Programme Management Specialist (Food Security Analysis)

• Support the Programme Management Advisor in the development and strategic alignment of food security interventions and plans with LIFT’s 2024-2028 Strategy.

• Implement food security and nutrition assessments, ensuring adherence to methodologies and the accuracy of collected data.

• Manage the maintenance of food security analysis tools, ensuring the integrity, quality, and accuracy of data.

• Implement complex food security, nutrition, markets, and resilience analysis, producing timely reports to inform strategic decisions aligned with LIFT’s goals.

• Prepare materials and reports related to relevant assessments, ensuring clarity and coherence of key findings aligned with the nutrition strategy.

• Provide technical support to programme teams on food security-related matters, ensuring high-quality outcomes and adherence to best practices, policies, and strategies.

• Engage in field visits as required to provide relevant support to project implementation in the subject area.

• Coordinate the engagement of both internal and external stakeholders in food security assessments and initiatives.

• Lead the organisation of meetings, events, and other food security analysis activities, ensuring optimal participation and effective communication.

• Facilitate cross-team coordination within LIFT to ensure seamless execution of food security analysis.

• Track and monitor the progress of food security activities, flagging challenges and issues to the Programme Management Advisor (Food Security Analysis) to ensure alignment with programme objectives.

• Prepare regular reports that integrate food security data, ensuring clarity and alignment with project objectives and donor requirements.

• Significantly contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of food security activities, ensuring tracking of indicators and milestones is conducted systematically across teams.

• Analyse data related to food security interventions, assessing their effectiveness and impact and ensuring results are accurately reflected in reports.

• Provide timely, actionable updates to the Programme Management Advisor (Food Security Analysis) on the status of food security analysis and activities.

• Champion capacity strengthening initiatives for LIFT personnel and partners, ensuring that food security analysis practices are understood and applied effectively.

• Facilitate knowledge sharing within internal teams and across partners, ensuring the integration of best practices and lessons learned in food security analysis.

• Contribute significantly to the development and dissemination of tools and resources designed to enhance food security assessment and analysis practices.

• Maintain comprehensive records of activities, including reports, surveys, and meeting minutes, ensuring proper documentation for audits and reviews.

• Promote innovative approaches to food security analysis, collaborating closely with the Programme Management Advisor to implement effective and efficient initiatives within the programme.

Education:

• A Master’s degree, preferably in Economics, Food Security, Statistics, Data Science, Public Health, Nutrition, or other related field is required. 

• A first-level university degree (Bachelor's), preferably in the above professional fields with additional two (2) years of relevant experience, could be considered in lieu of the Master´s degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in data collection, analysis, reporting, or coordination of programmes or projects in the following thematic areas: food security, public health, nutrition, or similar is required.

• Experience in food security analysis, vulnerability analysis and mapping, nutrition assessments, or similar assessments is required.

• Demonstrated skills in generating and compiling high-quality reports is highly desirable.

• Experience working with diverse partners and external stakeholders is an asset.

• Experience working with the UN or international organizations is highly desirable.

• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (e.g. MS Office newer versions, Google Suite Applications) is required.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

• Proficiency in Burmese is required. 

• Proficiency in other Myanmar languages is an asset.