United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Food Security and Livelihoods Adviser

Location London (including Head Office)

Salary £38,000 Package Includes market premium & Inner London Weighting

Role category/type International Development

Role description Do you want to be part of one of the world’s largest humanitarian network, supporting development and emergency FSL operations globally?

The British Red Cross are looking for a Food Security and Livelihoods Adviser to join our dynamic Technical and Advisory department. You will play a key role in the development and delivery of food security and livelihood programmes with a focus also on cash based interventions; supporting National Societies across Africa and Asia and direct emergency response.

As the FSL Adviser, among other activities, you will be responsible for:

• Providing technical advice on all stages of development programmes from concept to final evaluations, working closely with both country teams and other sector specialists in health, WASH, and disaster risk reduction;


• Build the capacity of National Societies within the relevant technical areas, contributing to their organisational development as leading national humanitarian organisations;


• Supporting rolling out and piloting cash based interventions across our partner national societies;


• Working with a broad range of stakeholders to integrate livelihoods and food security best practices throughout all programming;


• Develop and expand the capacity of BRC in cash and markets;


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  Building organisational partnerships and both organisational and individual capacity;
  The ideal candidate will have a postgraduate degree or equivalent professional qualification in a subject of close relevance to FSL such as agriculture, natural resource management, rural development, business development. Your experience will include:

  
  


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  Working overseas in an operational capacity in FSL within a humanitarian organisation.

  
  


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  Developing and managing FSL programmes, including FSL, in a developing country;

  
  


• Experience of having designed and implemented cash based interventions;


• Building organisational partnerships and both organisational and individual capacity;


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  Experience providing remote support to field teams and influencing ways of working
  Please note this role will require regular travel for up to 90 days a year. The role will also require you to operate in a physically demanding working environment.

  
  

  Closing date for applications is 19th June 2016.
  Interviews will take place week commencing 20th June 2016.

  
  

  For further information about this role please see job description here.

  
  

  If you require further information please contact Lydia Keegal on lkeegal@redcross.org.uk

  
  

Refusing to ignore people in crisis
The British Red Cross is proud to have a diverse and neutral workforce. We are bound by seven fundamental principles including impartiality, neutrality and independence and we are committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience.

We are a volunteer-led humanitarian organisationthat helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We enable vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help people recover and move on with their lives.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter1908, is a charityregistered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738)