Reference No: REC/ 039 /21

Job title:  Non-food item Officer

Location:   Tigray-Mekele

Reports to: Senior NFI Officer

Number of Posts 2 (Two)

Closing date: June 12, 2021

About GOAL

GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.

GOAL is a non-for profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years across all the region of the country towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses Programs by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS.

We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing are removed and where everyone has equal rights and opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors are Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO and other private donors.

ABOUT THE POSITON:

Under the supervision of the WASH and SNFI Program Manager and in coordination with senior NFI officer and local sector horizontal and vertical relationships, the NFI Officer is primary responsible to ensure the distribution of NFI projects are implemented in line with the project design, Sphere and cluster standards and use the existing or develop systems to monitor the performance of these activities for hosting community, disaster affected communities, health institutions, schools, refugees and internally displaced peoples

The NFI Officer will work closely with other Senior NFI, CMAM officer and local government in NFI projects. S/he will be supporting the assessment, planning, design, implementation, supervision, and expansion/development. 

Key responsibilities:

• Support the implementation of Shelter NFI activities including targeting, registration, verification, distribution, and follow up, in coordination with Shelter NFI cluster and other relevant stakeholders.
• Develop draft distribution reports.
• Conduct post-distribution monitoring (PDM) exercises, analyze the results and draft PDM reports.
• Monitor the day-to-day implementation of project activities including undertaking of regular field visits to check compliance with the work plan, and project documents. Draft progress and other required reports. Identify and document significant project events, decisions, problems or deviations and ensure that project data and information is archived and shared appropriately.
• In close collaboration with the field team coordinate the release and delivery of required materials and items to the respective sites in a timely manner, check the quality of delivered material and provide relevant documentation and pipeline projections for planning purposes.
• Liaise with counterparts and implementing partners, draft progress and other required reports, and ensure that project data and information is archived and shared appropriately.
• Regularly visit project implementation sites, to gain a thorough understanding of how activities are being carried out and to give guidance to the team on areas for improvement.
• Prepare quality reports which have to be submitted to government and donors based on their reporting timeliness.
• Prepare and submitted weekly and monthly reports and submit to senior NFI Officer on the work progress.
• Ensure Sphere standards both qualitative and quantitative are considered and any departures documented.
• Enforce proper project information documentation using activities monitoring, lessons learned, and modifications done from lessons learned and communities’ feedback on project successes
• Ensure all authorities and communities are kept well informed of the Program  success and challenges as appropriate.
• Assist with any other duties as required by the supervisors and stand by for any call for assistance in any place across the country where a demand is needed
• Familiarize self, understand and implement, according to area of responsibility, GOAL’s policies and procedures on mainstreaming of Gender, HIV/AIDS and Child Protection.
• Familiarize self and understand to GOAL Donor Compliance issues, specifically to the terms and conditions of the Donor the Program is working on and comply with same in area of responsibility.
• While conducting trainings, make sure the training report and the signed attendees list is formally addressed to the Grant Unit for a central donor file.
• Accountability & responsiveness within areas of responsibilities

COMMITMENTS:

GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safe guarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other policy, rules and regulation of the organization.

Job Requirements

JOIN US 

Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement? Then join us if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Business management or related field, having good experience on logistics and program support related field with 2-3 years of relevant experience preferably with an NGO setting.
• Strong experience on SNFI projects: Targeting, verifications, registration, distribution and PDM.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
• Extremely flexible, and can cope with stressful situations and frustrations
• Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources

Desirable qualities, skill and Competencies:

• Respect, accountability, excellence, adaptability, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact, coaching, facilitating change, information monitoring, planning and organizing, leading through vision and value.

Language Requirement

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Understanding of the local culture & language of is a plus value.

This description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position.

REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:

• GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with addition benefits.
• A chance to develop tangible experience.
• Being part of a team who continue to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people. 

How to Apply

APPLICATION PROCEEDURE:

Interested and qualified applicants need to submit ONLY once their non - returnable application with CV for one vacancy. The vacancy reference number along with the title & Duty station need to be written in the application letter and/or subject of the email. Applicants can apply using the following option.

• Applicants can directly apply online using www.ethiojobs.net or goaljobs@et.goal.ie 

GOAL strongly encourages female candidates to apply!

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview and exam.

Shortlisted candidates will need to submit other supporting documents upon request at later stage.

GOAL is not able to contribute towards any costs incurred by candidates during the recruitment process