Food Security Livelihood Program Officer

Job Description

Title: Food Security Livelihood Program Officer

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Reports to: Food Security Livelihood Program Coordinator
∎ Contract Duration: 6 Months

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Program Implementation
∎ Play a key role in beneficiary selection: mobilization and identification of targeting committees, communication of targeting criteria to the community and committees, facilitation of the community-based targeting exercise
∎ Select the participating vendors under the supervision and lead of the FSL Program Coordinator
∎ Organize and manage the distribution (communication with beneficiaries and Vendors, identification of appropriate distribution site), coordinate the security on the day of the distribution.
∎ Supervise the distribution.
∎ Mobilize the community for communication on targeting criteria and final beneficiary list: and for any other community activity
∎ Distribute their cards to the beneficiaries
∎ Facilitate reconciliation after each distribution.
∎ Regularly monitor the e-transactions in-person at the participating vendors' shops and monitor whether all beneficiaries can access chosen goods without encountering any issue
∎ Report project progress and challenges to the FSL Program Coordinator
∎ Quality Programming
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∎ Ensure consistence and coherence in use of implementation and monitoring tools under the lead of the FSL Program Coordinator
∎ Work in close collaboration with other members of the team to ensure an integrated approach and foster coordination among teams

Additional Requirements:
∎ This position demands a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to work hard and achieve results in a demanding, fast paced and often insecure environment.
∎ At least 2 years of experience in community mobilization and community-based targeting
∎ At least 1 year of solid experience and a track record of success in implementing and monitoring Voucher-based programming in different emergency settings, ideally in one of the following sectors: EFSL, WASH, Health, Education, Shelter
∎ Minimum 6 months of aid-related international NGO experience in Bangladesh
∎ Experience of working in a stressful environment with tight deadlines
∎ Good writing skills at programmatic level (assessment reports, proposals, guidance notes)
∎ Ability to show initiative, multi-task and provide consistently high-quality work
∎ Able to follow a work plan.
∎ Flexible, positive and pro-active attitude essential
∎ Good communication skills in English preferred
∎ Commitment to the aims and principles of Relief International. In particular, a good understanding of the humanitarian mandate and principles.

Application Deadline: October 5, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.

Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.

Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org

Category: NGO/Development