World Concern, a Relief and Development
Organization, wishes to recruit a qualified and competent person for the
following position to be based in Dadaab.
Commodities Officer
Contract (six months)
Overall objective: Manage all the tracking procedures in our voucher system to ensure all vouchers are accounted for and ensure adequate internal controls are put in place and that the donor standards for accountability are maintained.
Major Responsibilities:
Commodities Officer
Contract (six months)
Overall objective: Manage all the tracking procedures in our voucher system to ensure all vouchers are accounted for and ensure adequate internal controls are put in place and that the donor standards for accountability are maintained.
Major Responsibilities:
- Design
voucher implementation plans and ensure plans are monitored as per
guidelines
- Develop
tools for use in analyzing reports to help in identifying gaps, trends and
key issues and ensure that the Reports are accurate and reliable with the
relevant supporting documentation.
- Coordinate
market assessments and analyze the feasibility of food vouchers in
targeted regions/areas of Kenya/Somalia.
- Draft
monthly reports in addition to statistical data on the status of Vouchers.
- Prepare
periodic consumptions and projections of cash and voucher
requirements/commitments.
- Liaise
with Finance department to ensure the partners payments are processed in
time.
- Identify
areas of strengths and weaknesses in the program and provide feedback and
solutions.
- Conduct
analysis of existing voucher transfer mechanisms so as to develop
programme standards and financial control and oversight mechanisms
- Conduct
regular field travel to provide guidance to ongoing voucher programmes
- Ensure
adequate training is provided to the merchants to enhance effectiveness
- Prepare
distribution plans in coordination with the project partners and the
merchants to ensure the timely delivery of the required commodities at
each distribution site.
- Complete
lists of all program beneficiaries.
- Verify
with the merchants that distribution has been done as required.
- Prepare
the required monthly quarterly progress reports.
Qualification and Experience
- Diploma/
degree in social sciences; accounting or supply chain knowledge an advantage.
- At
least two years field experience in community development
- Cultural
sensitivity and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural context
are essential.
- Good
interpersonal and people management skills; strong written and spoken
English and Swahili. Somali language is desired but not mandatory.
- Numeric
skills.
- Ability
to function independently and take initiative in a constantly changing
environment.
- Tolerance
for stress related to working and living in a cross-cultural, unstable,
environment.
If you
believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please submit your
application and CV to worldconcernhr@wcdro.org.
Include your current phone contacts, email address and names of three referees.
Application process closes on Sunday 18th September, 2011.
Include your current phone contacts, email address and names of three referees.
Application process closes on Sunday 18th September, 2011.
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