Food Assistance Project Manager, South Sudan 223 views0 applications

World Vision International

World Vision is a humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our almost 37,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

As Food Assistance Project Manager, South Sudan, you will provide strategic, operational and technical oversight and management of the food assistance component of the emergency response, covering general food distributions, nutrition and food for education projects in compliance with WFP and WVI policies plus other relevant standards in the area of operation. You will provide leadership that entails planning, supporting and management of the program so that activities and outputs remain on track and the program contributes to its main goal of alleviating suffering among disaster affected and vulnerable communities in Greater Upper Nile by improving access to humanitarian assistance. This will include partner coordination, logistical and technical support to the teams, including supporting the integrated rapid response missions (IRRM) during deep-field deployments to ensure that they are effectively implemented to meet set goals and objectives in accordance with World Vision and donors’ guidelines and policies.

Requirements include:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, public health, management, business administration, international development or a related field including grant management.
• Field-based international NGO work experience in Food Assistance program leadership, with a minimum of 5 years total development and emergency experience in food logistics (warehousing, transportation, distributions) in a fragile or challenging and complex contexts with responsibility of overseeing comprehensive food security programs at a senior level.
• Sound knowledge of humanitarian international standards, policies and procedures including the Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct, HAP-I Standard, ECB Good Enough Guide, Sphere Standard (Humanitarian Charter and Participation Standard), donor requirements and WV Humanitarian Accountability Framework.
• Strong English communication skills (both oral and written).
• Willingness to spend at least 30% of the time in the field visiting projects sometimes under difficult living conditions.