World Vision Ethiopia began its first intervention in Ethiopia in 1971 with relief and opened the Ethiopia office in 1975. Relief, rehabilitation and small community development projects dominated the decade that followed. During the 1984/85 drought, World Vision Ethiopia participated in a massive relief operation that saved the lives of millions of people.

Major Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the implementation of WFP food assistance support activities and take all the necessary steps to make sure program implementation is in accordance with the objectives or purpose of the program;
• Warehouse Management, Commodity Transportation and Food Distribution  Management
• Lead and maintain a smooth and productive relationship with local government partners at Woreda and Zonal level for effective implementation of WFP GFD & TSFP projects in South Tigray zones
• Finance/Budgeting Management
• Commodity tracking (Reporting and Accountability).
• Monitoring and Compliance Activities
• Personnel Management and Team Lead ship

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience : 3-5 Years of extensive exposure to food aid programs (minimum 3 years) & knowledge of commodities & logistics operations, preferably within Food Assistance Operation, specifically those that relate to food distributions, warehousing, reporting, tracking, monitoring etc…

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification : MA/MSc or BA/BSc Degree in Food Science, Agric. Econ, Disaster Management, Rural Development and other relates fields

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 Accountability 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
• Experience and knowledge of USAID funded emergency food assistance projects, Red Cross code of Conduct, SPHERE Standard and HAP