RECRUITMENT NOTICE (48-49) FOOD ASSISTANCE FIELD AGENT
IDENTIFICATION
Job Title: Food Assistance Field Agent
Reports to: Project Manager
Duty station Buea
Type of contract Fixed Term
Duration of employment contract: till June 2023
Main objective and tasks
The Field agent is in charge of the smooth implementation of the all the Food assistancerelated activities under the supervision of the Project Manager. S/he will ensure that the
activities are delivered timely and compliant to the donor’s and INTERSOS policies and
requirements. S/he is also in charge of the supervision of the community volunteers and
manages the interaction with community-level stakeholders
1. Community Mobilization
– Explains and ensures the good acceptance of in INTERSOS’ activities and builds
positive relationships with community volunteers and members of the different
committees involved in food distribution activities.
– Ensures the smooth briefing of the community volunteers and supervises their
work.
– Explains to the community their roles and participation in the project
implementation strategy, the Accountability and the compliance to the
humanitarian principles
– With the support of the Protection & gender officer, runs the sensitization
campaigns and ensures that the operations are inclusive towards gender, disability
and vulnerabilities
– Relays issues, concerns raised by the community stakeholders
2. Cash Transfer site management
– Organizes pre-distribution meetings to ensure the full awareness of the
community on the distribution operation
– Ensures that the final exchange/identification point is accessible, inclusive and
safe for both the staffs, beneficiaries and third parties to the project (TPM,
Providers, etc)
– Ensures that delivery deadlines are respected and that they are generally well
organized.- Ensures that each beneficiary has a fast and clear access to the resource
– Ensures that complains and remarks are considered and processed with the full
support of the relevant committee, and committee volunteer
– Proposes optimizations and improvement to the distribution processes
– Relays issues, concerns raised by the community volunteers, beneficiaries and
committee members.
3. Data management
– Under the supervision of the MEAL Officer, assists with the data collection,
surveys and reporting.
– Ensures the quality of the data collected and ensures its timely submission to
Project Manager
– Ensures that forms, lists and other paper evidence is properly filled, signed and
archived, both physically and electronically
4. Reporting
– Prepares and timely submit compliant distribution sitreps, meeting minutes, daily
and weekly reports to the project manager
– Provides information on activities as requested by the Project Manager or M&E
team.
– Assists in obtaining the informed consent of the beneficiaries of success stories
– Collects quality and documented pictures of operations and ensures their proper
backup
– Verifies the consistency and quality of the information provided by the team of
community mobilizers and ensures its compilation and validation by the
Distribution Officer.
5. Accountability
– Engages the community stakeholders into using the complaint mechanism tools to
report misbehaviors, fraud and abuses.
– Ensures that committees are functional, accessible and reliable.
– Ensures the appropriate and diligent processing of any complaint raised by the
beneficiaries or any stakeholder
– Through the keeping of a register, the advertising of the complaint boxs, helpline
numbers, ensures that beneficiaries’ opinions and suggestions on project activities
are taken into account.
Educational and professional experience
required
• University diploma in social sciences, management, agronomy / rural development and
any related scientific field
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a humanitarian context, in an association, NGO or
INGO, with at least 6 months of field work experience in the NW or SW regions during
the context of crisis
• Proven work experience in CBT modality in a similar context would be an asset
• Experience working and / or collaborating on a WFP project would be an asset
Technical and • IT: Basic functional Knowledge ofbehavioral
competencies required
o Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook),
o Mainstream web navigators (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla
Firefox)
• Good redactional skills
Languages • Fluency in both written and oral formal English
• Fluency in Pidgin English
Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Send your CV and Cover letter by following this link:
https://bit.ly/41FaicG
Only CVs and Cover letters sent through the link mentioned will be received.
NB: nly Shortlisted candidates will be invited for further interview.
Please apply no later than May 1st, 2023 at 5 PM.
In light of the urgency to fill this position, the organization reserve the rights to
close the position earlier should the candidate be identified
HR-Department
INTERSOS – Cameroun
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