Project Officer - Food Distributions

Job Summary
The Project Officer will work under the LHF-funded project ‘ Localized and accountable Food Security and WASH response for 6370 people in Wadi Khaled, Machta Hammoud, and Mazarea Jabal Akroum (Akkar Governorate)’ implemented by WW-GVC and Mada Association. Under this project, Mada is responsible for the distributions of fresh food baskets through agricultural cooperatives to vulnerable households and support to small-scale farmers.

The Project Officer will report directly to the Project Manager and be in charge of day-to-day implementation, with focus on the food distributions.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Supervise the selected cooperatives’ distributions of fresh food baskets on a weekly basis by ensuring on-site presence for quality control.
• Conduct a detailed needs assessment of smallholder farmers in the target areas in Akkar and participate in the selection of 250 farmers to benefit from distributions;
• Support on the distribution of input and equipment packages to smallholder farmers
• Report any challenges and/or issues directly to the Project Manager.
• Support the logistics of any training sessions and distributions under the project.
• Support the component of establishment of small home gardens for beneficiaries as a pilot exit strategy from the food distributions.
• Support Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) activities, including but not limited to assessment, data collection, and facilitation of Focus Group Discussions.
• Facilitate and support the collection and preparation of communication and visual material in line with the visibility guidelines of the organization and the donors.
• Ensure that data and documentation of all activities are properly collected and archived.
• Maintain full qualitative and quantitative records and reports of activities
• Report to the Project Manager on a daily basis and submit weekly reports as required, highlighting risks and challenges and proposing mitigations and solutions
• Ensure that communication with the beneficiaries is clear, identify any bottlenecks and gaps and report back to the Project Manager

Additional Responsibilities: Any other duties delegated by the Project Manager that align relevant to the role and competencies of the Project Officer.​​​​​​

Minimum Qualification and experience

• Full adherence to Mada’s mission and vision, as well as Ethics Code.
• 2 to 3 years of experience in similar tasks.
• 2-3 years of experience working in NGOs.
• Good organizational, coordination and time-management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Having previous working experience in Wadi Khaled, Machta Hammoud and Mazarea Jabal Akroum.
• Valid driving license is compulsory.