Location: Gonder, Ethiopia
Organization: Samaritan’s Purse
Deadline: Aug 20, 2025
Job Description
Job Summary
The School Feeding Officer will provide oversight of the school feeding program at the refugee camp. He/she will support the program by implementing one hot meal a day for students, for one year. School meals are a strong incentive for children to go to school, and to stay in school, focusing on their education, rather than on hunger.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
- Provide leadership to school feeding staff and ensure compliance with school feeding standard operating procedures, organizational guidelines and policies.
- Ensure compliance, including financial tracking and oversight of budget, administration and reporting.
- Coordinate relationships with key stakeholders for the smooth and efficient implementation of project activities and to create a culture of learning and cooperation among partners and project staff.
- Liaise with school, local government, and community leaders to ensure effective and efficient program implementation.
- Ensure safeguarding of children at all stages of the implementation of the project.
- Monitor and supervise program quality and compliance with set standards.
- Produce and share weekly, monthly, end of term and annual reports.
- Provide feedback on the lessons learned from the implementation of field activities and make recommendations for improvements as required.
- Manages the performance of School Feeding staff.
- Organize logistic components to ensure program supplies are in adequate measures in the school at all times.
- Support the MEAL plan is implemented.
- Additional duties as assigned
Education / Experience Needed
- Bachelors degree in public health, nutrition, education, or community development
- A minimum of 3yrs experience in project management in the humanitarian sector. Experience with school feeding preferred
- Experience working with vulnerable youth and children
- Experience with report writing and budget management
LANGUAGE
- Proficiency in English and Amharic
- Knowledge of the regional language required
- Knowledge of any other national language is a plus
SKILLS REQUIRED
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritans Purses code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritans Purses Statement of Faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
In addition, the following skills are required
- Attention to detail, anticipation and follow up are core values of the job function as well as maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality regarding contracts and salaries.
- Possesses strong organizational and problem-solving skills within a fast-paced environment.
- Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.
- Good understanding of project management and project cycle
- Proven track record of handling a project from start to finish
- Good report writing and reviewing skills
- Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.
- May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.
- Work in a security context that is fluid
SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT
The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritans Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.
Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.
