Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Specialist – Rohingya

Technical Support:

• Provide technical support in the acquisition. design and implementation of Cash, Food Security and Livelihoods (CFSL)Programming to ensure the projects reach the intended beneficiaries and achieved the intended outcomes in alignment with context, humanitarian needs and response strategy as well as operational feasibility and technical quality.
• Strive to create and use standardized tools and practices, including SOPs, training manuals and work plans, where appropriate, across projects/programs in the Myanmar Bangladesh Rohingya Refugee Crisis Program.
• Provide technical support during implementation processes of CFSL Sector projects ensuring that donors and WV standards are adhered.
• Master CTP modalities and apply knowledge for innovative programming as a methodology of WV Bangladesh humanitarian response.
• Carry out systematized project/program monitoring visits and provide structured feedback in a way that can improve project/ program progress and impact.
• Provide support the response in the integration of resilience into programming and assist in creating emergency preparedness plans to achieve targeted response to food insecurity, livelihoods and protection.
• Quality review of donor reports related to the CFSL.
• Ensure that key cross-cutting themes, such as Child Protection, community participation, partner capacity building, good M&E, coordination, inclusion of women, and inclusion of disadvantaged groups are emphasized and integrated into all projects/programs.

Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning:

• In collaboration with the MEAL team, the Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Specialist will provide technical support in the design, implementation of MEAL system and structures. The Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods Specialist is responsible to ensure that all the receommendation and feedback from MEAL system is used to inform quality implementation of the program. The Specialist will provide support in rolling out quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation approaches aiming to build contextually-grounded learning into program activities for Myanmar Bangladesh refugee Crisis Response Program.
• Work closely with the project, NO and Regional based teams to publish relevant lessons learnt and/or case studies regarding CTP within the Bangladesh context.
• Facilitate setting up of monitoring systems for all cash transfer projects (post distribution monitoring, onsite/agents monitoring, market monitoring, etc) as required by each grant and oversee/lead data collection, analysis, and reporting as per donor's and WVI DMT requirements in coordination with other DME functions of WVSL.
• Review and ensure reports related to funds distributed to beneficiaries or vendors and number of beneficiaries (adult male / female, boys and girls) are produced on time for submission and tally with the reports produced by other department.

External Networking & Representation:

• Identify, build and manage collaborative partnerships with member of Myanmar Bangladesh Refugee Crisis Response cluster technical groups.
• Ensuring high-visibility of WV Bangladesh portfolio, representation and technical leadership among peer organizations
• Represent WV Bangladesh CFSL programming on a regional level to relevant bodies and networks, including clusters, working groups, task forces and donor meetings, and identify changes to their policies and priorities that may create opportunities or threats for the programme objectives.
• Engage with donors at regional level in support of fundraising, profile-raising and scoping of opportunities, working in close collaboration with colleagues at Regional and Headquarters level.

Fundraising and Capacity Development:

• Proactively conduct trainings and develop the capacity of in-country staff working on CTP interventions through mentorship, accompaniment and inhouse training.
• Support Myanmar Bangladesh Rohingya Refugee Crisis Program in effective resource management, including identifying and addressing technical capacity gaps and if necessary staff recruitment.
• Provide support and technical capacity building to key staff in field offices.
• Proactively identify programming opportunities through field observation as well as by developing relationships with key donors and partners working in FSL, economic empowerment, and resilience-based programming.
• Engage directly with donors as required, presenting approaches, concept notes and funding proposals in collaboration with hub and regional office.

Security:

• Work closely with the security team to develop and maintain systems that ensure the safety and security of the team and beneficiaries when implementing CTP.