Position: Field Monitor
Report to: Program Coordinator.
Location: AICHM KAKUMA NASINYONO.
Job description
AIC Health Ministries invites applications from experienced
persons to fill the position of Field Monitor.
Responsibilities
Community Facilitation & organization
- Responsible for ensuring community organization
and capacity building for proper management of field level project
initiatives.
- Introduce CBTD/FFA concept to the community and
ensure a clear understanding and adoption of the process.
- Facilitate community organization in the process
of electing relief committees, ensuring gender balance and conduct
training for the relief committees based on the CBTD/FFA principles.
- Lead the community in the identification and
prioritization of community projects and development of community project
proposals for approval by the relevant offices/bodies.
- In alignment with the FSC developed beneficiary
selection criteria, facilitate the development of a community based
targeting/selection criteria by the relief Committees and facilitate
approval by all community members and local leadership.
- Facilitate beneficiary selection and validation
process.
- Assist community to solve problems related to the
field level project activities including food distribution and ensure
that a complaint/response mechanism is in place in all FDPs.
Commodity Management
- Ensure that all commodities delivered at the FDP
are properly distributed and accounted for.
- Based on the approved distribution plan inform the
Relief Committees on the quantities of food expected, ration scales and
the expected date of arrival of commodity and planned distribution dates.
- Monitor commodity movements, including delivery of
commodities at the FDP, supervise receipt and offloading of food commodities
to ensure adherence to the commodity management standards including
handling and documentation.
- Oversee the distribution process at the FDP in
collaboration with the Relief Committees and supervise the random weighing
of beneficiary receipts to ensure proper rations are distributed:
- Ensure no damaged commodities are distributed to
beneficiaries.
- Assist Field coordinator in all areas of commodity
management including periodical review of food security situation, food
availability and supervise the implementation of rehabilitation projects.
Documentation and Reporting
- Ensure timely preparation of the weekly/monthly
reports and submit to the Project Coordinator on a timely basis.
- Ensure all relevant documentation of commodity
movements and distributions are properly maintained.
- Ensure that Distribution Center Visit Reports
(DCVR), Warehouse Inspection Report (WIR), and Truck Inspection Reports
(TIR) are prepared and submitted on regular basis.
- Scrutinize waybills, to ensure that the correct
quantities have been indicated in the waybills, record underweight,
excesses and lost quantities (if any).
- Ensure proper documentation of reconstituted
commodities.
- Report on any incidences touching on security at
the distribution centers.
Community Liaison and beneficiary relations
- Coordinate and liaise at operational level, with
local authorities, NGOs and counterparts, provide information regarding
beneficiary registration, commodity distribution, distribution plans, and
project progress.
- Identify and recommend other needs such as health
care, additional food needs, development activities, or any other
rehabilitation and/or development activity.
- Ensure beneficiaries are treated with respect and
dignity.
Qualifications
- At least a certificate/Diploma community
development or related discipline.
- At least 2 years’ field level experience working
with local or international NGOs in commodity management or
livelihoods/food security projects at a similar level is required.
- Fluency is Turkana language and experience working
with rural populations is required
- Experience in commodity programming and/or
logistics or related field with
- ability to manage staff and organize issues
related to transport and transporters
- Ability to organize and facilitate capacity
building/capacity enhancement sessions for staff is an advantage.
- Good report writing skills in English and
information dissemination is required
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to lead a
team, communicate with integrity to different stakeholders.
- Good contextual knowledge of local community and
social/cultural constraints, realities and organizational relationships.
- Ability to communicate in both English and Local
language
- Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above
denominational diversities.
- Attend and participate in daily devotions and
weekly Chapel services.
- Flexibility to perform other duties as assigned by
supervisor.
Working Environment / Conditions:
- The position is field based with local travel up
to 80% of the time.
- The position requires availability and willingness
to work outside regular office hours.
How to apply
Applicants should include a cover letter, detailed CV detailing
work history and current responsibilities, salary history, educational
certificates, and three references. Only individuals who meet the
above-mentioned qualifications should apply.
Please send your application to:
The Executive Director,
AIC Health Ministries,
BOX 40431-00100, NAIROBI
NOT later than 10th November 2020.
Applications can also be sent through Email: recruitment@aichm.org