Livelihood & Food Security Programme Officer South Sudan Mayom

Job Description

“Achieving results through others”

A job description is a written statement that describes the employee’s role and responsibilities. The role and responsibilities shall be executed within the NRC framework. The job description facilitates the recruitment process by stating the necessary competencies. It is mandatory for all positions.

Position:                            Program Officer

Reports to:                       Program Coordinator

Supervision of:                 None

Duty station:                    Mankien

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.

1. Role and responsibilities

The purpose of the position entails responsibility for delegated program portfolio activities.  Specifically, this includes responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) and Education activities in Mankien. The following is a brief description of the role.

Generic responsibilities

1. Ensure adherence to NRC policies, tool, handbooks, guidelines and donor requirements.
2. Implement the FSL/Education activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
3. Prepare periodic status reports and other documents as required by management
4. Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
5. Coordinate with relevant partners
6. Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
7. Promote and share ideas for technical improvement in order to improve the quality of the activities
8. Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist

Specific responsibilities

Program implementation and execution

• Contribute to proposal development and Annual Planning processes
• Conduct beneficiary mobilization and registration in the project sites and ensuring that all the project goals are achieved in a timely manner and on budget
• Implement community-based initiatives that promote school enrolment, retention and transition in consultation with the Program Coordinator. 
• Support distribution of food commodities during GFD in the community and school feeding in schools, distribution of teaching and learning materials and lead follow-ups on appropriate and correct usage of project resources supplied to schools.
• Implement Education interventions; construction, repairs, furnishing
• Discuss with Department of agriculture and implement LFS activities that supplement and complement general food distribution
• Support schools to establish environmentally friendly initiatives including establishment of tree nursery beds and tree planting
• Promote energy saving interventions in schools
• Liaise with School Authorities to ensure schools are safe and child friendly

Capacity building

• Assist the Program Coordinator to develop and execute teacher support programme at school level together with Ministry of Education officials
• Conduct training for PTAs and teachers in collaboration with other team members
• Guide and support teachers in delivering conflict sensitive education
• Take lead in the training of project management committees, complaints help desk committees and local leaders on their roles in the food management processes during GFD

Program monitoring and accountability

• Monitor performance of teachers; lesson scheming, planning and hold discussions on effective learning and teaching outcomes
• Carry out PDM on the use and satisfaction on education material support provided to learners and teachers
• Conduct field data collection for baseline survey and evaluation, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM), Pre- and Post-harvest assessment
• Report any problem related to finance, admin and logistics within the FSL team and the support team to the attention of the FSL management team for resolution
• Lead the processes of monitoring, tracking attendance and recommend appropriate steps to take in case of gaps
• Lead the process of setting up CHDs in the distribution points and facilitate the feedback process.
• In coordination with M&E Officers participate in education assessments and determine priority needs in project locations
• Ensure correct data collection and tracking of all education interventions and participate in compiling emergency related internal (bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly) and external (interim and final) reports

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• Program Coordinator
• PM
• CC Specialists.

Scale and scope of position

2. Competencies

1. Value driven competencies

Values are aspirational attitudes and beliefs that influence the way people conduct themselves. NRC’s values are: Dedicated, Innovated, Inclusive and Accountable.

2. Behavioral competencies

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. Of the 12 behavioral competencies, the following are essential for this position:

• Managing resources and achieving results
• Handling insecure environments
• Working with people
• Coping with change

3. Professional competencies

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

Generic professional competencies for this position:

• Experience from working as FSL/or Education Project Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience in running food security and livelihood, Education and School Feeding activities and Cash Based approaches
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own management skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Context related skills, knowledge and experience (shall be adapted to the specific position):

• University degree in relevant field
• Knowledge of the context
• Knowledge of Juba Arabic and other local languages an advantage
• Good-level competency in computer skills (common Microsoft Windows and Office applications)
• Proven skills and experience in report writing
• Strong organizational and logistical skills and the ability to work with little infrastructure and to function in difficult situations including limited transport options

3. Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

•     The Job Description

•     The Work and Development Plan

•     The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template

•     The End-term Performance Review Template

•     The NRC Competency Framework