Livelihood and Food Security Officer-1

Location: Gambella, Ethiopia. Workplace: In person.

Company

hirify.global is an international humanitarian non-governmental organization providing emergency and development assistance in more than 40 countries, including Ethiopia.

What you will do

• Plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and report on livelihood, food security, and climate resilience activities under the BRIDGE Project.
• Support climate-smart crop and livestock production, keyhole gardening, resilient inputs and seed systems, irrigation, sustainable land and water management, tree planting, and landscape restoration.
• Support women, youth, smallholder farmers, pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, SMEs, cooperatives, and vulnerable households through livelihood diversification, green enterprises, vocational skills, savings groups, and financial inclusion.
• Develop market and value-chain linkages with farmers, cooperatives, producer organizations, traders, financial institutions, private-sector actors, and service providers.
• Support anticipatory action, early warning, disaster risk reduction, community mobilization, gender-responsive programming, social inclusion, and safeguarding.
• Collect and analyze field data, maintain beneficiary and activity records, document learning, and contribute to project and donor reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in agriculture, agricultural economics, livestock production, rural development, natural resource management, economics, development studies, food security, environmental science, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience with a first degree, 5 years with a diploma, or 1 year plus a postgraduate degree in livelihoods, food security, agriculture, resilience, rural development, or related programs.
• Experience implementing donor-funded development or humanitarian programs and practical experience in climate-smart agriculture and/or resilient livelihood programming.
• Experience working with smallholder farmers, pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, women, youth, vulnerable households, local government structures, and community-based organizations.
• Good understanding of food security, livelihood programming, climate-smart and environmentally sustainable agriculture, crop and livestock systems, market-oriented livelihoods, value chains, savings groups, financial inclusion, microenterprise development, climate adaptation, and disaster risk reduction.
• Strong community mobilization, facilitation, data collection, analysis, reporting, communication, and coordination skills.
• Ability to work with government extension systems and community structures.
• Strong computer skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong oral and written English and Amharic communication skills.

Nice to have

• Training or certification in livelihoods, food security, climate-smart agriculture, project management, or a related area.
• Experience in crop and livestock production, keyhole or home gardening, irrigation and water management, VSLA and financial inclusion, market systems and value-chain development, cooperatives, green enterprises, vocational skills, disaster risk reduction, anticipatory action, climate adaptation, or resilience.
• Experience in drought-, flood-, or conflict-affected communities.
• Ability to speak the local language.
• Experience using mobile-based data collection and project monitoring tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Work is conducted in person in Gambella, Ethiopia.
• Programs emphasize gender equality, diversity, inclusion, accountability to affected populations, and equitable access for women, youth, displaced people, refugees, returnees, and host communities.
• Safeguarding, protection, PSEA, conflict sensitivity, environmental sustainability, and the Do-No-Harm principle are required.
• Work follows IRC values of Integrity, Service, Equality, and Accountability.