CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Samaritan's Purse
Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 15 Dec 2014

The Food Assistance Program Manager, Unity State will be responsible for overall coordination and management – both programmatic and financial – of a Food Assistance Project in Unity State. He/she will guide, train, direct and support project staff in implementing food assistance activities while also providing monitoring and evaluation tools to assess progress against agreed objectives. The manager is ultimately responsible for ensuring timely, orderly and effective food distribution to beneficiaries and for ensuring timely and accurate data collection, recording and financial management. In addition, he/she will be responsible for warehouse commodity Management.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Management & Administration:

· Direct line management of food assistance and warehouse staff and drivers in the districts of operation, including performance review, ongoing direction, support, encouragement and correction.
· Update HR records for all project staff in the districts of operation, sending monthly reports to Human Resources, Program Manager for attendance, leave and contractual changes as they arise.
· Ensure effective budget management and administration of project finances, including adherence to Samaritan's Purse (SP) and WFP financial management guidelines.
· Act as official SP representative to stakeholders for all matters concerning Food Assistance in districts of operation.
· With a generous and serving spirit perform all other tasks and responsibilities assigned for the benefit of Samaritan's Purse.

Programming:

· Establish clear strategy and direction for Food Assistance programming in the districts of operation in collaboration with supervisor.
· Coordinate effective implementation of clear security protocol for distribution.
· Ensure all project activities are conducted in accordance with agreed work-plan and proposal.
· Coordinate updating of beneficiary lists, sending updates as required.
· Submit monthly and quarterly reports to supervisor, including activity summary, progress against objectives, commodity distributed, beneficiary caseload data, achievements to date, issues faced, impact stories and financial expenditure.

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
· One year of college-level Biblical studies strongly preferred.
· Experience in food assistance/food security and/or infrastructure assets-based programming.
· Experience in Africa preferred.
· Willingness to travel in and out of field.
· Practical, quick, reasoning skills; must be able to keep communication lines open with all parties in program of scheduling changes.
· Clear understanding of the workings of major donors and their perspectives, requirements and standards.
· Organizational and time management skills.
· Good interpersonal and written oral communication skills.
· Ability to coordinate activities with other agencies, build and maintain positive working relationships.
· Ability to understand complex security situation and advise program design accordingly.

12 month contract with the potential for renewal.

This is an unaccompanied assignment.

How to apply:

To apply, please visit our website at http://careers.samaritanspurse.org/food-assistance-program-manager-unity-state/job/4898085 and click "Apply Online" at the bottom of the page.