South Sudan: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager

May 9, 2016 | Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
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ACTED endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential. Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential.

We go the last kilometer: ACTED’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard to reach areas. ACTED develops and implements programs that target the most vulnerable amongst populations that have suffered from conflict, natural disaster, or socio-economic hardship. ACTED’s approach looks beyond the immediate emergency towards opportunities for longer term livelihoods reconstruction and sustainable development.

With a budget of 164 million EUR in 2014, ACTED is active in 35 countries and implements more than 450 projects a year reaching over 8 million beneficiaries with 400 international staff and 4,300 national staff.

Country Profile

Capital Office: Juba

National Staff: 266

International Staff: 50

Areas: 3

On-going programmes: 18

Budget: 16 M €

In 2012, ACTED has undertaken an expansion of activities in South Sudan. A Juba level coordination office was opened in 2011, and in 2012 the capital office has expanded to provide additional support to our field offices that opened in Bentiu, Unity State, and Malakal, Upper Nile State. The rapidly changing situation in South Sudan over the past months has led ACTED to up-scale its emergency response capacities, while also continuing to provide basic services in the traditional areas of intervention.

Since January 2012, ACTED has been providing refugee and IDP assistance in Unity and Upper Nile states. In Maban County, this assistance has focused on the life-saving assistance to refugees from Blue Nile State, Sudan. ACTED as camp manager for Jamam refugee camp has strived to provide the basic needs for the population including shelter, waste management, livelihoods, and construction of community infrastructures.

Additionally, ACTED has responded to the new refugee influx in May with the provision of shelter and emergency latrines at transit sites while providing transportation assistance to refugees relocating to permanent settlements. In Unity state, ACTED has focused on the provision of livelihoods assistance to refugees in Nyeel and Pariang refugee camps.

ACTED also continues to build on its traditional areas of intervention, focusing on food security and livelihoods in Western Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap, and water, sanitation and hygiene in both states as well. Tonj North in Warrap was also a new area for ACTED where a Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project is being implemented in the underserved area. All of these interventions continue to provide both basic and live-saving assistance to vulnerable populations throughout South Sudan.

Position Profile

Under the supervision of the Area Co-ordinator for Unity and the Country Director, the Program Manager, Food Security and Livelihoods will be responsible for implementing a program in newly-constructed refugee camps in 2 locations in northern Unity State. The Program Manager will be responsible for a program whose main components are: (1) distribution of seeds and tools to refugees; (2) distribution of vegetable gardening kits and training in vegetable gardening and (3) start-up of Savings and Loans Associations.

Management of the food security and livelihoods program in Unity State

• Establish, monitor and support the local project teams in achieving the project objectives
• Plan for delivery of project results and supervise activities on the ground
• Ensure that project objectives are met
• Support development of project and respond to a rapidly-changing refugee situation
• Provide regular internal reporting, using standardized tools such as the Project Management Framework
• Participate directly in the writing of monthly, intermediate and final reports together with the Reporting Department. This will include the collection of accurate data on project results and objectives, supported by appropriate information and analysis.
• Monitor both the financial and the reporting progress of the project, and work with the Finance and Reporting teams to request amendments when necessary.
• With the support of the area co-ordinator, recruit and train local teams
• With the support of the area co-ordinator and other teams, work to manage logistics, finance and administrative aspects of the project.

Provision of Technical Expertise

• Provide regular technical support, when necessary, to project managers and the area co-ordinator in the area of food security and livelihoods.
• Participate in the co-ordination and conduct of needs analyses, project evaluations and tenders, with the Country Director and others
• Actively participate in the development of project proposals through the provision of technical expertise
• Collaborate with local authorities, UN organizations and others to identify needs in the food security and livelihoods area

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of progressive previous experience with other NGOs or UN agencies in food security and livelihoods
• Degree in agriculture or agronomy preferred; degree in relevant subject (international development, economics, sociology, humanitarian situations) a must
• Knowledge of project management techniques and demonstrated ability to manage
• Strong analytical capacity
• Significant experience in finance and logistics
• Computer knowledge is a must (Excel, Word …etc.).
• Ability to work under stressful conditions.

Conditions

• Salary defined by the ACTED salary grid; educational level, expertise, hardship, security, and performance are considered for pay bonus
• Additional monthly living allowance
• Free food and lodging provided at the organisation’s guesthouse/or housing allowance (depending on contract length and country of assignment)
• Transportation costs covered, including additional return ticket + luggage allowance
• Provision of medical, life, and repatriation insurance + retirement package

Department: Programme

Position: Food Security and Livelihood Program Manager

Contract duration: 6 months

Location: Wau – Republic of South Sudan

Starting Date: ASAP