Emergency Food Security and Nutrition Advisor

About the role

Welthungerhilfe, one of Germany's largest private aid organizations, is hiring an Emergency Food Security and Nutrition Advisor for its newly established Amman Hub in Jordan. The hub manages country programs in OPT, Jordan, Yemen and Iraq, and the post is to be filled as soon as possible with an initial 1-year contract, with strong prospects for extension. The role provides hands-on technical support for emergency nutrition and food security programming.

Key responsibilities

• Support country programs and partners in developing and implementing emergency nutrition and food security strategies, aligned with regional priorities and a food systems approach
• Conduct regular field visits and facilitate workshops to give hands-on technical advice and strengthen program quality
• Provide technical guidance on emergency nutrition interventions (CMAM and IYCF-E) and food security responses, including in-kind assistance and cash and voucher assistance (CVA)
• Support needs assessments, nutrition and food security service mapping, and interventions linking emergency response with early recovery and long-term resilience
• Collaborate with global technical teams and MEAL colleagues on guidance, training materials, indicators and evidence-based monitoring
• Support project design, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance, including proposal reviews
• Develop program concepts, contribute to funding proposals and engage institutional and private donors
• Represent WHH in national and regional clusters, technical networks and working groups, and build partnerships with research institutions and peer organizations
• Report progress to program management and the Head Office Sector Unit

Required profile

• Degree in food security, nutrition, health or a related field
• At least 5 years of humanitarian and development experience, including at least 3 years at technical advisor level in an INGO
• At least 2 years of experience in programs treating acute malnutrition; for international candidates, MENA experience is a must; for national candidates, international experience beyond Jordan is a must
• Excellent spoken and written English; Arabic is an asset
• Willingness and ability to travel to OPT, Yemen, Iraq and possibly Syria and Lebanon

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Interpersonal, communication, advisory and facilitation skills
• Experience in hard-to-reach areas and emergency settings is an asset

What we offer

• Fair compensation based on a transparent salary scale
• Duty of care focused on safety, security and health
• A modern, agile, digitalized work environment
• Learning and development opportunities