The posting
About Us Action Against Hunger USA is part of the Action Against Hunger International network, a global leader in the fight against hunger operating in 59 countries and reaching more than 21 million people each year. We work to prevent malnutrition, respond to hunger hotspots, strengthen resilience, and help end hunger for everyone, for good. Action Against Hunger USA currently manages operations in Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia, and Haiti. In Ethiopia, Action Against Hunger has been operational since 1984, delivering integrated programs across Nutrition, Health, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, Protection, Gender, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support. We are seeking a Consortium Lead to provide strategic leadership and coordination for a multi-year, multi-partner HDPN resilience program funded by Sida and NMFA in Ethiopia. About the Role The Consortium Lead will oversee a consortium led by Action Against Hunger in partnership with IRC, DRC, and local organizations. The program aims to strengthen food security, climate resilience, and the adaptive capacities of disaster-affected households and communities across multiple regions of Ethiopia through integrated humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding interventions. Reporting to the Country Director and the Project Steering Committee, this role will provide overall leadership, strategic direction, partner coordination, donor engagement, and program oversight to ensure the consortium operates as a coherent, high-performing platform delivering collective impact. This position is ideal for an experienced humanitarian and resilience programming leader with strong consortium management experience, donor engagement skills, and the ability to lead diverse partners and teams in a complex operating environment. Key Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership and direction for the consortium, ensuring alignment with donor priorities, national policies, and consortium objectives. Lead the application of the Nutrition-Centric HDPN Operational Guideline and Implementation Roadmap across consortium partners. Promote a unified consortium identity, collaborative culture, and shared accountability for results across Action Against Hunger, IRC, DRC, and local partners. Lead annual work planning, operational prioritization, and consortium-level coordination mechanisms, including Steering Committee meetings and Technical Working Groups. Serve as the principal focal point for Sida, NMFA, government counterparts, consortium partners, and other key stakeholders. Represent the consortium in national coordination forums, clusters, government platforms, and HDPN-related events. Ensure quality implementation across food security, climate resilience, livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, nutrition-sensitive programming, and community resilience interventions. Oversee progress against indicators, targets, and expected outcomes, with a focus on resilience, food security, and adaptive capacity outcomes. Strengthen partner coordination, joint planning, shared accountability, and equitable partnership practices. Ensure compliance with donor regulations, contractual obligations, consortium agreements, and internal policies. Oversee consortium-level budget monitoring, burn rate analysis, financial forecasting, risk management, and audit readiness. Lead learning, evidence generation, knowledge sharing, and dissemination of consortium achievements and impact. Directly manage key consortium roles, including the Consortium MEAL Manager, Senior Food Security, Livelihood and Resilience Program Manager, and Finance Manager – Budget and Reporting.
Who We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in International Development, Humanitarian Affairs, Food Security, Livelihoods, Climate Change, Public Health, Nutrition, Development Studies, Project Management, or a related field. Minimum five years of management or consortium leadership experience in complex, multi-partner programs. Proven experience managing donor-funded programs, particularly Sida, NMFA, EU, ECHO, USG, FCDO, or UN-funded projects. Strong experience coordinating multi-stakeholder partnerships involving INGOs, local NGOs, government institutions, and community stakeholders. Demonstrated technical understanding of food security, climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, livelihoods, resilience, or nutrition-sensitive programming. Strong understanding of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and resilience frameworks. Experience working in complex, fragile, or multi-crisis operating environments. Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, representation, and problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams, build consensus, manage competing priorities, and drive accountability across partners. Experience with MEAL frameworks, adaptive management, donor reporting, evidence generation, and learning documentation. Strong financial oversight experience, including budget monitoring, forecasting, compliance, risk management, and audit readiness. Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Ability and willingness to travel to field locations and work in challenging security and environmental conditions.
Why Join Us? Join Action Against Hunger to help lead a high-impact resilience consortium designed to strengthen food security, climate resilience, and adaptive capacity for disaster-affected communities in Ethiopia. In this leadership role, you will work closely with international and local partners, donors, government stakeholders, and technical teams to advance integrated humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding programming. Your leadership will help ensure the consortium delivers coordinated, accountable, and measurable impact across complex, multi-regional interventions.
