Food Security Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

ROLE PURPOSE

The position holder will be responsible for project implementation and ensuring the quality and effectiveness of Plan’s emergency response within his/her designated geographical area mainly related to Emergency Response to Sudan Crisis in Ethiopia for Nutrition and Food Security at Metema woreda of Amhara Region- including project implementation, targeting, capacity building, networking, day-to-day monitoring and reporting.

Accountabilities and MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

Organize and Lead Emergency teams (15%)

• Lead emergency food security activities and team consisting of community volunteers/social workers.
• Ensure emergency food security assessments are effectively undertaken and implement integrated emergency response, recovery and exit strategies in close collaboration with major partners and stakeholders
• Ensure all team members clearly understand and carry out their duties in accordance with personal work-plans, humanitarian principles, core values, the Code of Conduct and SPHERE.
• Work collaboratively in close relation with field, Amhara field office coordinator/manager and concerned CO staffs
• Promote productive work environment respectful of the Code of Conduct with zero tolerance for verbal and physical abuse or discrimination against other persons on the grounds of race, colour, sex or creed.
• Ensure all team members (volunteers, social workers) are fully briefed on all aspects of security, social and cultural norms and local conditions and behaviour.
• Create the conditions to ensure effective teamwork and morale is strictly observed.

  Provide feedback on periodic performance of CDF’s to PC and provide timely feedback to CDFs along with PC.

  • Ensure logistical resources demands are fully assessed, identified, described and communicated to the PC and log officer,
  • Ensure compliance with all Ethiopian government legal, contractual, labour and statutory requirements.
  • Communicate effectively on usage, procedures and relevant communications protocols to all emergency response team under his supervision.

    Managing project budget (5%)

    • Provide support for field emergency finance teams in providing financial documents that help for settlement purpose including master beneficiary lists, distribution lists, etc.

      Project implementation coordination, monitoring, follow up and reporting (40%)

      • Coordinate and lead emergency food security activities during planning, implementation, M&E and timely reporting ensuring quality and standards through enhanced partnership with government and non-government partners zonal, woreda and local levels and also civic organizations including CBOs;
      • Coordinate with the health and nutrition team in the implementation of food security activities; targeting and selection, registration, disbursements, monitoring and evaluation, and community dialogues sessions and ensure activities are effectively implemented, monitored/reviewed, evaluated and progress and final reports are timely compiled and shared with Emergency Response Coordinator for Amhara for review and then submission to the CO.
      • Facilitate joint supportive supervision with concerned government sectors from zone, region and district (through drafting and submission of ToR to ERC)
      • Facilitate beneficiary selection along with refugee and host community representatives and government structures.
      • Summit beneficiary master data to PC for further submission to the CO before project assistance and input distribution.
      • Ensure adequate monitoring, reporting and acquittal of emergency response activities in accordance with donor regulations, country and national office requests, international humanitarian accountability frameworks and relevant SPHERE standards
      • Provide continuous technical and organizational support and capacity building to field team and woreda and community level extension agents
      • Make regular visits to input distribution sites and ensure delivery of project inputs/seeds on timely basis;
      • Ensure the PC and Amhara Program Area Team are kept informed about project progress (weekly plan and achievements);
      • Contributes to their individual accountability plan and understands how they contribute to the team and organisational plan.
      • Organize training for field staff of Plan and partners to build core skills in livelihood concept, recovery and resilience building;
      • Actively participate in rapid assessments and provide input in designing of concept notes and project proposal in areas of emergency response, livelihoods recovery and food security;
      • Facilitate the implementation of project activities are carried out in accordance with the agreed FLA/LoA with the donor, work-plans and proposals