Livelihoods and Food Security Officer Ethiopia North Afar

Job Title Livelihoods and Food Security Project officers
Duty Station Afar (Berahile, Yalo, & Megale woredas)
Immediate Supervisor Livelihoods and Food Security Project Coordinator
Supervision of Livelihoods and Food Security daily Worker
Duration October 28, 2026 – December 31, 2026
Generic professional competencies:
Experience from working as a Project officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
Vulnerable based targeting (VBT), data collection and registration.
Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
Knowledge of English, Amharic and Afar.
Behavioural Competencies
Planning and delivering results
Empowering and building trust
Communicating with impact and respect
Managing resources and achieving results
Handling insecure environments
Working with people
Coping with change
Generic responsibilities
Monitor and report on the project activities and ensure compliance with plans and NRC standards
Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need and explore and asses’ new and better ways to assist.
Suggest new methods and approaches to improve the quality of the activities
Ensure proper filing of documents both hard and soft copies.
Prepare, file and report relevant documents according to procedures
Specific responsibilities
Support the preparation of VBT implementation plans, activity schedules, and operational budgets.
Coordinate VBT activities with WFP, relevant government offices, local authorities, community representatives, and humanitarian partners.
Organize and facilitate community consultations and sensitization sessions on targeting objectives, eligibility criteria, selection procedures, and complaint mechanisms.
Provide technical advice, and training on income generating activities, and other livelihoods related fields to refugees, IDPs Returnees, and Hosting Communities.
Ensure that targeting activities are implemented according to approved project documents, operational guidelines, and agreed timelines.
Conduct or support household-level vulnerability assessments, registration, and verification activities.
Ensure that the targeting process considers gender, age, disability, protection risks, household composition, and other relevant vulnerability factors.
Identify and mitigate risks of duplication, exclusion errors, inclusion errors, and the registration of ineligible households.
Ensure that beneficiary selection is based on established criteria rather than political, social, ethnic, religious, or personal affiliations.

Work arrangement
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