Deadline: 03 February, 2021

Location: Borno, Nigeria

Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Food Distribution Officer.

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

Responsibilities

• Organise and arrange distributions according to SOP defined by the organisation
• Distribute commodities to eligible beneficiaries, strictly following verification process and methodology and standards defined by Plan International 
• Foresee crowd control, verification of beneficiary and receipt of entitled commodities by the beneficiary in exact amount as entitled in methodology
• Collect all data needed for reporting after distribution
• Submit accurate and detailed reports on distribution and assistance provided to beneficiaries
• Ensure all commodities entrusted to Plan International are properly accounted for
• Scrutinise all waybills for commodities arriving at the distribution points
• Ensure the commodities are of correct quantities and quality as manifested on the waybill
• Commodities must carefully be counted during offloading
• At the distribution points, commodities must be stacked in an organised manner by commodity type to facilitate easy distribution
• Take active role in the registration and verification of beneficiaries to ensure the process is fair
• Organise and supervise general food distribution in the field and FDPs
• At the food distribution points, commodities must be properly stacked on plastic sheeting
• Ensure the food distribution point is properly organised and secured with ropes and crowd control measures put in place to ensure smooth distribution and flow of beneficiaries
• Ensure all necessary distribution equipment are available at the distribution point, including forms, ropes, banners, plastic sheets, measuring devices, etc
• Supervise loading of food that is left over after distributions
• Ensure a waybill is prepared for food to be returned to the warehouse
• Prepare daily distribution point visit reports and food monitors report
• Ensure proper completion and safe return of all tally documents and beneficiary lists to the office for safe storage
• Ensure proper accounting of all quantities of commodities received and distributed at each distribution point

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition, Agriculture, International Development, Business Administration, Management and Economics, or a similar discipline
• Three years, minimum, of experience in a related position 
• Experience in managing UNWFP-funded projects
• Experience in working ‘In-kind Distributions’ project preferable
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Hausa

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