1.      Role and responsibilities

The LFS Assistant /Beneficiary Verifier/Biometrician Assistant will be responsible for organizing and registering vulnerable households and facilitating and ensuring transparency and accountability for the target community. The project Assistant will be responsible for the Verification of beneficiaries' identity at the distributions and updating beneficiaries’ data when needed.

 Generic responsibilities

• Classify households according to their level of vulnerability and ensure that food assistance is targeted to households based on their vulnerability.

• Involved in Community-based preliminary registration.

• Establish community registration or targeting committee and ensure are good representatives for the community groups.

• Establish a community registration/targeting committee based on the camp context and also establish primary, secondary, and exclusion criteria.

 Specific responsibilities

• Ensure all the processes are duly recorded and publicly announced to all households within the camp

• Training of community targeting committee on how to use targeting criteria.

• Provide the registration format/forms to establish the draft registration master list

• Register beneficiaries by using the SCOPE system to capture beneficiaries' details and targeting criteria.

• Validate and verify beneficiaries' information before saving it to the system

• Verify Beneficiaries’ identity during the food distributions.

• Prepare and submit daily reports of delivered and distributed food

Job Requirements

Competencies  

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

Experience and Qualification:

•  The candidate should have at least Diploma /Bachelor of science (preferably IT).

• Should have at least 1 year of experience in Beneficiaries registration.

• Prior experience in WFP SCOPE system is added value

• Able to work with a team.

• The candidate should have leadership skills.

• Have good management skills

• Should have good communication skills.

• It will be preferable if he/she is from the targeted community.

 Professional competencies

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

Generic professional competencies:

• Experience from working as a Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context

• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts

• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities

• Some knowledge of English

Behavioral competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. 

• Planning and delivering results

• Empowering and building trust

• Communicating with impact and respect

• Handling insecure environment

How to Apply

Application procedure

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria are invited to send in their application letters including updated curriculum vitae with day-time telephone number and contact details of three work-related referees only through THIS LINK

Your application letter should mention your preferable location or the location which is closer to your hometown.

Please attach photocopies of the most relevant educational certificates/testimonials and work experience documents. Applications should reach NRC latest by 15 September  2023 at 5:00 pm. 

NB: only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.

“Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and on-the-job training will be provided!”