Food Security, Livelihoods, and Social Protection Technical Adviser

About the role

The Food Security, Livelihoods, and Social Protection Technical Adviser will lead Save the Children’s efforts in Lebanon to design, implement, and monitor high‑quality social protection, food security, livelihoods, and nutrition programmes for children and families.

Key responsibilities

• Provide overall strategic leadership for Social Protection, Basic Assistance, Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA), Food Security, Livelihoods, and Nutrition sectors.
• Develop and roll out sector strategies, ensuring integration of food security and CVA with other programmes.
• Offer technical input to country annual plans, area plans, and sector strategies.
• Maintain oversight of programme progress and report to senior management.
• Ensure programme quality, reliable data, and outcomes through technical expertise and quality assurance.
• Coordinate development of technical capacity‑building resources for staff.
• Lead fundraising efforts, develop technical proposals, and forge partnerships with government, UN agencies, NGOs, and local civil society.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in child‑sensitive social protection, food security, livelihoods, and nutrition programming.
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership and strategic planning in complex humanitarian contexts.
• Strong partnership‑building skills with government, UN, NGOs, and civil‑society actors.
• Experience in developing technical proposals and securing funding.
• Ability to support implementing teams across multiple field locations.

Required skills