Sr. Humanitarian Advisor (Food Assistance)

Accountabilities

• Provide technical advice and implementation support for global humanitarian and development program designs, initiatives, standards, tools, and training resources.

• Serve as a subject-matter expert in food security, food assistance, agricultural systems, and market-based programming across diverse country and operational contexts.

• Advise national and regional teams on food assistance approaches, including emergency food programming, cash-based assistance, and market analysis.

• Support the design and development of globally applicable program models, including theories of change, standards, activities, tools, resources, and performance indicators.

• Partner with national offices, regional teams, implementing partners, and other stakeholders to translate program strategies into effective implementation approaches.

• Coach and provide technical support to implementing partners and sub-awardees, including facilitating partner reviews and supporting capacity-building activities.

• Provide expertise on the collection, interpretation, and use of program data to measure inputs, outputs, outcomes, and overall program performance.

• Support the creation, refinement, and application of metrics and reporting approaches used to monitor program development and implementation success.

• Analyze program data and operational processes to identify improvement opportunities, risks, inefficiencies, and potential solutions.

• Identify and analyze moderately complex program process challenges, defining requirements, reviewing processes, assessing impacts, and supporting operational improvements.

• Develop supporting materials such as presentations, future-state process maps, success metrics, business requirements, and impact analyses.

• Conduct specialized training and initiatives and provide guidance on industry standards, national policies, and humanitarian best practices.

• Provide coaching and technical expertise to program support and partnership staff across regional and national offices as needed.

• Travel to country offices when required to provide technical assistance, partner support, program reviews, or implementation guidance.

• Contribute to cross-functional teams and learning strategies that strengthen holistic development programs for children, youth, and caregivers.

• Maintain a strong commitment to child protection, incorporating safeguarding considerations into program decisions, activities, and implementation support.

Requirements

• Significant professional experience in humanitarian relief and international development, with demonstrated ability to operate effectively across sectors and diverse country contexts.

• Strong technical expertise in food security, food assistance, agricultural systems, and market-based programming.

• Experience designing or supporting emergency food assistance programs and cash-based interventions.

• Experience conducting or applying market analysis to determine appropriate humanitarian or development interventions.

• Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance, coaching, problem-solving support, and capacity building to implementing partners or sub-awardees.

• Experience facilitating partner reviews and working directly with national or country-level teams.

• Ability and willingness to travel internationally to support country offices and partners as required.

• Strong program-design capabilities, including experience with theories of change, standards, implementation tools, indicators, and program resources.

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to use program data to assess performance, identify trends, and develop practical recommendations.

• Experience developing metrics, reports, presentations, process maps, business requirements, and impact analyses.

• Ability to independently manage moderately to highly complex issues, define the scope of required activities, and drive solutions through implementation.

• Strong understanding of humanitarian standards, national policies, industry practices, and relevant approaches to international development.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, coaching, and stakeholder-management skills.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across cultures, countries, functions, and organizational levels.

• Strong organizational skills, sound judgment, adaptability, and ability to manage multiple priorities independently.

• Demonstrated commitment to child protection and safeguarding principles in humanitarian and development programming.

• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment with geographically distributed teams.

• Commitment to the organization's Christian mission and values, including maintaining a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and supporting ministry objectives.

Benefits

• Expected salary range of $106,400–$125,010.60, with geographic differentials potentially available in certain high-cost U.S. labor markets.

• One-year fixed-term position supported by approved grant funding.

• Fully remote work opportunity within the United States.

• Generous paid time off.

• 10% employer contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund in addition to salary.

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.

• Free short-term professional counseling.

• Opportunities for professional development and technical growth in global humanitarian programming.

• Opportunities to participate in chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.

• Opportunity to contribute to programs serving vulnerable children, youth, caregivers, and communities across multiple countries.

• International exposure through collaboration with regional teams, national offices, and implementing partners.