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World Vision International

Christian humanitarian organization supporting children worldwide

Field Monitor

Logistics & TransportationPosted on Nov 9
Full-timeLodwar, KenyaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A diploma in community development, logistics, or a related field is required.
  • At least one year of experience in commodity/cash programming and logistics is required.
  • Ability to engage with local communities, partners, and government authorities is required.
  • Ability to speak and understand the local language and geography is required.
  • Ability to work above denominational diversities is required.
  • Good communication and mobilization skills are required.
  • Cross-cultural sensitivity, a flexible worldview, emotional maturity, and physical stamina are required.
  • Applicants must be local residents of Turkana County; local applicants only.
  • Applicants must submit a CV, certificates, both sides of their ID, and a chief reference letter in one PDF document.

Responsibilities

  • Mobilize the community and guide the relief committee’s selection process, including setting up the Food Advisory Committee.
  • Facilitate the relief committees’ development of community-based targeting and selection criteria and obtain approval from community members.
  • Facilitate beneficiary selection and validation by the relief committees.
  • Assist the community in solving problems related to food distribution.
  • Enroll validated beneficiaries in the Last Mile Mobile Solution (LMMS) system and update beneficiary records.
  • Monitor project implementation and ensure beneficiaries collect their food rations monthly.
  • Facilitate community awareness of project ownership and sustainability.
  • Prepare documentation on commodity movements and distributions using LMMS.
  • Plan tracking for strategically relevant CWB indicators using secondary and primary data with partners and communities.
  • Collect monitoring data collaboratively and systematically with community members.
  • Support supervision of community-based monitoring activities as required by the programme context.
  • Document losses and reconstituted commodities.
  • Report security incidents at the distribution center.
  • Account for commodities delivered at the food distribution point (FDP) in accordance with the approved distribution plan, and inform the Food Advisory Committee (FAC) of expected food quantities and ration scales.
  • Monitor commodity movements, including deliveries of commodities and non-food items (NFIs) at the FDP.
  • Supervise FAC receipt and offloading to verify quantity, content, and quality against waybills; confirm waybill signatures and document losses, damages, and excesses.
  • Arrange reconstitution when commodities are damaged.
  • Oversee distribution using LMMS with distribution clerks and FACs, ensure correct rations are distributed, and prevent damaged commodities from being distributed to beneficiaries.
  • Schedule NFI commodity and cash distribution dates with the FACs and communicate them to beneficiaries.
  • Liaise with the community, government authorities, the World Food Programme (WFP), and other stakeholders, providing information on beneficiary registration, commodity and cash distribution, distribution plans, and project progress.
  • Identify and report other needs, including health care, additional food needs, development activities, and other rehabilitation or development activities.
  • Maintain good relationships with donors.
  • Train communities and relief committees or incentive workers on community-based targeting and distribution (CBTD) principles and implementation of food distribution projects.
  • Support the Project Officer – Food Assistance in rolling out new initiatives in general food distribution (GFD) project implementation.

About the Company

World Vision International

Christian humanitarian organization supporting children worldwide

What World Vision International does: It is a Christian humanitarian, development, and advocacy organization focused on children. It operates in nearly 100 countries with 33,000+ staff and works with supporters to help more than 200 million vulnerable children by addressing the root causes of poverty. How its product works: Through long-term programs and rapid relief, it provides essentials like water, food, and tools for families to overcome poverty, guided by faith and field expertise, and coordinated across communities by staff and partners. How it is different from competitors: It combines a large, faith-guided global network with a clear focus on sustainable, root-cause approaches to development, serving all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender, and stressing lasting impact that endures beyond one-time aid. What the company’s goal is: To improve the lives of children, families, and communities around the world and create lasting, generational impact.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Monrovia, CA
Founded
2012

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