Emergency Food Security & Livelihoods Specialists

Oxfam Great Britain
Closing date: 05 Nov 2009
Location: - Various - - Worldwide

Salary up to £28,629 net (gross equivalent up to £38,335) Worldwide

Wide range of benefits including, up to 43 days’ holiday, pension and social security contribution, medical benefits, living costs & accommodation paid during deployments, potential for home-based work to capitalise on field experience and excellent career development opportunities.

Oxfam GB is recruiting senior level Emergency Food Security & Livelihoods (EFSL) specialists to help scale up and improve the quality of our work to address the global food crisis. We need your skills, innovative ideas and ability to put them into practice.

EFSL specialists deliver timely and appropriate assistance directly to those affected by crises in order to save both their lives and livelihoods. You will influence other actors to prevent, and respond appropriately to, food crisis. You will be at the cutting-edge of humanitarian practice with the development of cash transfer and market based approaches that support, rather than undermine, local livelihoods.

EFSL specialists work in a variety of contexts and programmes around the world. You will work to reduce the risk of conflict and disasters, manage first phase responses to new crises and promote early recovery of livelihoods. You will be a part of a dynamic team at the forefront of developments that are changing the way the humanitarian system is responding to crises.

You will have considerable experience managing food security and livelihoods programmes in different emergency contexts and countries. An ability to influence and communicate your ideas strategically and effectively is essential.
How to apply
If you would like to contribute to Oxfam’s institutional knowledge and expertise, our in-country programme and advocacy work and be a part of the development of cutting-edge approaches and policies, then visit our website http://www.oxfam.org.uk/efsl