The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts. After passing a century, which it celebrated in 2019, it is now a global movement made up of 29 national member organizations which work in 120 countries.

SCOPE OF ROLE: Store Keeper (5)

Reports to:  TSFP Officer.

Dimensions: Save the Children works in Ethiopia with a current staff complement of approximately 2500 staff and current expenditure of approximately $100+ million each year.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

• Makes Ensure the timely & appropriate distribution of food to the project beneficiaries;
• Facilitates commodity management and accounting on-job training for health workers and health extension workers;
• Maintains records and documents related to the operation of the program and all transactions about the receipt, storage, distribution, inspection, and use of commodities;
• Prepare commodity distribution and transportation plans for each project site, and facilitate payment for daily food distribution agents(FDAs);
• Makes sure that the commodity warehouse is always clean, well-ventilated, rodent-proof, and secure for food supplies;
• Produces periodical reports on food distribution & stock balance;
• Collect and prepare a periodical report from each distribution site on the received, distributed, and remaining stock balance of all commodities including drugs.
• Facilitates annual inventory count of the food commodity at the project sites warehouse.
• Preparing a list for each project district site and checking the distribution
• Provide feedback on the status of the supplies to the nutrition officer/TSFP officer/ other related staff.
• Responsible for distribution of commodities (CSB++, drugs, WASH materials, etc.) to targeted beneficiaries at Kebele level or at health institutions.
• Collaborate with the Woreda and Emergency Nutrition Response project staff at the health centers & HPs for the day-to-day implementation of the OTP/SFP/SC services by developing new measures and/or maintaining existing measures as directed.

REQUIREMENTS

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree or  Diploma in a relevant field  with 1 year for a Bachelor’s Degree  holder and 2 years for a Diploma  holder

Skills/Ability required

• Effective in time management and setting priorities, supervisory and managerial skills.
• Proven ability to write reports
• Proven ability to work in teams
• Ability to work in harsh circumstances and travel to field
• Computer skills, including internet navigation and various office applications.