ABOUT LIVE & LEARN

Live & Learn Environmental Education operates in a Network of 11 countries across the Pacific and Asia, working passionately towards an equitable and sustainable world. Each Live & Learn office is autonomous yet interdependent, bound by a Network-wide commitment to developing community resilience around nature-based solutions to food security, climate change, and water resources and environmental protection. Working across scales, we support government strategies while meeting community needs. We are a localised, collaborative and courageous organisation working with diverse stakeholders, balancing sectoral compliance with flexibility for quick, innovative responses.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Technical Coordinator to join our Food Systems team. As the Technical Coordinator, you will report to and work closely with the Program Manager - Food Systems to deliver food and agriculture programs across key countries in the Pacific. The Technical Coordinator will engage and provide technical support to the country teams for their program delivery and reporting. It is therefore essential that you demonstrate flexibility, exercise cultural and political sensitivity, have outstanding relationship-building skills, and possess the ability to develop and implement creative solutions in collaboration with the country teams in a complex operational environment.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Program Management: Oversee workflows across multiple programs and countries using platforms like Asana and Google Suite. Track activities, ensure adherence to plans, and embed Live & Learn systems. Coordinate in-country activities, apply adaptive management, escalate issues, manage risks, and support procurement processes.
2. Stakeholder Management: Maintain partnerships with local offices, manage relationships with external stakeholders, involve stakeholders in program implementation, and resolve conflicts through constructive dialogue.
3. Technical Lead: Develop climate-resilient agriculture resources, collaborate with country teams and the Knowledge & Learning unit, contribute to strategic direction, and provide technical advice on climate-resilient food systems.
4. Monitoring and Reporting: Support monitoring processes, track GEDSI indicators, ensure sustainability of activities, liaise with finance teams, prepare briefing notes, and support report preparation.
5. Network Support: Align network offices with values and mission, support thematic sub-working groups, and provide governance and accountability support.
6. Compliance: Ensure the application of policies and procedures related to environment, health and safety, integrity, fraud management, safeguarding, and child protection.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

• An ability to adapt and contextualise agricultural practices from the field in the pacific into evidence based written resources and documentation to support organisation knowledge and learning.
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills. Collaborative working style with strong communication skills, especially with agricultural extension stakeholders.
• An ability to plan ahead, manage competing priorities and meet deadlines, across all areas of the program lifecycle.
• Ability to work flexibly and autonomously while coordinating a range of complex tasks simultaneously and effectively.
• Excellent report writing skills.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of Principle of sound development practice including sustainable and community development.
• Experience in food systems frameworks, approaches and application in the development context including expertise in home garden production, short supply and value chains, nutrition sensitive agriculture and agriculture extension. 
• Experience working in the Pacific or within a development context.
• Tertiary qualifications in Agriculture, Agronomy, or Food Systems.
• Qualifications or experience in gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) or nutrition will be highly considered.

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

• This is a Full-Time position with flexible work practice available. 12 Month work with a potential of further work depending on the project funding.
• Compliance with Live & Learn Code of Conduct, Child Protection, Counter Terrorism, Anti-Fraud and Money Laundering and all other project and organisational policies.
• Frequent travel to Pacific Island countries based on project needs.

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