World Vision Ethiopia Job Vacancy

Food Assistance Information & Reporting Officer

Job Description

• Compile the consolidation of monthly commodity reports from the field using standardize reporting formats and share on time to HO coordinator in order to produce major reports such as CSS, CSR, RSR, and LSR.
• Upload or and share project documents and monthly commodity reports of WFP Nutrition and General Food Distribution (GFD) like CSR, RSR, LSR and CSS reports.
• Ensure that all commodity losses and claims procedures comply with the World Vision Partnership and donor requirements.
• Ensure backups of field data collection and ensures safety of data collected in field operations for WFP projects.
• Maintain an organized and chronological food assistance information management system, which is easy to access at any time according to the country retention policy.
• Implement training on forms and systems for field-staff to ensure adherence to WV’s standards in Food Delivery Management and Reporting and have adequate Information Management systems coverage.
• Works closely with global, regional and field based commodity staff for receiving technical support and proper recording and documenting of distribution documents & commodity reports, respectively.

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

• MA/MSc or BA/BSc Degree in Food Science, Agric. Econ, Disaster Management, Rural Development and relates fields.

Required Professional Experience

• 3- 5 Years of experience in food aid / assistance program, disaster mitigation and development related fields with a minimum of 2 years’ experience on a food assistance / food aid information management and reporting coordination position.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and working understanding on Emergency Food resource management.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead the team with similar scope of work.
• Experience in food assistance programing, Grants/project management, Market assessment and Analysis, Cash transfer programing, performance management, project design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and report writing.                                                        
• Good understanding of humanitarian standards.
• Good knowledge of local context.
• INGO experience.
• Ability to work in high tension and high security risk situations.
• Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should follow the below application link to apply. 

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Logistics Officer

Job Description

• Support and participate on proper planning, implementation and monitoring of requested commodities for all projects.
• Oversee the upcoming shipping arrangement and port operation activities relating to the sourcing and logistics cycle, in compliance with World Vision established standards and best practices, donor requirements and local laws.
• Participate and monitor the procurement process implemented with a close follow up of the organizational policy.
• Engage in regular correspondences within and outside WVE offices for timely shipment and transportation of food commodities to the respective APs. Perform control activities; analyze commodity management service requests, systems and processes, and advice on compliance matters and improvements needed to mitigate risk.
• Coordinate and follow the transporters Contract and relationship Management.
• Tracking of food commodities to ensure proper commodity accounting by checking quantities dispatched Vs received at final destination.
• Ensure partners received the weekly, monthly & quarterly transferred commodity report timely for reconciliation purpose.
• Check all the documents thoroughly before submitting for approval and ensure all payments requests are submitted on time for transport fees.

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

• BA/B.Sc. Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration Management and related fields. Master’s degree is an advantage.

Required Professional Experience

• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in logistics/commodity/warehouse management. And Procurement, with regards to the designing, planning, implementation, supervising and reporting on integrated development, emergency and advocacy projects and at least 2 years’ experience in managing complex grants and programs/projects with significant experience in overseeing large multi-year program.
• NGO experience is preferred.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Exposure to food aid programs in the country
• Experience in managing WFP/USAID funded food resources, Commodity management skills and trainings, logistics and financial management.
• Other team management exposure and basic computer knowledge (word, Excel, lotus note, outlook).
• NGO experience and excellent understanding of generally accepted commodity accounting and other NGO experience
• Ability to work in high tension and high security risk situations.
• Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should follow the below application link to apply. 

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Food Monitoring Officer

Job Description

• Conduct regular live food distribution observations to monitor compliance of food distribution process to donor/WFP/ agreed standards. Based on monitoring findings and observations, continuously work with field level staff to attain a higher and full level of compliance.
• Conduct regular commodity end use check in its designated woredas after the completion of each food distribution round to check and verify beneficiaries have received their entitlements as per the determined rations sizes and verify other relevant information on WFP food beneficiaries.
• Undertake regular warehouse inspection in its designated WFP target woredas secondary warehouses to check and ensure higher level of Compliance to donor and Consortium level standards in warehouse management.
• Review relevant food transaction documents to check and provide feedback on   practice of standard recording and documentation and reconciliation between different commodity transaction recording documents.
• Check and ensure if control procedures are adequate at each stage of WFP food handling and distribution process to prevent corruption and misappropriation.
• Host and conduct joint food monitoring with WFP Food Monitoring staff and take the prime responsibility to follow up and close findings at field level by actively working with WFP field office staff; particularly WFP Focal person and communicate all food monitoring process’ to WFP compliance officer at HO.
• Actively engage in teamwork at Hub and HO level by closely working with Regional FR Manager, Information & Reporting officers and WFP compliance Officer.

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

• BA/BSc Degree in social science fields such as Development studies, Agriculture, Economics, Accounting and other related fields

Required Professional Experience

• Experience:  2 – 3 years’ experiences on food assistance projects

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Ability to perform field assignments and willingness to travel for long period of time in difficult terrain, harsh and demanding conditions.
• Computer literacy is an added advantage.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should follow the below application link to apply. 

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Commodity Accountant/Stock Controller

Job Description

• Maintain a clear accounting and documentation process for each shipment.
• Monitor and review physical inventory of all secondary warehouses under his/her supervision for monthly reconciliation.
• Check all the receipt, dispatch, requisition pads, waybills, distribution center visit report, distribution lists and prepare the monthly Commodity Status Reports (CSR), Recipient Status Reports (RSR) and Loss Status Reports (LSR).
• Work closely in close collaboration with field monitors and stock keepers.
• Collect all the receipt.
• Received & issue summary and verify physical inventory of all warehouses.

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 2-year previous experience in a related position as Commodity Stock controller/accountant /Data clerk               

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

• BA Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Management and any other related fields.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Ability to perform field assignments and willingness to travel for long period of time in difficult terrain, harsh and demanding conditions.
• Computer literacy is an added advantage.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should follow the below application link to apply. 

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Accountability (M & E officer)

Job Description

• Plan and implement compliance activities to ensure program accountability is ensured, requirements are met, and result are delivered as per humanitarian principles, standards and procedures.
• Support in improving monitoring systems, revise tools and mechanisms to establish quality commodity management in terms of warehousing, documentation, overall commodity flow and food transfer.
• Plan and conduct field visit to verify evidence and close open findings reported through regular live food distribution observations, end use check, and post distribution monitoring.
• Lead compliance works in cooperation with food resource management, food monitoring, and field offices.
• Review and discuss findings observed by food monitoring team and prepare a follow up matrix sheet for follow up to close findings in timely manner.
• Active representation in any risk monitoring meetings and compliance sessions like technical working group.
• Build and develop the capacity of the field staff in commodity management and implementation standards to ensure compliance is sustainably and effectively maintained.

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

3 – 5 Years of experience in food assistance / food programs, and development related fields.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

BA or BSC in Rural Development, Development Studies, Agricultural Economics, Economics, Accounting, Management and related social fields of studies.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and working understanding on Emergency Food resource management.
• Experience and knowledge of USAID/BHA funded emergency food assistance projects, Red Cross code of Conduct, SPHERE Standard and HAP standard.
• Comprehensive experience on USAID/BHA funded food program interventions (knowledge of WFP & WV commodity management policy) is mandatory.
• Technical knowledge & skill advantageous particularly on LMMS, CCTS, JAM, CTP, environmental compliance, emergency safety & security.
• Good understanding of humanitarian standards
• Good knowledge of local context
• INGO experience
• Ability to work in high tension and high security risk situations.
• Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should follow the below application link to apply. 

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Safeguarding and Protection Coordinator

Job Description

Program design and implementation

• Lead the implementation of Safeguarding, gender and protection activities of JEOP project and actively engage throughout the project cycle in collaboration with consortium members. 
• Actively participate in concept note preparation, proposals development from gender lenses and make sure protection and gender-specific indicators, tools and methodologies are in place during the onset of the project.
• Lead programmatic assessments including gender and protection analysis, and protection monitoring to ensure continuous improvement mainstreaming of finding on program strategy, design and advocacy.
• Facilitate regular focus group discussions and individual interviews ensuring that issues of women, men, girls, boys, and people with different needs are identified and addressed.
• Ensures a gender-sensitive approach is taken to programming and integrated into protection assessments and activities.
• Ensure that issues of SGBV and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) are explored in sensitive ways and that services and follow-up are provided in keeping with international guidelines.

Monitoring, and Evaluation

• Work closely with program and MEAL team to ensure gender, safeguarding, protection and other cross-cutting issues are properly assessed and integrated into JEOP programming.
• Undertake regular on-site visits to monitor the quality of activity implementation and provide technical advice to partner staff as necessary.
• Support donors, stakeholders, and other internal reporting requirements by providing accurate and timely input on gender and protection activities.

Training and capacity building

• Conduct capacity assessment of partner staff, stakeholders, and beneficiaries, plan and lead capacity-building initiatives, training and technical support
• Enhance the capacity of project staffs, partner’s organizations and stakeholders towards mainstreaming Gender, Protection and Safeguarding in JEOP projects.

Networking, Coordination and Reporting

• Liaise, network and maintain good working relationships with relevant actors.
• Collect analyses and produce regular reports with regard to the implementation of WVE’s safeguarding policies, review and audit.
• Represent JEOP within the relevant meetings, forums and consortium meetings.
• Attend internal meetings and work in collaboration with WVE Protection unit.

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

• MA/BA Degree in Social Science, Social work, Gender studies and related field
•  At least three to five years of experience, including three years of relevant field-based experience in development or humanitarian response settings, preferably in a conflict setting.
• Certificate in specialized training related to Gender and safeguarding and PSEA   and inclusion programing.

Required professional Experience.

• At least five years relevant experience in Gender, child protection and safeguarding program design and management.
• Experience with and knowledge of mainstreaming protection in food assistance, gender integration, and gender-based violence (GBV) mainstreaming.
• Good knowledge of concepts, approaches, and application of gender marker, safeguarding policies and best practices in gender integration and protection mainstreaming.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Demonstrated understanding of international protection and gender standards.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct assessments and studies, including gender audits and protection risk analyses.
• Experience with capacity strengthening and partnership building.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.
• Demonstrated commitment to accountability to affected populations, and experience working with and meaningfully engaging diverse populations, including pregnant and lactating mothers, persons with disabilities, older adults, and IDPs.
•  Demonstrated commitment to and application of gender responsive programming and positive action measures towards gender equality, including the participation and leadership of women.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should follow the below application link to apply. 

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Food Distribution Officer

Job Description

• Ensure the distribution of commodities all WFP GFD & SF commodities of woreda by closely working with program team, commodity staff and stakeholders.
• Ensure the best management of food commodities as per the minimum commodity management standards by communicating and acting with commodity team at head office and woreda level.
• Lead the planning and implementation of food distribution to project participants in a timely manner and to the best standard required by closely working with the commodity team at head office, regional and woreda level.
• Supervise and lead the commodity team at woreda level to insure best commodity management practice in warehousing and distribution to project participants on timely manner.
• Provide written reports, data and etc. to WFP team and commodity staff at head office and regional level constantly in the course of WFP response program implementation. 
• Maintain a strong and smooth relationship with woreda and Kebele /Center level major stakeholders in planning and implementing the program.
• Maintain and demonstrate a decent and respectful manner in serving the target community and in interacting with the society in general.

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

• BA/BSc Degree in Agric. Econ, Disaster Management, Rural Development, and Economics &Dev’s. Studies

Required Professional Experience

• Experience:  Minimum of 2 years of experience in relief and/or any emergency response program interventions implementation 

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Experience in integrated project design, implementation and monitoring.

• Familiarity with major donor programs- WFP and USAID.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skill including influencing and negotiation.
• Good level of computer literacy (word, excel, power point and outlook).

How to Apply

Interested applicants should follow the below application link to apply. 

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Nutrition Officer

Job Description

Employee Contract Type:Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

FACILITATE GROWTH MONITORING & PROMOTION (GMP) (15%)

• Contribute to community awareness raising, mobilisation and outreach to de-centralize GMP
• When appropriate, recruit, train, and/or supervise health workers and/or community volunteers in GMP
• Source appropriate equipment for anthropometric measurement of children
• Accurately calibrate anthropometric tools
• Accurately measure and record length of children under 2 years and height of children age 2-5 years
• Accurately measure and record weight of children under 5 years
• Accurately measure mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) of children under 5
• Determine child’s age in month with greatest accuracy possible if birthdate not available
• Accurately plot anthropometric measurements on child growth chart and interpret results
•  Identify need for referral to health facility or CMAM services
• Explain growth monitoring results to caregivers and counsel caregivers to improve child nutrition and growth
•  Aggregate and analyse local GMP data
•  Communicate GMP results to stakeholders

End result: Children screened, and their growth monitored regularly

IMPLEMENT Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF) PRACTICES (15%)

• Identify and interpret national and local data on IYCF practices
• Assess socio-cultural influences on IYCF in local context
• Facilitate behaviour change communication activities related to IYCF
• Counsel caregivers to improve IYCF practices
• Facilitate community support for improved IYCF practices
• Identify and promote diverse local and culturally appropriate nutrient-rich foods for complementary feeding
• Partner with local organisations, health staff and community/cultural leaders to protect and promote breastfeeding, especially exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life

End Result: IYCF is implemented at community and health facility level

 IMPLEMENT PD/Hearth (PDH) IN THE WOREDA (25%)

• Identify communities and villages where PDH implementation is feasible
• Conduct community mobilization to create community ownership
• Oversee selection and training of PDH volunteers
• Identify positive deviant and non-positive deviant malnourished children
• Lead Positive Deviance Inquiry (PDI) implementation and analysis
• Develop Hearth messages from PDI
• Develop Hearth menu based on PDI results (includes PD foods)
• Train volunteers to prepare Hearth menu using household measures
• Use GMP to ensure underweight children are admitted in correct priority order
• Supervise Hearth groups
• Oversee volunteers in Hearth follow up home visits and monitoring to ensure correct graduation criteria is used
• Aggregate and analyze monitoring data for ADP and submit to supervisor

End result: Underweight children rehabilitated in PD Hearth program

IMPLEMENT CMAM PROGRAM (30%)

• Contribute to community awareness raising, mobilization and outreach activities
• Assess child nutritional status and oversee screening sessions
• Recruit and train community volunteers
• Supervise community volunteers
• Liaise with Ministry of Health and other partners
• Execute CMAM monitoring activities, ensuring adherence to clinical protocols
• Oversee referrals and transfers to different components of CMAM – SC, OTP and SFP, or referrals to other services
• Monitor program outcomes against international standards
• Report program monitoring data using standardized forms and CMAM database

End result: MAM and SAM cases are treated in nutrition rehabilitation centers

Targeted Food Distribution (blanket supplementary feeding, targeted supplementary feeding) (5%)

• Facilitate the identification and inclusion of vulnerable groups and individuals
• Assess nutritional status and apply standard criteria to identify eligible participants
• Monitor nutritional outcomes

End result: MAM children are linked to TSF programs

Promote improved nutrition, Build local understanding and relationships, and Monitoring and Evaluation (10%)

• Identify relevant district stakeholders & explain their roles in contributing to improved nutrition
• Promote and facilitate inter-sectoral collaboration and the inclusion of nutrition objectives in other key sectors of WV projects and government partners at district/local level 
• Advocate with key local stakeholders to ensure that programming prioritises and addresses nutrition, and the nutrition needs of vulnerable groups, particularly women and children.
• Carry out partner mapping to identify expertise/experience and gaps in local level nutrition programming
• Build relationships with key multi-sectoral nutrition stakeholders and learn about local nutrition and related services and systems
• Use correct nutrition technical knowledge and language in conversations with key stakeholders to build credibility and trust, as appropriate to the audience
• Provide local knowledge of nutrition issues to support NO HHN staff to prioritize interventions, approaches/models and target groups
• Communicate the different nutrition models &approaches in ways which are appropriate for the target group
• Coordinate with relevant local partners and stakeholders for a multi-sectoral approach
• Stay abreast of novel or emerging nutrition approaches and incorporate appropriately into intervention planning as guided by your manager
• Deliver nutrition-related training using the standardized curriculum/a correctly, or engage qualified MOH trainers and ensure the most up-to-date curriculum is used
• As appropriate, manage the sector projects and/or models (e.g., PDH), engaging with and reporting to government partners
• Observe project activities and the performance of key community members,  applying critical thinking skills to identify strengths and weaknesses 
• Provide coaching and feedback to key community stakeholders, in collaboration with government partners
• Conduct monitoring activities using standard indicators/forms, working with appropriate stakeholders
• Examine relevant dietary, anthropometric, clinical, health and food security data to identify trends affecting nutritional status of vulnerable populations.
• Report to management, government partners and to the community on process and outcome indicators by communicating learning from data collection and analysis 

Job Requirements

Required Professional Experience

Minimum 3 years NGO experiences in the area of or nutrition programming; Minimum of 5 years’ experience in design and management of rural integrated health and Nutrition programs

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

BSc degree in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition, Food Sciences or other related PUBLIC HEALTH fields.

Certificates on:

• Acute Malnutrition 2019 revised guideline
• Training in revised 2019 IMAM guideline
• Trained on Family MUAC approach
• Trainings on PD Hearth, IYCF, GMP, and screening   

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

Strong communication & interpersonal skills; comfortable engaging in dialogue with a range of actors including communities leaders and other community structures, government departments, local authorities, CBOs and other NGOs. Good interpersonal and communication skills. Excellent report writing skills. Good computer skills – Microsoft word, power point and excel. Experience in engaging the community and community mobilization Ability to work with minimum supervision. Ability to cope with stress; hardship; patience & flexibility/willingness to work additional hours to meet tight deadlines Ability and willingness to travel to field sites and nutrition facilities.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

Willingness to work hostile environment.  

Physical Requirements

90% travel to communities and health facility is required.

Language Requirements

Fluent in English languages 

How to Apply

Interested applicants should follow the below application link to apply

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Food Distribution Supervisor

Job Description

Place of work: Gambella (Emergency Responses Camps)

Number Available Positions: 13

• Facilitate the distribution and implementation of all WFP activities of woreda by closely working with program team, commodity staff and stakeholders at woreda level.
• Ensure the best management of food commodities as per the minimum commodity management standards by communicating and acting with commodity team at head office and woreda level.
• Lead the planning and implementation of food distribution to project participants in a timely manner and to the best standard required by closely working with the commodity team at head office, regional and woreda level.
• Supervise and lead the commodity team at woreda level to insure best commodity management practice in warehousing and distribution to project participants on timely manner.
• Provide written reports, data and etc. to WFP team and commodity staff at head office and regional level constantly in the course of WFP response program implementation. 
• Maintain a strong and smooth relationship with woreda and Kebele /Center level major stakeholders in planning and implementing the program.
• Maintain and demonstrate a decent and respectful manner in serving the target community and in interacting with the society in general.

Job Requirements

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Require Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

• BA/BSc Degree in Agric. Econ, Disaster Management, Rural Development, and Economics &Dev’s. Studies

Required Professional Experience

• Experience:  Minimum of 2 years of experience in relief and/or any emergency response program interventions implementation. 

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Experience in integrated project design, implementation and monitoring.

• Familiarity with major donor programs- WFP and USAID.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skill including influencing and negotiation.
• Good level of computer literacy (word, excel, power point and outlook).

How to Apply

Interested applicants can send their updated CVs with three references using the link

Application Link

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