project management skills, capacity to facilitate training, experience in FSL assessments, fluency in English and Arabic, and previous work experience in emergency contexts.

For more information regarding the person and role specification, please click the below link:

Food Security & Livelihoods in Emergencies Specialist

Essential 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture or related field
• Experience in the field of Food Security in emergency including the use of cash/voucher assistance is required, preferably in conflict-affected and fragile situations.
•  Ability to learn quickly and adapt the experience/lessons learnt in other emergency settings to the Sudan emergency response context. Knowledge of Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards, 
• Strong Experience in Food security and livelihood project designing; management, monitoring and supervision.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both within and outside the organizations, under stressful situations.
• Excellent capacity in facilitating training and preparing user-friendly manuals and toolkits.
• Has strong networking, team spirit, and partnership-building skills,
• Willing to adapt to new working environment, new challenges, colleagues and work
• Experience in conducting FSL assessments in emergency contexts 
• Experience in training/mentoring on FSL and CVA technical areas with a variety of audiences. 
• Previous work experience in the region (desirable) & emergency context (mandatory) 

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to network and liaise with major FSL donors including Word Bank; WFP, BHA, ECW,  ECHO; etc.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic (Possibly bilingual esp. communicating with Nos and in-country stakeholders)
• Excellent project design, participatory monitoring and evaluation 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.
• Excellent negotiation, and representation, skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work cooperatively.
• Good facilitation skills and ability to deliver induction briefing/training.
• Ability to work with limited supervision from the line manager.

To Apply please click the following link: https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareerpvt?jobId=49361&company=PlanInt&st=64439397B2FBEB485FD077795796B3612873B0B8