NGO Jobs at Samaritan’s Purse

About Samaritan’s Purse

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Samaritan’s Purse is privileged to be part of the humanitarian effort in Ethiopia and legally registered as foreign charity to work in Ethiopia since October 08, 2018.

WFP GFD M&E Officer

Open Position: 2

Duration of Contract:  August 31, 2024.

JOB SUMMARY

The M & E officer will be responsible for data entry and management for multiple programs and sectors, as well as developing record keeping systems and survey methods with program managers. The officer will oversee data and registration assistants and will report to the Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·       Report to the M&E Coordinator

·       Oversee data entry in Microsoft Excel for nutrition, shelter, and food programming and work directly with Data and Registration Assistants.

·       Assist program managers in implementation of survey methods and collection of data when necessary.

·       Coordinate with program managers where data quality may be lacking.

·       Develop survey methods and improve routes of data collection.

·       Analyze data for accuracy and quality, as well as help to improve overall data entry methods.

·       Keep organized and accurate records of programmatic paperwork in tandem with programs staff.

·       Register beneficiaries at program sites when necessary.

·       Facilitate surveys, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions, as well as post distribution monitoring.

·       Frequent use of Microsoft Excel and other data entry tools, as well as Samaritan’s Purse Reporting System and Platform Reporting System.

·       Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE NEEDED

·       Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics or related filed and two years relevant work experience

·       Data entry experience with an INGO preferred

LANGUAGE 

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali regional languages strongly desired

SKILLS REQUIRED

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s Statement of Faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft word and excel and various data analysis platforms

·       Excellent interpersonal communication skills

·       Good time-management skills

·       Highly organized and efficient worker

·       Skilled at multi-tasking

·       Ability to maintain confidentiality

·       Positive and personable demeanor

·       Strong communication skills, both oral and written

·       Willing to take initiative and work independently when needed

·       Reliable and personable; enjoy working with a diverse range of individuals and ensuring employee requirements and needs are met first

LANGUAGE 

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali regional languages strongly desired

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

·       May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

·       Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised by submitting their CV/Resume (maximum of 2 pages) and application letter (one Page only) no later than August 24, 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org. Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line, ” WFP GFD M&E Officer”Only candidates that are short-listed will be contacted.

WFP Distribution Officer

Open Position: 3

Duration of Contract:  August 31, 2024

JOB SUMMARY

The Distribution Officer will be responsible for directly overseeing the implementation of food distributions, and the reception of food commodities from WFP.  This will include supervising registration, crowd control and line monitor staff, taking full accountability for receiving and distributing commodity, ensuring each family receives entitlement (giving priority to vulnerable people groups per WFP criteria), households are registered according to WFP’s beneficiary reporting requirements, and ensuring that the distribution is implemented according to the standards and under the budget constraints of SP and WFP.  Additionally, the Distribution Officer will be responsible for overseeing the reception of food commodity from WFP trucks, accounting and recording any differences between the number of units received per commodity against WFP’s dispatch waybill, and ensuring that the commodities are stored in neat stacks.  The Distribution Officer will also be responsible for monthly reporting of SP’s beneficiary feedback mechanisms: post-distribution discussions and complaints received on-site.

The Distribution Officer, in serving Samaritan’s Purse with a generous and serving spirit and always maintaining Samaritan Purse’s values to the communities, will additionally be responsible for the following duties:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·       Perform a monthly inventory of distribution materials to ensure all materials are available and ready to use before the monthly cycle

·       Coordinate with community leaders to hire manual labor for off-loading trucks and/or preparing rations at distribution site

·       Train hired camp staff on using the WFP registration requirements and forms

·       Assist Commodity Line Assistant in training hired laborers on proper unloading of commodity at the distribution

·       Organize and assist in conducting post-distribution discussions with beneficiaries and community leaders after each distribution cycle

·       Support the Data Quality Assurance Officers in overseeing the beneficiary’s registration database, ensuring that each registration record is comprehensive through the development of cross-checking mechanisms

·       Assist GFD Coordinator in coordinating the reception of commodity from WFP and monthly physical inventory

·       Oversee the reception of food commodity, accounting for the number of units received from WFP against the dispatch waybill

·       Ensure the commodities are neatly stored in the warehouse

·       Ensure the commodity tracking paperwork is being completed by the General Food Distribution Assistants, including stack cards, warehouse ledgers

·       Support GFD Coordinator in post-distribution physical inventories

·       Complete other activities as directed by the Program Manager

Job Requirements

SKILLS REQUIRED

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s Statement of Faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       Attention to detail, anticipation and follow up are core values of the job function while maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality regarding contracts and salaries.

·       Possesses strong organizational and problem solving skills within a fast-paced environment.

·       Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.

·       Possesses strong cross-cultural communication skills, both written and verbal.

·       Must be a humble team player.

·       Ability to be flexible and adaptable, taking on additional responsibilities as needed.

·       Knowledge of computer systems and its applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel including formulas/formatting.

·       Must have analytical and report writing skills.

·       High level of integrity and stewardship.

·       Committed to the SP values and ethics.

·       Above average mathematic skills.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE NEEDED

·         Diploma in Accounting or related field and 2 – 4 years of work experience in food assistance.

·         BA in Accounting or 1 – 2 years work experience in food distribution/assistance

LANGUAGE 

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali languages strongly desired

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

·       May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

·       Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised by submitting their CV/Resume (maximum of 2 pages) and application letter (one Page only) no later than August 24, 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org. Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line, ” WFP Distribution Officer”Only candidates that are short-listed will be contacted.

WFP GFD IT Assistant

Open Position: 22

Duration of Contract:  October 31, 2023

JJOB SUMMARY 

Samaritan’s Purse’s (SP) food assistance programs, funded by the World Food Program (WFP), distributes monthly rations to all households and individuals in three woredas in Somali.  In direct support of the GFD Food Program Manager the IT assistant is responsible for creating a beneficiary soft copy registration database and work the targeting and verification team on the General Food Distribution Samaritan’s Purse conducts in Somali region.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITY

·       Record beneficiary list on the registration database of all households’ information collected at the distribution site according to Samaritan’s Purse and WFP’s key indicators

·       Ensure that the Data Registration are entering the household information according to the agreed format

·       Anticipate problems and troubleshoot solutions to ensure the registration process 

·       Submit reports to IT Coordinator according to the agreed schedule in collaboration with the Program Manager

·       Assist on administrative works and attend meetings representing Samaritan’s Purse.

·       Performing all other tasks and responsibilities as requested by the GFD Program Manager with a generous and serving spirit

·       provide IT assistant technical support

·       Ensure the safe use of data entry tables and other related equipment

Job Requirements

EEDUCATION / EXPERIENCE NEEDED

·       Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

·       2 years’ working experience with an international NGO in a similar capacity

LANGUAGE 

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali regional languages strongly desired

Skills Required 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s statement of faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       Attention to detail, anticipation and follow up are core values of the job function while maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality regarding contracts and salaries.

·       Possesses strong organizational and problem-solving skills within a fast-paced environment.

·       Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.

·       Possesses strong cross-cultural communication skills, both written and verbal.

·       Must be a humble team player.

·       Ability to be flexible and adaptable, taking on additional responsibilities as needed.

·       Knowledge of computer systems and its applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel including formulas/formatting.

·       Must have analytical and report writing skills.

·       High level of integrity and stewardship.

·       Committed to the SP values and ethics.

·       Above average mathematic skills

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

·       May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

·       Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised by submitting their CV/Resume (maximum of 2 pages) and application letter (one Page only) no later than August 24, 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org. Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line, “ WFP GFD IT Assistant ”Only candidates that are short-listed will be contacted.

WFP GFD Warehouse Officer Warehouse Officer

Open Position: 1

Duration of Contract:  August 31, 2024

JOB SUMMARY 

The Warehouse Officer is responsible for the overall oversight of the commodities and operation of warehouses in selected woredas, maintaining daily physical counts of commodities in the warehouses and completing / submitting timely reports to the GFD Coordinator and Program Manager. He/She will be expected to perform all of these responsibilities with a generous and serving spirit, always maintaining Samaritan Purse values to the communities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

·       Supervise the receipt and storage of all the WFP food commodities

·       Maintain and organize paper records of the quantity, quality and balance of commodities, including daily updates of stack cards and warehouse ledgers, as well as WFP reception waybills.

·       Ensure that quantities dispatched match the requester’s order

·       Separate damaged commodities from the rest of the stock

·       Weigh and make record for incomplete bags used at the distribution

·       Oversee the maintenance of clean and pest-free storing conditions

·       Ensure good warehousing practices according to WFP standards are adhered to at all times

·       Supervise the offloading and stacking of the commodities

·       Liaise with GFD Coordinator regarding warehouse capacity and timing for receiving additional commodity from WFP

·       Control incoming goods both food by such methods as physical counts, random weight checks, rejection of any spoiled commodity, reconditioning of underweight bags, etc.

·       Issue waybills of received and dispatched cargo

·       Deliver goods on request against official and approved documentation

·       Keep updated records on stack cards, and paper inventory lists

·       Complete bi-monthly physical inventory checks with Program Coordinator

·       Liaise with Distribution Officers regarding food dispatches for distributions and returns from distributions

·       Report on and, in consultation with others, take appropriate action for the disposal of spoilt commodities

·       Provide overall supervision and training casual labor

·       Perform any other duties as assigned by the Coordinator / Program Manager.

Job Requirements

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE NEEDED

·       Degree in Business administration, logistics, accounting and/or related field.

·       At least 3 years’ experience in inventory keeping or warehousing in logistic/transport operation.

LANGUAGE

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali regional languages strongly desired

SKILLS REQUIRED 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s statement of faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       Attention to detail, anticipation and follow up are core values of the job function while maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality regarding contracts and salaries.

·       Possesses strong organizational and problem solving skills within a fast-paced environment.

·       Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.

·       Possesses strong cross-cultural communication skills, both written and verbal.

·       Must be a humble team player.

·       Ability to be flexible and adaptable, taking on additional responsibilities as needed.

·       Knowledge of computer systems and its applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel including formulas/formatting.

·       Must have analytical and report writing skills.

·       High level of integrity and stewardship.

·       Committed to the SP values and ethics.

·       Above average mathematic skills

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

·       May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

·       Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised by submitting their CV/Resume (maximum of 2 pages) and application letter (one Page only) no later than August 24, 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org. Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line, ” WFP GFD Warehouse Officer ”Only candidates that are short-listed will be contacted.

WFP GFD Registration and Targeting Officer

Open Position: 22

Duration of Contract:  October 31, 2023

JOB SUMMARY 

The Registration and Targeting Officer will be responsible with organizing and registering vulnerable households, and facilitating and ensuring transparency and accountability for community appeals.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Classify households according to their level of vulnerability and ensure that food assistance is targeted to households based on their vulnerability.
• Involved in Community-based preliminary registration.
• Establish community registration or targeting committee and ensure are good representative for the community
• Establish a Community registration/targeting committee based on the village context and also establish primary, secondary and exclusion criteria.
• Facilitate the creation and functioning of appeals committee
• Analysis of feedback mechanism from Appeals committee
• Ensure all the processes are duly recorded and publicly announced to all households within the community
• Training of community targeting committee on how to use targeting criteria.
• Provide the registration format/forms to establish the draft registration master list
• Perform any other duties as assigned

Job Requirements

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

·       BA in Social Studies or relevant field; further training will be a plus

·       At least 2 years’ experience in similar role with other NGO or Private Organization

LANGUAGE

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali regional languages strongly desired

SKILLS REQUIRED

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s Statement of Faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In addition, the following skills are required

·       Strong organizational skills and community relational skills

·       Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

·       Computer literate (word, excel, power point)

·       Strong organizational skills

·       Ability to work simultaneously with multiple tasks,

·       Willingness and ability to work efficiently with a wide diverse group of people

·       Working ability with tight deadlines and in a fast-growing program environment

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

·       May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

·       Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised by submitting their CV/Resume (maximum of 2 pages) and application letter (one Page only) no later than August 24, 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org. Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line, ” WFP GFD Registration and Targeting Officer ”Only candidates that are short-listed will be contacted.

WFP GFD Reporting Officer

Open Position: 2

Duration of Contract:  August 31, 2024

JOB SUMMARY 

The Reporting Officer will be providing support in the various program information managing and reporting  functions, which includes; reconciling warehousing and distribution data, consolidating weekly, monthly, quarterly reports, program data management archiving, supporting other functions in meeting reporting deadlines, providing the program management with data analysis on targets as well as trends. Trouble shooting discrepancies, coordinating with WFP on data reconciliation.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·       Compile and organize WFP food resource information, which is easy to produce and access the required reports any time;

• In consolation with his/her supervisor develop a clear food assistance information management plan, reporting flow chart for WFP GFD Interventions;
• Engaged on collecting the required data’s for comprehensive commodity tracking system as to ensure that all commodities are properly distributed and accounted for to Samaritan’s Purse, and Donor Standards.
• Ensure that the required periodic food assistance reports are accurate, complete, and submitted on time to the relevant consumers.
• Maintain inventory control on a monthly basis and ensure that the commodity book balances match with the actual stocks.
• Complete WFP food resource operational areas data compilation, analysis and submission;
• Consolidate monthly commodity reports from the field into the tracking database in order to produce major reports such as CPDR, Loss report then submit to the donor;
• Show flexibility in responding to the data and reporting needs of the organization and other stakeholders for more efficiency in data collection and reporting.
• Ensure that all commodity losses and claims procedures comply with the Samaritan’s Purse and donor requirements
• Ensure backups of field data collection and ensures safety of data collected in field operations
• Maintain data security and privacy protection of beneficiary information in line with Donor data protection policies & procedures
• Collaborating with different internal and external units to train staff on food assistance reporting and management systems;
• Support on technical issues related to food assistance reporting and information management systems.
• Ensures correct functioning of food assistance systems and information management in beneficiary registration, household updates, and commodity distribution activities; troubleshoots technical problems as they arise;

·       Any other related tasks as requested by Program  Manager.

Job Requirements

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

·       BA in Business Administration, Social Studies or relevant field; further training will be a plus

·       At least 2 years’ experience in Commodity Management with other NGO or Private Organization

·       Basic Information Management skills

LANGUAGE 

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali languages strongly desired

SKILLS REQUIRED

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s Statement of Faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In addition, the following skills are required

·       Strong organizational skills

·       Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

·       Computer literate (word, excel, power point)

·       Strong organizational skills

·       Ability to work simultaneously with multiple tasks,

·       Willingness and ability to work efficiently with a wide diverse group of people

·       Working ability with tight deadlines and in a fast-growing program environment

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

·       May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

·       Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

 All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised by submitting their CV/Resume (maximum of 2 pages) and application letter (one Page only) no later than August 24 , 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org. Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line, “WFP GFDReporting Officer”Only candidates that are short-listed will be contacted.

Protection Coordinator

Required Number:  1

Contract End Date:   August 31, 2024

JOB SUMMARY

The Protection Coordinator will plan and coordinate the program and its activities and oversee project implementation to ensure that the project aligns with the set objectives as per the agreement with the donor and to track expenditures as per the agreed budget under the direct supervision of the Food Assistance PM.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

·       Provide Protection leadership to the implementation of the program’s protection mainstreaming activities by working closely with the Protection/MHPSS Technical Advisors (TAs) to implement Protection activities

·       Develop and maintain a strong network and key contacts of local leaders and partner agencies

·       Ensure mainstreaming of gender and protection into all Protection activities, in particular while working around culturally sensitive and difficult topics

·       Plan and coordinate with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Analysis, and Learning team to conduct various assessments as needed

·       Prepare detailed work plans and budget breakdowns for the different phases of the project to guide the team and related departments on the project implementation plan and requirements per phase

·       Ensure that the project is delivered on time, within the scope and within budget

·       Conduct field assessments & surveys to collect data and analyze them for project design and implementation

·       Coordinate between various project teams and other departments and offices and guide them through the different phases to make sure that the project is implemented as per the set objectives and targeted activities

·       Follow up on the project progress, monitor and assess project implementation, and prepare regular reports such as weekly, monthly, quarterly and final reports

·       Facilitate coordination with the donors, local authorities and other relevant stakeholders Manage and organize the documentation of the project as per the different phases and ensure that all documents are archived in hard and soft copies

·       Work closely with the Technical Advisors and field teams on objectives, indicators, activities and monitor the project in collaboration with other M & E  officers and Coordinators.

·       All other duties as assigned

Job Requirements

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

·       Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Psychiatry or related field.

·       Minimum of 5 years of work experience in relevant fields, preferably within similar projects.

·       Experienced with identifiable good counseling skills

·       Experience working on curricula such as Healing Wounds of Trauma

·       Experience implementing projects with trauma affected community

LANGUAGE 

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali regional languages strongly desired

SKILLS REQUIRED 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s Statement of Faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       Attention to detail, anticipation and follow up are core values of the job function while maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality regarding contracts and salaries.

·       Possesses strong organizational and problem-solving skills within a fast-paced environment.

·       Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.

·       Possesses strong cross-cultural communication skills, both written and verbal.

·       Must be a humble team player.

·       Ability to be flexible and adaptable, taking on additional responsibilities as needed.

·       Knowledge of computer systems and its applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel including formulas/formatting.

·       He/she must have analytical and report writing skills.

·       High level of integrity and stewardship.

·       Committed to the SP values and ethics.

·       Above average mathematic skills

·       Willingness to travel in and out of field.

·       Practical, quick, reasoning skills; must be able to keep communication lines open with all parties in program of scheduling changes.

·       Clear understanding of the workings of major donors and their perspectives, requirements and standards.

·       Organizational and time management skills.

·       Good interpersonal and written oral communication skills.

·       Ability to coordinate activities with other agencies, build and maintain positive working relationships.

·       Ability to understand complex security situation and advise program design accordingly.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

·       May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

·       Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised by submitting their CV/Resume (maximum of 2 pages) and application letter (one Page only) no later than August 24, 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org.

Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line, “Protection Coordinator”Only candidates that are short-listed will be contacted.

Protection Assistant

Required Number:  3

Contract End Date:   August 31, 2024

JOB SUMMARY

The protection officer is responsible for monitoring, assessment, coordination and assisting with implementation of project activities in the areas of operations as directed by the Protection Coordinator. This role has specific responsibility toward the community facilitators, mentoring and monitoring their activity;

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

·       Through relationships with persons of concern, authorities and network of partners stay abreast of political, Social, economic and culture developments that have an impact on the protection environment and provide advice to senior management.

·       Ensure that the perspectives, capacities, needs and resource of the persons of concerns are reflected in the protection strategy, planning processes and operations plan addressing the specific protection needs of children and vulnerable adults.

·       Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of programs ensuring that identified protection needs, including an age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) approach, are adequately addressed.

·       Provide policy guidance and operational support to SPE and partners on all protection related issues.

·       Provide safeguarding (PSEA) training to all staff and be the main point of contact in the program area.

·       Notify teams of upcoming appointments for counseling’s and maintain communication with the case manager and team.

·       Work with the Protection Coordinator in developing and fostering relationships with other community organizations.

·       Liaises with local and international organizations/institutions for research and development purposes.

·       Provides technical support on workshops, conferences and training initiatives and interprets or relays policy directives on protection curriculum to staff to guide their work.

·       Be fully engaged and enlist the support of all staff, whether paid or volunteer, for the program implementation.

·       Preparing presentations by researching and writing about how to present lessons to the staff to meet their spiritual needs.

Job Requirements

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE NEEDED

·       Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, psychiatry or related field.

·       Minimum of 3 years of work experience in relevant fields, preferably within similar projects.

·       Experienced with identifiable good counseling skills

·       Experience working on curricula such as Healing Wounds of Trauma

·       Experience implementing projects with trauma affected community

LANGUAGE 

·       Amharic and English (spoken and written required)

·       Somali regional languages strongly desired

SKILLS REQUIRED 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s Statement of Faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       Attention to detail, anticipation and follow up are core values of the job function while maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality regarding contracts and salaries.

·       Possesses strong organizational and problem-solving skills within a fast-paced environment.

·       Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.

·       Possesses strong cross-cultural communication skills, both written and verbal.

·       Must be a humble team player.

·       Ability to be flexible and adaptable, taking on additional responsibilities as needed.

·       Knowledge of computer systems and its applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel including formulas/formatting.

·       He/she must have analytical and report writing skills.

·       High level of integrity and stewardship.

·       Committed to the SP values and ethics.

·       Above average mathematic skills

·       Willingness to travel in and out of field.

·       Practical, quick, reasoning skills; must be able to keep communication lines open with all parties in program of scheduling changes.

·       Clear understanding of the workings of major donors and their perspectives, requirements and standards.

·       Organizational and time management skills.

·       Good interpersonal and written oral communication skills.

·       Ability to coordinate activities with other agencies, build and maintain positive working relationships.

·       Ability to understand complex security situation and advise program design accordingly.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

·       May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

·       Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised by submitting their CV/Resume (maximum of 2 pages) and application letter (one Page only) no later than August 24, 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org.

Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line, “Protection Assistant”Only candidates that are short-listed will be contacted.