FSL Officer Full Time

TEAM/PROGRAM ME: EHF-funded Anticipatory Actions for Drought Hazard response

Length of contract: six months with probability of extension

GRADE: 4A

Number of positions: 2; one per woreda

LOCATION:  Laga-Hidha and Sawena woredas of East Bale Zone Oromia Region

Post Type: National/Local

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: –

Level 3:  the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: 

• Responsible for day-to-day activities of the implementation and the evaluation of the project. This position has the role of implementing, closely monitoring, and evaluating the program activities, and securing commitments and accountability for FSL results in the implementation area.
• Ensure correct beneficiary selection procedure and criteria are used during the beneficiary targeting process
• Ensure any feedback from beneficiaries or target communities is correctly collected and shared with the coordinator, is responded to appropriately, or is raised with the FSL manager, FSL Advisor, or Head of FO if needed

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

Reports to the project’s FSL Manager

Dimensions: Save the Children works in 9 regions in Ethiopia with a current staff complement of approximately 1,800 staff and a current expenditure of approximately $90+ million each year.

Staff Directly Reporting to this Post: none

Dot relationships– FSL, Team

Functional relationship– FSL manager

Job-specific roles and responsibilities 

• This position has the role of implementing, following up, monitoring, and evaluating the program activities, and securing commitments and accountability for FSL results in the implementation area.
• Responsible for FSL day-to-day activity implementation in project targeted Woreda of E/Bale Zone
  Work closely with FSL Project Assistants, local government line ministries, and the communities in the planning and coordination of Save the Children FSL Activity Under the Bale Field Office
• Provide regular reports and updates to the FSL manager regarding project activities from the Field
• Ensure correct beneficiary selection procedure and criteria are followed by community mobilizers/representatives and committees.
•  Ensure any feedback from beneficiaries or target communities brought by the community members is responded to appropriately or raised with Project liaising with the FO MEAL team
• Laise with line manager, Advisor, or other SCI project staff as needed
• Coordinate with the FSL manager, Field office finance, and supply chain in the planning of cash distribution and livestock food activities.
• Ensure that beneficiaries are adequately communicated about project activities and plans, including distribution date and conditions required for verification.
• Liaising with the Field Office MEAL team on PDM tools and price monitoring tools and regularly checking the quality of information collected
• Provide regular progress reports to the FSL manager as per the requirement
• Prepare monthly and quarterly plans for monitoring, review, and quarterly and annual project reports and plans
• Be fully aware of how far the project fulfills child rights in terms of SCI’s strategic and thematic plans.  Ensure that Child Rights programming is effectively incorporated into all aspects of SCI’s work
• Organize meetings to sensitize communities about the purpose and modalities of the food security and livelihoods project components
• Ensure all Document relevant distribution data (Beneficiary List, Master List are well Completed and Corrected)
• Participate and lead the selection of beneficiaries for the different Criteria
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Works closely with implementing partners to oversee the quality of work and provide technical support

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their personal development, and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members, and external partners, and supporters
• Values diversity, and sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency