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Job location: This position is based in Dublin HQ applying a hybrid-working model (working from the Concern Dublin office at least two days per week). Substantial (30%) overseas travel is a part of this role.
Pay Band: Band 5 (€49,905 - €58,711)
Contract: Two years, fixed term
Job Purpose:
Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries. Concern is headquartered in Dublin with other principal offices in London, New York, Belfast, and Seoul and in each of the countries of operation.
Concern Worldwide works to develop and scale up effective, evidence-based interventions to promote sustainable livelihoods, particularly among the extremely poor and vulnerable. The organisation actively supports programmes in 24 countries in the Livelihoods (including Agriculture, Food Security, Social Protection, Markets and Cash, Climate Change Adaptation and Environment), Health (including Maternal and Newborn Health, Nutrition and WASH) and Education. Concern currently supports livelihood programmes in emergency, transition and development contexts in all countries of operation.
The Livelihoods Adviser will be an active part of Concern's global Livelihood Team and will sit within the Strategy, Advocacy and Learning (SAL) department. S/he will closely liaise with the other Advisers in the head office food security and livelihoods team. The adviser's primary responsibility is to ensure that Concern country programmes are enabled to deliver high-quality Livelihood interventions aligned to Concern's Livelihood Strategy. S/he will be expected to provide strategic and technical support to Concern's Livelihood work across the range of countries in which Concern works—emergency, fragile/ transitional and stable development contexts—with a special focus on the inclusion of those living in extreme poverty. S/he also contributes to organizational learning through documentation of best practices and development of tools/ resources designed for Concern programme staff in the field and internal and external dissemination and advocacy.
Up to 30% international travel is anticipated for this position.
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Les candidatures en français sont les bienenues.
CVs should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by closing date.
Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Ireland at the time of application.