Deadline: 28 December, 2020
Location: Juba, South Sudan
The World Vision International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Food and Cash Assistance Project Manager.
The mission of the organisation includes working with the poor and promoting human transformation.
Responsibilities
- Provide supervision and technical support to staff in the management of all food and cash resources, ensuring the reception, handling, storage and documentation of food commodity movements are aligned with WFP and WVI DMT standards and guidelines
- Ensure an effective reporting system to produce timely and accurate commodities reports to WFP, WVSS office, DMT and other key stakeholders like the United Nations and government counterparts
- Manage the project budget in conjunction with the food assistance technical lead, zonal programme manager and finance manager, and ensure spending and expenditures are within budget and adhere to donor requirements
- Actively combat fraud and corruption within the wider programme, ensuring projects are ready for risk-based audits
- Develop and maintain an adequate human resource plan consistent with WV policies, donor requirements and local laws and ensure proper technical and operational capacity of staff to manage and implement project initiatives
- Conduct quarterly reviews of staff performance in line with WVs performance management system, ensuring opportunities for staff feedback
- Maintain effective project quality assurance mechanisms, including monitoring system for tracking of project progress against indicators, activities and key project milestones, reporting, evaluation, and communication systems
- Conduct routine visits to all project sites for purposes of monitoring and operational support
- Ensure commodity tracking system (CTS) support to the food assistance commodity reporting team
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Management, Business Administration, International Development, or a related field
- Three years, minimum, of exposure to food and cash assistance programmes (knowledge of WV food assistance systems will be an added advantage)
- Knowledge of the sphere standards, code of conduct for Red Cross/Red Crescent, humanitarian accountability partnerships (HAP) and other international humanitarian standards
- Experience in working in fragile, and difficult contexts with very limited amenities will be an added advantage
To apply and for more information, click here.
Photo source: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
