Food Security and Livelihood Officer

Job Description

About GOAL

 GOAL is a humanitarian and non-governmental organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years, towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food, water and sanitation, healthcare, and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS. Currently, we work with pastoralist, agropastoral, pastoral dropouts, rural small holder farmers, rural/urban youth and street children to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience in Ethiopia working closely with local communities, local government, donors and other key actors. GOAL E Humanitarian Response is centered on nutrition, WASH, livelihoods, multipurpose cash, NFIs and protection interventions in country wide while the recovery and development focus on livelihoods, economic opportunities, health, health and nutrition system strengthening and WASH with solid emphasis on integrated programming and community-based approach in Oromiya regional state. The Street Children programme is implemented with local partners in Addis Ababa and Hawassa. 

We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to well-being are eliminated and where everyone has equal rights and opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO, UNHCR, WFP, UNOCHA and other private donors.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION:

Working at field level within the Humanitarian Programme, the Food Security and Livelihood Officer will be responsible for beneficiary targeting, support in agronomic practices from selection of landrace, field management and post harvesting, MPCA and animal health service and capacity building of target groups and development agents working at the grass root level both at refugee and non-refugee settings with close support from HO Food Security and Livelihood Program Department and the Area  Programme Manager. The FSL officer will work closely with local government stakeholders mainly agriculture, research centres and communities. S/he will be expected to contribute technic inputs to the development of new projects, suggest ways for improvement on future projects designing and implementation based on his/her observations and experiences at field.

Description of Functional Relationships.

Working at field level within the Humanitarian Programme, the Food Security and Livelihood Officer will be responsible for beneficiary targeting, support in agronomic practices from selection of landrace, field management and post harvesting, MPCA and animal health service and capacity building of target groups and development agents working at the grass root level both at refugee and non-refugee settings with close support from HO Food Security and Livelihood Program Department and the Area Programme Manager. The FSL officer will work closely with local government stakeholders mainly agriculture, research centres and communities. S/he will be expected to contribute technic inputs to the development of new projects, suggest ways for improvement on future projects designing and implementation based on his/her observations and experiences at field. 

Description of Functional Relationships

The Food Security and Livelihood officer will report directly to the Deputy Area Manager. However, as part of the Programme team, the FSL officer also works closely with other GOAL sectoral departments and partners. S/He will work with nutrition officers as part of the GOAL field office structure and support other Rural Development Programme and Humanitarian Response Programme staff as directed by his/her immediate supervisor. 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY/DUTIES

• Lead and build a strong and effective development programme in Goal Ethiopia programme office’s operational Woreda/refugee sites,

• Engaged on the distribution of appropriate seed varieties (cereals, pulses and vegetables) MPC, and veterinary drug with Kebele and Woreda Food Security Task Forces based on selected interventions.

• Take forward and strengthen local Community Development,

• Follow up the day-to-day implementation, planning, monitoring, and reviewing of planned activities related with, Agriculture, Gender, protection Livelihood improvement and food security, community empowerment in GE operational areas.

• Lead the initiation and strengthening of partnership development and networking with local government structures and work to strengthen community-based organizations. 

• S/He will lead the nutrition sensitive /dietary diversification agricultural activities in the refugee camps and ensure linkage with nutrition specific interventions. Ensure identification and registration of beneficiary households for response, participate in the baseline survey, and regularly monitor the activities at distribution level.

• Ensure regular documentation of community processes, and beneficiary profiles, and support the development of monitoring and review systems to assess project progress.

• Proper documentation of project activities and provide reports on monthly basis in standard format. S/He Submits timely and weekly, monthly, etc. reports that are required to be submitted regularly.

Mainstreaming Issues:

• Familiarize self, understand, and implement, according to area of responsibility, GOALs policies and procedures on mainstreaming of gender, HIV/AIDS, child protection and Accountability.

• Ensure that all minimum mainstreaming targets and outcomes are achieved in accordance with both GE policy and the donor/ grant requirements.

• Work on increasing the sensitivity and awareness of project staff towards gender, HIV/AIDS and child protection issues.

• Actively promote and ensure the mainstreaming of child protection, HIV/AIDS, and gender into the project.

• Act as a role model and provide feedback to encourage others in supporting equity and diversity principles, and the accommodation of other differences in the workplace. Models the flexibility required for working in a diverse environment. 

Mainstreaming Issues:

• Familiarize self and understand to GOAL donor compliance issues, specifically to the terms and conditions of the donor the project is working on and comply with same in area of responsibility.     
• Maintain centrally hard copy and/or electronic copies (as appropriate) of all log frame documents as a 'means of verification' for donor audits to include as relevant the following as well as those specifically listed in the donor Project specific log frame, and provide to the 'Donor Compliance Officer' monthly for filing at HQ:
• Distribution lists and monthly distribution summaries.
  • Training records - agendas, signed participant lists, training reports.
  • M & E Trip Reports & Consultant and/or Tech Team Evaluation Reports
• During project closeouts, make sure all program deliverable distribution documents are reconciled and formally addressed to the Grants Unit at HO.