Emergency Food Security and Nutrition Advisor

Role

• Based in Amman, this full-time Emergency Food Security and Nutrition Advisor role has an initial one-year contract, with good extension prospects and an intended start as soon as possible.
• The Amman hub supports programmes in the occupied Palestinian territories, Jordan, Yemen and Iraq. No salary amount is stated.

Responsibilities

• Help programmes and partners design and implement emergency nutrition and food-security strategies aligned with global/regional priorities and a food-systems approach.
• Undertake field visits and workshops and provide practical advice on community-based acute malnutrition management, infant and young-child feeding in emergencies, in-kind assistance, cash and vouchers.
• Support needs assessments, service mapping and context-specific interventions connecting emergency response with recovery and resilience.
• Work with global technical and MEAL teams on guidance, training, indicators and evidence-based monitoring; review proposals and strengthen implementation quality.
• Develop concepts and funding proposals, engage donors, represent WHH in coordination networks, build research/peer partnerships, promote learning and report progress.

Qualifications and eligibility

• Professional/formal qualification and a degree in food security, nutrition, health or a related field.
• At least five years of humanitarian/development experience, including at least three years as a technical adviser in an international NGO.
• At least two years working on treatment of acute malnutrition.
• International applicants must have MENA experience. National applicants must have previous international experience in similar roles outside Jordan.
• Willingness and ability to travel to the West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Iraq and possibly Syria and Lebanon. Candidates barred from entering any of these countries/regions may not be shortlisted.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, excellent interpersonal, communication, advisory and facilitation capabilities, and an evidence-led approach to decisions.
• Excellent spoken and written English is required; Arabic and hard-to-reach/emergency-setting experience are assets.

Benefits and application

• WHH describes transparent and equitable salary scales, attention to safety, security and health, digital working and professional-development opportunities; financial amounts are not specified.
• Apply through the online recruitment system by 22 November 2026. The source provides no closing hour. The named contact is Ina Stepka; no email application route is supplied.
• Candidates offered employment will be screened against known/suspected terrorist lists. WHH states its commitment to diversity and non-discrimination.