The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) is a multi-donor
fund establ...
The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) is a multi-donor
fund established in Myanmar in 2009 with the purpose of increasing the
livelihoods' resilience and nutrition of poor people in Myanmar by focusing on
interventions that increase income, food availability, utilization and
stability of access to food. LIFT has received funding from 14 donors
to date[1].
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is the Fund Manager (FM)
to administer the funds and provide monitoring and oversight.
LIFT is active in the four main
agro-ecological regions of Myanmar, including the central dry zone (Dry Zone), the
Ayeyarwaddy Delta (Delta), Rakhine and the upland areas of the country
(Uplands). Read more about LIFT on www.lift-fund.org.
The LIFT Fund Management Office (FMO) has a substantial programme unit
with teams responsible for LIFT’s work in each agro-ecological zone (see above
for these zones) as well as teams for each of LIFT’s
main cross-cutting themes (financial inclusion, private sector & inclusive
value chains, and civil society strengthening).
The FMO also has teams responsible for communications, monitoring,
evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL), policy, learning and knowledge
management and for support services. LIFT is seeking a senior management position,
the Programme Coordinator, for the programme unit at the FMO.
Purpose
and Scope of Assignment
The primary purpose of
the position is to lead and deliver on a number of cross-programmatic efforts
for the LIFT Fund Management Office.
The position will also
act as a deputy for the Fund Director/FMO and often Officer in Charge when the
Director is on travel.
[1] Australia,
Denmark, the European Union, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the
United States of America. From the private sector, the Mitsubishi Corporation
is also a donor to LIFT.