Emergency Response Roster - Food Assistance & Non-Food Item; NFI Advisor

Emergency Roster – Food Assistance & Non‑Food Item (NFI) Advisor

Join to apply for the Emergency Response Roster – Food Assistance & Non‑Food Item (NFI) Advisor role at World Vision
. Our organization, with over 70 years of experience, focuses on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience a fuller life, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Employee Contract Type: International Assignment – Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Job Description: Country location to be determined based on response. Please submit your cover letter and CV in English. Children’s lives can change in an instant in the wake of war, disasters and humanitarian emergencies. Joining our Emergency Response Roster enables you to provide immediate support when disaster strikes.

• Provide strategic oversight and leadership of the Food Assistance and NFI Programs, in compliance with Disaster Management Standards and donor guidelines.
• Establish and maintain an effective working relationship with the DM Regional Technical Advisor throughout the life of the project.
• Ensure strong communication and coordination with all team members as a means to effectively achieve program objectives.
• Spearhead innovation and creativity within the food assistance and NFI programs to ensure cost‑competitiveness and value for money.
• Lead project team in participatory planning and implementation of activities, ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines.
• Provide supervision and technical support to all food assistance and NFI activities to ensure they are managed and implemented as per approved award document, donor and WVI guidelines/standards.
• Design strategies, partnerships and interventions to ensure project activities and implementation approaches are gender, age and ability inclusive and in compliance with requirements.
• Work closely with all departments (other operations stakeholders, finance, procurement, supply chain management) to provide technical support needed for the implementation of all food assistance and NFI activities.
• Identify and support program staff capacity building and development.
• Work with all sectors within the response to ensure food assistance and NFI interventions are well integrated with existing sectors programs for maximum impact within the response.
• Maintain appropriate tracking systems for both food assistance and NFI interventions to ensure proper accounting and stewardship of all food assistance and NFI resources entrusted to the response.
• Ensure all food assistance and NFI distributions are executed in line with set industry, donor, WV and humanitarian standards, and all distribution documents are correctly filed in a safe place and readily available for audit.
• Ensure all commodities, CVP and NFI losses are properly documented, investigated and claims procedures comply with the World Vision Partnership and donor requirements.
• As required, support Operations in implementation challenges with hands‑on capacity building.
• Support direct reports as needed on invoices tracking sheet and update & share with the management on timely basis.
• Support Food Assistance (in‑kind, cash, vouchers) / NFI and procurement teams in maintaining inventory control on a monthly basis.
• Ensure that all Food Assistance (in‑kind, vouchers, cash) / NFI are tracked as on funding and separate reports prepared for each donor.
• In collaboration with the GAM team, participate in the development of new project proposals/concept notes; and explore opportunities for growth and diversification of the Food Assistance (in‑kind, vouchers, cash) and NFI Program portfolio.
• Network with other humanitarian and private stakeholders to support exploration of funding opportunities and partnerships.
• Participate in relevant humanitarian community cluster or working group meetings and represent the response in technical discussions on food assistance and NFI programs.
• Provide ad‑hoc reports and information as needed to maintain external stakeholders up to date on key developments in the portfolio.
• Work closely with other stakeholders across Response team (response director/management,…