Senior Food and Cash Resources Officer

  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    FULL_TIME
  • Posted:
    6 months ago
  • Category:
  • Deadline:
    Open

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB DETAILS:

World Vision International Senior Food and Cash Resources Officer Central African Republic WVI Jobs 2024

World Vision International looking for “Senior Food and Cash Resources Officer”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 04-Jul-24.

The World Vision International has published a job vacancy announcement on 03-Jul-24 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Senior Food and Cash Resources Officer to be based in , Central African Republic. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: World Vision International

Job Title: Senior Food and Cash Resources Officer

Duty Station: , Central African Republic

Country: Central African Republic

Application Deadline: 04-Jul-24

 

Responsibilities:

Leadership

  • Provide leadership and management oversight to the Food and Cash Program in accordance with agreed operational plan, budget and objectives outlined in the proposal.
  • Provide effective leadership to all project staff and consolidate a working culture – based upon results-based management principals – that consistently achieves and/or surpasses established targets and standards.
  • Demonstrates World Vision’s core values, vision, mission and Transformational Development/Program integrated ministry model by all staff in the assigned Area.
  • Build a team of highly committed and competent staff, ensuring cooperation and coordination among relevant staff within the Program. Mentor, coach and provide opportunities for the professional growth of Project Officers/Managers and all other staff that directly report to this position.
  • Ensure that staff understand and follow the WV Safeguarding policy and that awareness raising on child protection, response and incident reporting is occurring.

Base Management

  • Responsible for monitoring all projects implemented in the sub-office, ensuring program technical standards and quality of results, in accordance with WV Ministry standards and donor regulations.
  • Increase the visibility of WV in the Sub-Office.
  • Strengthen the positioning of WV, as a benchmark organization in province level (authorities) for our activities.
  • Ensure effective planning of actions and their implementation in the sub-office.
  • Ensure staff capacity building on WV policies and strategy and their implementation;
  • Conduct and ensure the smooth running of staff’s performance evaluations in the sub-office.
  • Ensure a good flow of information of the Sub-Office with the National Office and other Sub-Offices.
  • Ensure that the experiences acquired in project management are documented and disseminated;
  • Put in place a map of the needs of rights holders in the intervention area of the Sub-Office;
  • Share the information to support the development of projects to be submitted to donors.
  • Support resource mobilization and manage growth of resources.
  • Manage the staff under his supervision and ensure that their training needs are identified, analyzed and taken into account in the training plan for the sub-office;
  • Ensure the effective and efficient management of the administrative, Logistics and financial affairs of the Sub-Office;
  • Ensure the security of the staff in the sub office and in the field area of intervention
  • Liaise and coordinate closely with the security officer and INSO in the field to keep security information updated for the safety of the team.
  • Report directly all the security incident.

Program management (Quality implementation)

  • Responsible for overall program technical implementations standards and outputs quality in alignment with WV ministry standards and donor regulations;
  • Establish and integrate a functional humanitarian accountability system/structure within the food assistance program to ensure project accountability to communities, donors and other stakeholders
  • Undertake regular reviews of project reports and conduct field visits to project sites to verify adherence to set standards and processes, project reporting is accurate, timely and within agreed formats of donors and World Vision
  • Ensure the timely and effective implementation of an integrated food assistance operation as well as the successful achievement of proposed outcomes and intended impacts.
  • Lead the development of project risks management and mitigation plan, and streamline into ongoing operational planning to ensure the attainment of project objectives;
  • Ensure the timely and appropriate utilization of budgeted project resource by executing interventions in accordance with established norms and policies; with a keen eye to ensuring the operation achieves acceptable financial and operational audit results.
  • Coordinate with program, finance and administration staff to ensure operational systems are in place to support field activities
  • Ensure that day-to-day administrative support for the program is in place.
  • Ensure quality of implementation including appropriate structures, internal and external standards, staffing, resources and policies.
  • Supervise staff that report directly to this position. Conduct regular coaching and implement the Performance Development Management (PDM) system.
  • Ensure high standards of stewardship and accountability for all resources.
  • Work with the Food and Cash Program Manager, Grant Finance Manager, Administration and other departments to build a strong internal control environment. Review and approve expenditures and contract according to assigned levels of authority.
  • Provide strategic direction and support to project staff under the position.

Capacity Building

  • Impart appropriate mentoring, coaching and supervision in order to equip, motivate and empower the next generation of Food Assistance practitioners within WVCAR through staff development and performance management activities including appraisals, performance agreements, monitoring and needed training;
  • Undertake pro-active on the job training and staff development. Train and Mentor project staff on effective project planning and management methodologies

Liaison and Networking

  • Build and maintain effective/cordial working relationship with WFP Head of Sub Office and team within the operational area for smoother program implementation
  • Work at building strong relationships with WVCAR Support sectors (operations, Finance &Administration, SCM & P&C among others), as well as communities, local government, and faith-based groups, civil society in order to adequately represent the organization and maximize the impact of WVCAR efforts in the areas of operation.
  • Create an enabling environment for dialogue, information sharing, partnerships and, and cooperation between Community Based Organizations (CBO)s, Government structures and target communities when delivering project interventions.
  • Represent World vision in the local coordination forums, liaise with Government officials, other donors, UN-bodies and other partners wherever appropriate, and required within your operational area.
  • Effectively represent WVCAR Food & Cash Assistance Team when accompanying visitors, e.g., donor and/or Government representatives, journalists and other delegations to project sites

Reporting:

  • Review and approve all program official reports for both internal and external audiences, including WFP reports and others reports in the sub-office.
  • Review and approve all others official reports (Logistic, finance, administrative) of the sub-office.
  • Establish strong systems and oversight that ensure all required project reports use the appropriate templates and that they are accurate and timely submitted.
  • Establish and maintain an effective food and cash accounting and reporting system in alignment with World Vision latest technology.
  • Ensure an effective and good filing system for project files within the district.

Accountability, Monitoring and Evaluation:

  • Track the performance of the project activities and outputs against expected results and adjust implementation processes to ensure the project is progressing towards the intended outcomes
  • Analyse the impact of program and promote learning by documentation of best practices. Use this information to support decision-making processes.
  • Must make sure program within your operational area has a well-integrated Accountability Mechanism that is functional and addresses the four HAP pillars.

Requirements:

  • A bachelor’s degree in project management, social science, agriculture or other relevant field; master’s degree will have added advantage.
  • Strong knowledge of Cash/Food/Voucher programming and good working experience with UN WFP, USAID, BHA, UNICEF and FAO.
  • 5 years minimum experience in humanitarian or development work, preferably in developing and fragile contexts and at least 2 of those years in a management/supervisory role
  • Excellent written and verbal in French and knowledge in English.
  • Program cross-functional proposal team with the right staff and right time to meet deadlines.
  • Proven experience in networking with donors and partners to bring about funding opportunities. Persuasive presentation skills: face-to-face and in public settings.
  • Demonstrates well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, as well as negotiation skills.
  • Ability to influence others who are not necessarily part of their team.
  • Culturally sensitive in professional and personal life.
  • Team player; the ability to mobilize and work as part of a diverse team to achieve the overall goal.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local and International Applicants (IA’s) Accepted