Job description

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

 We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Save the Children International seeks to always be a child safe organization through fulfilling its obligations to the community and through programme implementation carried out by the organization for safeguarding children and to improve the living standards of the child.

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Position: FSL Project Assistant ( National Only )

 Location: Taiz

Contract Length: 4 Months ( Renewable )

Grade: 5

The Opportunity:

The Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Project Assistant will support the implementation of various activities within the FSL program, which includes cash distribution aimed at improving food security and livelihoods for vulnerable populations. The Project Assistant will work closely with the FSL officer and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) teams to ensure that FSL activities, including cash assistance, are delivered effectively and efficiently to beneficiaries.

The Project Assistants will have a diverse range of responsibilities and will assist FSL officers with tasks such as community sensitization and mobilization, formation of community committees, beneficiary selection and registration processes, training, distribution, and monitoring of various components of the multipurpose cash assistance program. Specific tasks will be assigned by the FSL officer or program manager and will depend on individual skills and interests.

SCOPE OF ROLE

Reports to: FSL Project Officer

Staff reporting to this post: FSL Volunteers

Budget Responsibilities: None

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

Community Mobilization

• Participate in sensitizing the targeted beneficiaries, local authority, and key stakeholders in the FSL project activities, objectives,  timeline, and beneficiary selection criteria. 
  • Sensitize the targeted community on the use of response and feedback mechanisms and how to report any concerns.

Activity Implementation:

• Support the FSL activities, including needs assessment, baseline survey, DDM/PDM, and village mapping. 
  • Support the FSL officer in conducting the community mobilization, forming and training community development committees (CDCs), and beneficiary registration and verification.
  • Assist in the distribution of cash, ensuring that all necessary procedures are followed.
  • Verify the beneficiary's identity and ensure that cash is delivered to the correct individuals.
  • Archive the copies beneficiary fingerprint list and receipts. 
  • Provide support to the targeted beneficiaries by answering questions and addressing concerns related to the FSL activities, including cash distribution.
  • Ensure that beneficiaries are lined up in orderly queues and the crowd is well managed in safe and efficient manners at the cash distribution site.
  • Communicate clearly with the targeted beneficiaries on the cash distribution process, timing, amount of cash entitled, and required document for receiving the cash.
  • Direct beneficiaries to the designated cash distribution committee.
  • Ensure beneficiaries have access to the complaints and response mechanisms.
  • Support the data entry of the project information.

Coordination:

• Assist in coordination with financial service providers and other stakeholders (CDCs) to ensure smooth cash distribution.
  • Coordinate with the community development committees and targeted beneficiaries on the time and place of cash distribution.

Monitoring and Reporting:

•  Monitor cash distribution activities, identify any challenges or issues that may arise, and communicate them to the FSL Officer.
  • Prepare a report on cash distribution activities, including the number of beneficiaries reached, challenges, and recommendations for improvement.
  • Collect and maintain data records on cash distribution and beneficiary information.
  • Embed counter-fraud and ethical controls in all operational processes, ensuring compliance with donor and legal requirements, while collaborating with Finance and Counter-Fraud teams to mitigate risks and conduct assessments for high-value programs

Qualification , Skills and Experience:

• University degree in social science, economics, agriculture, geography, or another discipline relevant to food security and livelihoods.
• Two years of experience working with international NGOs.
• Two years of experience working in food security and livelihood activities in Taiz Governorate, specifically in Ash Shamayatyn district.
• Good working experience in community mobilization activities and awareness raising. 
• Good attitude, hardworking, and able to take initiative and problem-solve independently. 
• Ability to verbally communicate with rural populations (in Arabic) and resolve conflicts. 
• Knowledge and experience of the areas of intervention context (Taiz), specifically Ash Shamayatayn district, and ability to relate with stakeholders. 
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively to the field, sometimes in difficult or insecure circumstances. 
• Computer skills to create and input into Word and Excel documents and navigate the internet and email.
• Provide data entry support for any FSL-related assessments, including IPTT and IMPACT Analysis
• Compile and enter beneficiary and project information into databases from regularly collected (handwritten) registration forms and lists of FSL programs; update and revise data when details change as well as follow-up information.

Additional job responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.  

  Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom Save the Children is in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation. Any violations of this policy will be treated as a serious issue.  

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.  

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at 

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