CARE is seeking a Food and Water Systems (FWS) Senior Technical Advisor for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. CARE’s right to food, water and nutrition programing in MENA region has been mainly focused on humanitarian response. Food and water systems nexus and development programing is becoming more relevant in the region. There is a need within CARE in MENA for a more consistent integration of more FWS standard approaches. MENA FWS Senior Technical Advisor will report directly to the Food Secrurity and Resilience (FSR) Director, with dotted line to MENA regional management unit.

Responsibilities:

1. Leadership and support agriculture and food systems programming in MENA
   • Review, adapt & develop FWS programs so they are integrated & gender transformative.
   • Ensure CARE’s gender & program principles are integrated in high qual. FFBS activities.
   • Contribute to development of quality products, tools & approaches.
   • Contribute to cross sectoral learning & innovation with MENA CO teams on FFBS scaling.
   • Support capacity building to gov’t so that FWS policies are adopted and budgeted.
   • Ensure gender analyses, plans & operations reflect CARE gender & prog. qual. frameworks.
2. Provision of technical backstopping to FWS ongoing programs in MENA
   • Provide TA & training on at least 2 FWS sub-sectors: WASH, nutrition, bus & mkts, & gender transformation to COs programs using FFBS
   • Coordinate w/ FWS & other CARE team STAs & other PT staff, ensuring their availability & support on FFBS projects
   • Mentor & support CO staff, strengthening their skills, knowledge, capacity & confidence to integrate gender transformative & FWS principals in FFBS.
   • Train CO teams so they perform high quality programs; use & adapt CARE tools/strategy/approaches.
3. Design New Proposals
   • Support program designs to ensure FFBS & SFtW are addressed throughout Theories of Change, using available CARE tools & resources across thematic areas.
   • Review & contribute to design of CARE FFBS proposals to ensure model fidelity.
   • Support engagement btwn COs & fundraising teams on leveraging available resource with other potential funding.
   • Collaborate/coordinate with FWS, IFS & other donor mobilization to advance FFBS in MENA.
   • Support funding efforts to scale-up/advance FFBS, FWS & resilience.
4. Knowledge Management Learning and Advocacy
   • Support MENA CO to capture innovations, best/promising practices, lessons &translate them into tools, systems, processes &/or approaches to increase tech excellence.
   • Analyze impact of FFBS/SFtW programs &help disseminate learnings.
   • Share learnings with FWS TAs.
   • Represent projects in relevant fora.
   • Support making tools/guidance/best practices available &help FFBS module design.
   • Contribute to research/KML on MENA FFBS/SFtW.
   • Contribute to CARE global/CO advocacy so FFBS are adopted & budgeted.

Qualifications:

• At least 5 yrs. experience in implementing gender transformative/women empowerment programing in the agriculture/food security sector, including field experience in developing country context or within an international development organization.
• Training and experience on food and water systems programming.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical and programmatic support in FWS.
• Experience in designing and implementing highly effective and efficient gender transformative programing.
• Social skills, inclusive leadership skills, creativity and innovative mindset.
• Experience in community-based extension and climate adaptation programing design and/or implementation.
• Interpersonal and intercultural communications skills, with the ability to communicate knowledge in a manner appropriate to diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to work in partnership with other professionals, and to support learning and sharing of lessons and best practices.
• Demonstrated abilities in strategic planning, management, and oversight of complex technical initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Arabic.