The Food Security & Livelihoods Coordinator provides technical leadership and operational support to the food security and livelihoods portfolio in the Zambia for improved nutrition security.

Key Activities to be performed.

· Engage with technical and operations teams, country program teams, and counterparts in the Action Against Hunger network to for improved nutrition security.

· Represent Action Against Hunger lusaka, Zambia in relevant internal and regional external fora and working groups.

· Regularly contribute to External Relations (ER)/ communication efforts, press releases and other documentation at regional level

· Facilitate FSL information, experiences and case studies to ER/communications for public communications, website materials at regional level.

·  Advance Action Against Hunger Lusaka, Zambia FSL advocacy strategy and messages at regional level and country level

 · Provision of technical support to food security and livelihoods Interventions – strategy, conceptualization, planning, implementation and reporting.

· Promote and ensure compliance to Action Against Hunger technical guidelines, policies, manuals, position papers and procedures related to Food Security and Livelihoods.

· Ensure secondary analysis of existing or proposed programs to ensure relevance, impact, viability, sustainability and quality of the action.

· Ensure documentation, capitalization and dissemination of program experiences, statistics and lessons learned.

·  Facilitate the identification of innovation and research opportunities together with the country program team and research team.

· Inform Action Against Hunger lusaka, Zambia’s Regional Strategy and departmental objectives

·  Identifying and engaging in coordination with AAH-US senior FSL advisors with other agencies &/or partners in FSL in East Africa to ensure up-to-date programming, tools, technical developments and innovations

· Lead the design and development of multi-countries / regional FSL opportunities with inputs from the country teams.

· Identify funding opportunities for programming at regional level which contribute to Action Against Hunger-lusaka, Zambia’s overall strategy and development

· Advise in the recruitment of FSL technical field practitioners by providing a technical assessment of each candidate’s skills & experience

· Advise and inform the development of FSL related JDs for mission technical positions.

· Facilitate briefing/debriefing of FSL technical staff for Action Against Hunger Lusaka, Zambia’s country programs.

Identify the on-going learning and development needs of FSL technical country coordinators, and assist in providing or supporting their professional development.

Gender Equality commitments & Zero Tolerance to Abuse

· Foster an environment that reinforces values of people of all genders equal access to information.

· Provide a work environment where people of all genders must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.

· Promote a safe, secure, and respectful environment for all stakeholders, particularly for children, beneficiaries, and members of staff.

· Help to prevent any type of abuse including workplace harassment and sexual abuse and exploitation.

· Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status.

· Value and respect all cultures.

 Physical demands

• To travel to Action Against Hunger’s areas of operations, the employee must attest to a level of physical fitness capable of enduring physically difficult, highly stressful situations which may include the necessity to walk long distances, to eat a limited diet and/ or to reside in potentially uncomfortable housing or tents.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements