Global Food Security Lead: Maternity Cover – Fixed Term Contract
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Tearfund is looking for a UK-based Global Food Security Lead on a fixed term, maternity cover basis, to further develop its capacity in Food Security and Rural Livelihoods within its international relief and development work.
To achieve this Tearfund needs to build organisational and partner capacity and effectiveness in Food Security and Rural Livelihoods including emergency food security and livelihoods responses – including cash transfer programming, community agricultural development and resilience, and market based livelihood programmes.
The post holder will lead building the effectiveness of Tearfund staff, partners, local church based organisation and operations around the core competence of Food Security and Rural Livelihoods, with a focus on building evidence of effectiveness, and learning and impact.
The role will facilitate good practice and improvement to ensure Tearfund’s work builds the resilience of the most marginalised and vulnerable, the economic empowerment of women, and assisting the organisation in identifying and replicating good practice, specifically in line with Tearfund’s own Quality Standards
This will enable Tearfund to build and report on the extent and effectiveness of its work. The post will be based in the Technical Competencies Unit, within Tearfund's Learning, Information, Advice and Support Team.
The candidate will have a graduate qualification or equivalent level of knowledge in a development related subject and proven experience in working in Food Security and Rural Livelihoods, with specific experience in designing, implementing or supporting food security programming including technical expertise in sustainable agricultural production systems, community based microfinance or market based livelihood and enterprise development in a participatory community demand-led context.
There will be a requirement for up to 8 weeks overseas travel per year to directly engage with Tearfund’s field operations and partner organisations.
The successful applicant will be required to apply for a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
Applicants must be committed to Tearfund’s Christian beliefs.