With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) 

Job Description:

Food Commodity Management and Control

• Ensure that all food commodities entrusted to World Vision arriving at distribution centers are properly accounted for.
• Inspect all waybills for commodities arriving at the distribution centers.
• Ensure that the commodities are of correct quantities and quality as manifested on the waybill.
• Immediately record all quantities delivered short (missing), quantities lost in transit and quantities damaged if any (In the field and FDP).
• Commodities must carefully be counted during off-loading
• At the distribution center, commodities must be stacked in an organized manner, by commodity type to facilitate easy distribution.
• Records and keeps all the necessary documents in well-organized manner
• All observations must be recorded immediately.

Food Distribution Management  

• Take active role in the registration and verification of project participants to ensure that the process is fair.
• Organize and supervise food distributions and equipment / materials in the field and FDPs.
• Ensure that commodities must be properly stacked on plastic sheet at distribution center.
• Ensure that the distribution center is properly organized and secured with ropes and crowd control measures put in place to ensure smooth distribution and flow of beneficiaries.
• Responsible to ensure that all necessary distribution equipment’s are available at the distributions center, including forms, ropes, banners, plastic sheets, measuring devices etc.
• Supervise loading of food that is left over after distributions. Ensure that a waybill is prepared for food to be returned to the warehouse.

Coordination

• Receives master participants lists and commodities for distribution, checks for correctness and arrange in groups to facilitate efficient distribution;
• Coordinate with community mobilizers and verify beneficiary identity and eligibility
• Prepares periodic/weekly food distribution status to immediate supervisor and reports the amount of food distributed and returned to warehouse.

Reports and Documentation

•  Prepare daily distribution center visit reports and submit to commodity distribution reports.
• Ensure proper completion and safe return of all tally documents and participants lists to the office for safe storage;
• Ensure proper accounting of all quantities of commodities received and distributed at each center;
• Perform any other duty that may be assigned from time to time.

Required Professional Experience

Candidates should have at least 1 year’s previous experience in similar positions.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

Prospective candidates should have Minimum Diploma/ BA/BSc Food Science, Food Security Studies, Agricultural Economics, Business Administration / Project Management, Disaster Management, Agriculture and related fields.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• This position requires a mature candidate, a self-starter, with dedication and ability to work with less or no supervision.
• Must demonstrate willingness to learn and work with others as a team.
• Ability to perform field assignments and willingness to travel frequently with difficult environment, harsh and demanding conditions.
• Candidates should also be willing to live and work in very difficult and security-risk areas.
• Good command of oral and written English. Computer literacy is an added advantage.

World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries, and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.

Disclaimer: World Vision Ethiopia is a reputable organization that values transparency and fairness in its recruitment process and does not solicit any money for any job application. We encourage all job seekers to be cautious of any job ads that require payment or personal information upfront. If you have any questions or concerns about our job ads or recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only