Economic Development and Food Security (EDFS) Senior Officer (re-advertised)

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Program Planning and Design

• Lead the technical design and adaptation of EDFS projects in alignment with NCA’s country strategy and donor priorities.
• Contribute to needs assessments, market analyses, and feasibility studies to inform project development.
• Support in drafting proposals and concept notes, including logical frameworks, budgets, and activity plans, in coordination with the Head of Program and implementing partners.
• Ensure integration of cross-cutting themes such as gender equality, GBV sensitivity, participation and inclusion, climate resilience, and environmental sustainability in project designs.

Partnership Management and Coordination

• Maintain strong collaboration and communication with partner organizations to ensure effective program delivery.
• Support partners in understanding and applying NCA’s technical standards, compliance protocols, and reporting requirements.
• Organize and facilitate regular coordination meetings with partners to review progress, address challenges, and share lessons learned.
• Act as the focal point between NCA, partners, and relevant external stakeholders including donors, local authorities, and sector coordination platforms.

Program Implementation Support

• Monitor and support partners’ implementation of EDFS activities to ensure adherence to work plans, quality standards, and donor compliance.
• Provide technical expertise in areas such as agriculture, livelihoods diversification, market linkages, and food security strategies.
• Identify partners’ capacity gaps and lead or coordinate tailored capacity-building initiatives.
• Identify potential operational, security and programmatic risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure safe and effective program implementation.
• Contribute to the development of internal systems, and operational tools in preparation for potential direct implementation.
• Collaborate with internal departments (Finance, MEAL, Procurement) to ensure program activities are aligned with organizational policies, processes and procedures.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

• Collaborate with the MEAL team to design and implement monitoring frameworks and tools.
• Support partners in collecting, analyzing, and reporting data accurately and on time.
• Participate in joint monitoring visits with the MEAL team to ensure the quality and impact of interventions.
• Document lessons learned and best practices to inform future program planning and scaling.

Strategic Engagement and Representation

• Represent NCA at relevant sectoral coordination meetings, technical working groups, and donor briefings.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with government entities, local authorities, and key stakeholders in the economic development and food security sectors.
• Support advocacy efforts and contribute to policy discussions aligned with NCA’s strategic objectives.

Capacity Development and Technical Leadership

• Stay updated on agriculture and livelihood sector trends, global best practices, and emerging approaches to inform program quality.
• Provide technical support and mentoring to partners and internal teams to strengthen program design, implementation, and reporting capacities.
• Contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives within NCA and among partners to strengthen technical expertise and organizational learning.

Administrative and Reporting Duties

• Draft and review high-quality donor reports, progress updates, and briefing documents in collaboration with partners and internal teams.
• Ensure proper documentation and archiving of program-related materials, agreements, and records.
• Monitor program budgets in collaboration with the Finance team, ensuring alignment with planned activities and donor regulations.
• Ensure program activities comply with donor requirements, internal policies and NCA’s operational standards.

Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in agriculture, livelihoods, or food security programming, preferably in the humanitarian or development sector.
• Proven experience working with implementing partners and donor-funded projects.
• Familiarity with program design, monitoring, and reporting processes.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong understanding of market-based approaches, agribusiness, value chains, and livelihood interventions.
• Excellent coordination, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Fluency in English and Arabic (spoken and written); French is an asset.

General:

• Commit to the humanitarian principles of strict neutrality, religious and political impartiality, and non-discrimination.
• Report and clarify and work-related issues and challenges to the supervisor in a timely manner.
• Respect time including work, meetings, deadlines, and other reasonable requests.
• Maintain a good team spirit and a stimulating working environment amongst staff and colleagues.
• Commit to honest, high-quality work in all aspects of responsibilities.
• Capacity to work independently with minimal regular follow-up and guidance.
• Be solution driven.
• Consider safety and security in the field, and immediately report all incidents to the security focal point.