Commodities Manager, N Sudan -- Location: Khartoum

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

To provide strategic leadership, technical management and coordination to the food aid program so as to ensure that the receipt, storage, dispatch, distribution, monitoring, documentation, accounting and reporting of all commodities (food and non-food) entrusted to WV Northern Sudan by the donors are within the standards established by World Vision and the donors.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Management/leadership:

• Assist to mobilize and sustain support from the world Vision partnership and donor organizations for the humanitarian operations.
• Design and provide technical and direct management to the food aid and humanitarian emergency affairs program.
• Build up and ensure a sustainable level of food aid capacity remains in World Vision Northern Sudan Food Aid Program.
• Participate in key humanitarian meetings, including networking with other humanitarian partners, donor and UN agencies.
• Manage the food distribution team including random oversight of end-use monitors, to verify that food and non-food distributions occur according to international standards set by WV and donors.
• Coordinate with other sectors the food aid program implementation and propose innovative ideas for integrating food as a resource into other sectors.
• Spearhead development and negotiations of major food programs.
  
  Implementation:
• Mainstream international recognized standards, such as sphere, codes of conduct, Emergency Response and disaster mitigation practices.
• Develop and implement comprehensive food and non-food operation plan.
• Establish and oversee commodity management, accountability and tracking systems/standards in WV Northern Sudan Operation areas.
• Orient new staff members and provide skills training that will include international response standards, Commodity management and other relevant matters.
• Establish and maintain a mechanism for exchange of information and lessons learned.
• Identify appropriate learning opportunities for staff.
• Assist in the development of the disaster preparedness plan.
• To set up effective systems and standards for team development and performance management within the team.
• Monitor shipment of food and non-food including coordinating with administration support for inland transport and ensuring that losses are reported.
• Liaise with WV Northern Sudan senior management and leadership on program matters.
• Responsible for overall management and coordination of the food aid project according to the agreed time frame, budget and project objective stated in the proposal;
• Responsible for meeting the contractual agreement stated in the contract (i.e. FLA, Project Agreement, MOU, etc.);
• Facilitate continuous project monitoring activities and periodic review/assessments as required;
• Provide oversight over project financial procedures, including budgeting, budget tracking, control and reporting;
• Provide oversight over other project components when applicable i.e. Food For Work, School Feeding, Food For Training, Supplementary feeding, Blanket feeding etc. and include the performance of those components in the project report;
• Ensure the DM&E system is in place
• To build the capacity of commodity staff on Commodity Management, budget preparation and budget control management, methodology on site and beneficiary selection on the post]p distribution and onsite monitoring activities, SPHERE standards and performance appraisals etc.
• To establish conducive relationship and effective net working with Donors, WV Area offices, WV Support Offices, Food Programming Management Group and other stake holders.
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

REQUIRED:
• University degree in social sciences or related field
• Minimum of 5 years experience working in Food Aid at International level
• Documented and traceable experience in program development, writing reports as well as evidence of donor engagement
• Very dynamic individual with clear understanding of donor relations and has had experience in dealing with our main donors such as WFP USAID, ECHO, EC ,Private Donors
• Understand and be familiar with LEAP budget format
• Ability to prepare and analyze budgets
• Good understanding of World Vision Food Aid standards/systems
• Experience in Management, demonstrate leadership, coaching, mentoring and team building skills.
• Knowledge of and adherence to Red Cross and NGO Code of conduct and sphere standards
• Excellent English communication skills (both written and spoken)
• Able to demonstrate good relationship/networking with Donors, Government and other stakeholders
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, emotional maturity and physical stamina.
• Demonstrated capacity to function well in a team and contribute effectively to team efforts.
• Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, psychologically stressful environments and physical conditions with limited resources.
• Commitment to World Vision Core Values and Mission Statement and participation in devotions.
• Ability to exhibit exemplary lifestyles as interpreted in specific local cultural context
• Negotiation skills.
• Consortium working strategy.
• Project Management.
• Working experience in CAT-III program countries.
  
  PREFERRED:
• Working experience in CAT-III program countries
  

Commodities Manager, N Sudan -- Location: Khartoum