Action Against Hunger recruitment for Entry Level FSL Assistants


Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy. We are recruiting to fill the positions of:     Job Title: FSL Assistant - Agro Location: Nnagere, Yobe State Slot: 2 Job Summary

  • The FSL Assistant -Agro working under the supervision of the Agro Officer will be responsible for the implementation of Agricultural activities within the assigned LGA.
  • He/she will support the FSL Officer-Agro to ensure AAH food security and livelihood interventions are fully integrated with nutrition and WASH interventions at facility and community level under the DFID funded Integrated Basic Nutrition Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Borno and Yobe States (INP plus) Project.
Tasks and Responsibilities
  • Facilitate community mobilization, meetings and trainings during community led agriculture activities;
  • Work with traditional committees to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable IDPs and host communities and provide information to ensure accountability, fairness and transparency during implementation of activities.
  • Work closely with community structures to follow up on implementation of agriculture planned activities with the support from the agriculture officer
  • Collect information to ensure that the surveillance of the agriculture situation in the area of implementation of the program is achieving the expected result, when required.
  • Collect the required information in the field to facilitate the capacity building and training program, with the support of the agriculture Officer.
  • Contribute to the development of project community mobilisation strategies for targeting and registration of beneficiaries for the Economic and Livelihoods Restoration.
  • Implement sensitisation activities for targeted communities about agricultural activities and strengthening livelihood restoration activities with support from SEMA, Extension workers, Community Volunteers, traditional leaders and other key stakeholders in feasible livelihood restoration activities at LGA level.
  • Support in the verification of the beneficiaries to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable population is verified before agricultural assistance is made.
  • Produce project activity reports from the area of operation as per reporting schedule or when needed (Bi - weekly and monthly updates, success stories, case studies etc.)
Requirements The successful candidate will;
  • Have a Diploma in FSL related studies e.g. agro-economy, natural resource management, anthropology, disaster risk management etc.
  • Have a minimum of one year relevant work experience in humanitarian contexts with in conflict/insecure contexts.
  • Be professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
  • Have previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
  • Have Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
  • Be Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
  • Have fluency in Hausa, English
  • Be Committed to ACTION AGAINST HUNGER mission, values and policy
  • Have a good team spirit
    Job Title: FSL Assistant (Income Generation Activity) Location: Nangere, Yobe Job Summary
  • The FSL Assistant (Income Generation Activity) working under the supervision of the FSL Officer (Income Generation Activity) will be responsible for the implementation of Income Generation activities within the assigned LGA.
  • He/she will support the FSL officer to ensure AAH food security and livelihood interventions are fully integrated with nutrition and WASH interventions at facility and community level under the DFID funded Integrated Basic Nutrition Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Borno and Yobe States (INP plus) Project
Tasks and Responsibilities
  • Facilitate community mobilization, meetings and trainings during community led IGA activities;
  • Work with traditional committees to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable IDPs and host communities and provide information to ensure accountability, fairness and transparency during implementation of activities.
  • Collect information to ensure that the surveillance of the Income Generation Activity situation in the area of implementation of the program is achieving the expected result, when required.
  • Collect the required information in the field to facilitate the capacity building and training program, with the support of the IGA Officer.
  • Support the M&E team in analysis of beneficiary data collection through the various tools that the department uses.
  • Contribute to the development of project community mobilisation strategies for targeting and registration of beneficiaries for the Economic and Livelihoods Restoration.
  • Implement sensitisation activities for targeted communities about Income Generation Activates and strengthening livelihood restoration activities with support from SEMA, Extension workers, Community Volunteers, traditional leaders and other key stakeholders in feasible livelihood restoration activities at LGA level.
  • Support in the verification of the beneficiaries to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable population is verified before IGA is made.
Requirements The successful candidate will;
  • Have a minimum of National Diploma in FSL related studies e.g. agro-economy, natural resource management, anthropology, disaster risk management etc.
  • Have a minimum one year work experience in humanitarian contexts with in conflict/insecure contexts.
  • Have previous experience with FSL interventions (i.e. IGA, agriculture/livelihoods)
  • Be professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
  • Have previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
  • Be Proficient with microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
  • Be willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
  • Be Fluent in English, Hausa and other local languages (Fulani and Kanuri)
  • Be Committed to Action Against Hunger mission, values and policy
  • Have a good team spirit
  • Have good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy
  How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply   Application Deadline  22nd January, 2018.