Food Security Officer
Overall
Job Purpose
The Food Security Officer is responsible for the implementation and management of all Caritas Kenya food security programmes, coordinating policy and ensuring best practice and a commitment of Caritas Internationalis’ principles and values.
Reporting to: Caritas Kenya Director
Specific objectives:
The Food Security Officer is responsible for the implementation and management of all Caritas Kenya food security programmes, coordinating policy and ensuring best practice and a commitment of Caritas Internationalis’ principles and values.
Reporting to: Caritas Kenya Director
Specific objectives:
- Assess
the impact of particular threats or shocks on food security of urban and
rural communities this should include:• Food Availability• Access to food
- Identify
appropriate interventions in terms of food aid and other food security
interventions.
- Where
necessary include the implementation of programmes and setting up
monitoring systems for the programmes.
- Identify
other agencies already responding in the field of food aid and food
security, and whether there are any gaps either in terms of coverage or
types of interventions needed.
- Assess
the capacity of Caritas/partners to intervene if there are any gaps.
- Produce
or contribute to reports as needed
- To
represent Caritas in sectoral meetings on food security
Profile
- A
BSc/MSc or equivalent in Nutrition, agriculture or agricultural economics,
agronomy or related degree.
- Emergency
Experience essential, development background preferable /ideally with an
NGO.
- Nutrition
Survey/Feeding centre/CTC experience.
- Proven
application of relevant competencies at field level (preferably in an
Emergency context).
- Understanding
of development/relief issues.
- Cultural
and gender sensitivity.
- Assessment,
analytical and planning skills.
- Good
oral and written reporting skills.
- Diplomacy,
tact and negotiating skills.
- Training/counterpart
development skills.
- Personnel
management skills.
- Flexible/motivated
team player
- Valid
driving licence,
- Commitment
to the Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct; Sphere Minimum Standards, People in
Aid Code and other humanitarian codes and principles
Applications
must be received at the KEC-CS by close of business on 19th Oct, 2012
Kenya Episcopal Conference
Catholic Secretariat
P.O. Box 13475 - 00800, Nairobi
Kenya Episcopal Conference
Catholic Secretariat
P.O. Box 13475 - 00800, Nairobi