Food Security & Livelihood Officer at Qatar Charity

Food Security & Livelihood Officer at Qatar Charity

Position: Food Security & Livelihood Officer 

Company: Qatar Charity

Base Location: Dar Es Salaam, with frequent field visits across Tanzania Region.

Contract Duration: Six months with possibility of extension

Desired Start Date: ASAP

Closing Date: 25th January 2025

About Qatar Charity: Qatar Charity (QC) is a non-governmental organization working in both relief and development. With a considerable regional capacity, QC is a leading humanitarian organization in the Middle East region committed to transforming adversity into revival for the world’s most vulnerable populations. By working with beneficiaries and communities, QC is keen to develop the links and continuum between relief activities and long-term community development projects.

In the performance of its activities in cooperation with different humanitarian and development partners, Qatar Charity is committed to the principles of partnership such as equality, transparency, responsibility, and integration. QC is also committed to the fundamental humanitarian principles of independence, neutrality and impartiality.

For the last three decades, Qatar Charity has achieved both consistent and considerable growth in terms of its operations and institutionalization and is currently working in more than 70 countries across the world, with field offices in 32 countries.

QC has a membership of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Since 1997; and is a member of various fora and networks the recent being the START Network. QC is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs since 2009.

Job Purpose:

To plan and supervise implementation of the FSL projects in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar ensuring that (i) all the deliverables are achieved in line with the budget plans and time schedules and the regular updates and (ii) FSL program strategic priorities are being aligned with the changing scenario in Tanzania and being updated.

Essential Job Responsibilities and Duties:

Strategic Program Planning and Designing

1. Stay updated on the latest developments by donors and governments regarding Food Security and Livelihoods in Tanzania while ensuring that an effective representation and value addition is contributed on the relevant sectors.
2. Perform as the member of the Strategic Programming Unit of Tanzania Office with extra-ordinary proficiency, evidence-based programming approach while ensuring high level integrity, transparency and learning for development attitude.
3. Devise and adapt the QC strategic priorities in Food Security and Livelihood Program in view of the on-ground situation analysis, need assessments and research; with keeping a good understanding of the approaches of multi and bilateral donors, regional governments and UN agencies.
4. Lead the FSL Department staff with a constructive approach, to ensure high quality of program designing, implementation, management and learning at levels of program and Project cycle.
5. Ensure that CHS standards, LEGS standards (as and where applicable), other relevant global standards and cross cutting themes of child protection and gender mainstreaming are effectively incorporated in projects designing and are well understood by the staff.
6. Develop solid FSL program quality targets, indicators and tools for the projects and programs in view of the issues and challenges found out in the relevant situation analysis, need assessments and research studies conducted internally or externally.
7. Review and reflect the long term and short term FSL plans, programs and projects on periodic basis, ensuring participation and/or consultation from internal and external stakeholders with a resolve to revise programs approaches in view of the continuously changing geo-political scenario and its impact on the FSL sector for Tanzanian children, youth, men and women both in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar.

Projects, Partners and Networking

1. Develop understanding of the Qatar Charity FSL projects and programs in terms of overall goals, objectives, activities, budget and strategic alignment with the long term strategy.
2. Design and conduct need assessments, developing need assessment reports and develop project proposals in consultation with the Program Coordinator.
3. Develop and maintain effective high-level coordination with field teams and relevant staff of partner organizations to ensure that the effective projects and program planning is being done and regularly revised in view of the change of on-ground situations.
4. Ensure that necessary links are being developed and maintained with the external stakeholders and particularly with the FSL or other relevant clusters and the relevant government authorities.
5. Share regular project updates, reviews and reports with the Line Manager and other relevant stakeholders as per the agreed timeline;
6. Coordinate with the field staff ensuring that all the project related risks are regularly reviewed, re-identified and amicably addressed; regularly updating the management accordingly.
7. Develop and/or review and verify the work progress and financial progress reports coming from the project staff/partners, ensuring that the compliance with the programs and operational SOPs are maintained and the donor terms and conditions are effectively achieved;
8. Timely respond to the feedback shared by the MEAL Department while sharing the rectification measures taken to address the identified gaps; ensuring that high level of integrity, transparency and quality-sensitive attitude is consistently demonstrated in this process;
9. Coordinate with the Operations Department by addressing their feedback on operational compliance issues in project implementation wherever required;
10. Conduct periodic project reviews with the field teams on weekly, fortnightly and on monthly basis and to stay fully updated on the project performance and progress while settling the issues as far as possible;
11. Stay updated on the new need assessments, research reports published by sectoral players, conduct need assessments and contribute in conducting situation analysis as and when required;
12. Develop good capacity and become well-conversed on the humanitarian principles, CHS standards and other relevant global standards.
13. Comply with any other organizational policy, approach, decision.
14. Perform any other task assigned by the line manager.

Qatar Charity’s Core Values and Commitments

• Qatar Charity requires its staff and employees to uphold the values and principles delineated in the Qatar Charity Code of Conduct.
• Qatar Charity implements and rigorously enforces policies pertaining to Beneficiary Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation, and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

• Qatar Charity is dedicated to ensuring that its staff members are well-suited to work with children and possess the necessary knowledge to uphold and adhere to Qatar Charity’s Safeguarding Policy

Job Requirements:

• A degree in Agriculture, development or any other relevant field along with a relevant experience of 3-4 years is required.
• Project planning and management experience of 2 years.
• Must be a Tanzanian citizen or possess the legal right to work in Tanzania.
• Fluency in both oral and written English and Swahili is essential; Arabic will be of high advantage.
• QC employees are expected to work in accordance with the Organization’s core values, aims and objectives. They should be sympathetic to the cultural norms of behavior QC believes in.

How to apply:

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CVs and a motivation letter to: [email protected] by 19th of January 2025 at 1700HRS, quoting the Position Reference code: QCO/FSL/2025/02 in the email title/subject. Failure to do so will result in the application not being considered.

Please bear in mind that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. QC will carry out screening checks and will take references on your behalf.

No phone calls are accepted.

We are an equal opportunity employer.