Position Purpose

World Vision seeks a Graduation Approach (GA) Lead, for the proposed USAID-funded Somalia Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA). The goal of the Activity is to improve and maintain the food security of extremely poor, socially marginalized populations in IDP settlements and surrounding host communities despite shocks and stresses. This activity is a 5-year program worth approximately $72 million.

World Vision has been consistently present in Somalia since 1993 and is a highly respected, locally focused, broad-based organization that has earned the trust not only of the local population and government but also of donors such as USAID. In Somalia, it designed and leads the Somali Resilience Building Program (SomREP), an integrated resilience-focused program with a total budget of over $134 million for more than 10 years from seven donors, as well as the Building Pathway Out of Poverty for Ultra-poor IDPs and Vulnerable Host Communities program, an Ultra-Poor Graduation program, among others. This program implementation knowledge and experience, combined with World Vision Somalia’s strong relationships across Somalia, make it a unique employer with which to work in Somalia.

The GA Lead will contribute to World Vision’s important work in Somalia by ensuring that the activity design stays true to the Graduation Approach of the RFSA while also ensuring that the social dimensions of food security and community resilience are effectively addressed across all activity components and at all levels throughout the entire award period. S/he will play a critical role in integrating social inclusion—in particular, IDP, marginalized population, gender, and youth integration to ensure the intended Activity outcomes are met.  The GA Lead will ensure that all components of the graduation approach work together to create multiplier effects across and between components. S/he will also ensure that overall technical implementation quality remains consistent and of high quality among all of the sub-awardees and implementation locations in the award. The GA Lead should also ensure technical interventions are integrated, layered, and sequenced appropriately at all levels of implementation within the activity, USAID investments, the private sector, other donors, and FGS.

GA Lead will report to the Chief of Party of the RFSA and work collaboratively with the Monitoring and Evaluation Lead, Strategic Learning Advisor and Resilience and Livelihoods Technical Advisor in the collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a broad range of sources.

The GA Lead position is contingent upon funding and donor approval and will be based Nairobi, Kenya with 50% of the time spent in Somalia.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES

Activity: Lead on the Graduation Approach implementation

• Lead and oversee the implementation of the five components of the graduation approach, ensuring adherence to the project’s framework and goals.
• Ensure that all components of the graduation approach are integrated and create multiplier effects.   35%

 End Results

•  Well-implemented graduation approach

Activity: Targeting 

• Apply an in-depth understanding of gender, age, and socio-cultural factors in participant targeting and program design. 15%

End Results

• The Activity targets the intended participants

Activity: Social Inclusion

• Ensure social dimensions of food security and community resilience are addressed effectively across all components of the activity.
• Focus on social inclusion, particularly on IDP, marginalized populations, gender, and youth integration, to achieve intended outcomes. 15%

End Results

• The Activity considers all the social dimensions and inclusion issues in the implementation of the Activity.

Activity:  Implementation

• Maintain consistent, high-quality technical implementation among sub-awardees and implementation locations. 5%

End Results

• High quality project implementation.

Activity: Integration, layering, and sequencing

• Ensure technical interventions are integrated, layered, and sequenced appropriately within the activity and with external stakeholders including USAID, the private sector, other donors, and Federal Government of Somalia. 15%

End Results

• Effective Integration of program with other WV Somalia programmes

Activity: Staff Management

• Supervise staff that report directly to this position.
• Conduct regular coaching and implement the Performance Development Management system.   10%

End Results 

• All required staff positions are filled as per the organogram of the RFSA.
• Staff are motivated and well equipped to accomplish their tasks.
• Activity: Perform other duties as required  5%

End Results:  Smooth running of the program activities.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience   

• Five years of experience implementing the graduation approach is required.
• Must have demonstrated experience designing and implementing the five components of the graduation approach and have an in-depth understanding of how gender, age, and other locally relevant socio-cultural factors may play a role in targeting participants.
• Have a demonstrated capacity to lead the collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a broad range of sources in collaboration with the M&E Lead, Strategic Learning Advisor and the Resilience and Livelihoods Technical Advisor.
• Previous experience in working in a large USAID grant including Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA), Development Food Security Activity (DFSA), Development Food Assistance Programs (DFAP)s, Multi Year Assistance Programs (MYAP)s and/or Development Assistance Programs (DAP)s.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification 

•    A master’s degree in agriculture, economic, food security, international development or non-profit management or related a concentration from an accredited U.S. college or university, or international equivalent.
• Strong management and interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and other language(s)
• Mentoring and facilitation skills,
• The ability to network and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders,
• Field experience in low-resource environments.
• Demonstrated communication, creative problem solving, and management skills.
• Professional licenses, as required in the field and by the donor.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications   

•  Experience working with Somali communities.
• Experience in managing inter-agency consortiums is preferred.
• Conversational Somali and/or Arabic is preferred.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement  

•  Mandatory travels to implementation sites and regional, global meetings as required.
• Travel to the United States WVUS Washington, DC Office to meet with donors and other stakeholders.

 Language Requirements   

• Fluency in English.  Fluency in conversational Somali and/or Arabic will be an added advantage.