Senior Food Aid Information Reporting Officer NGO Careers – World Vision International

Organisation: World Vision International
Reports to: Commodity Manager
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
World
Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government
Organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to
overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41 districts in
Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not
employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All
employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable
background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision
for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will
to make it so.”
Job Summary: The Senior Food Aid Information Reporting Officer
will provide overall management supervision of Commodity Tracking System in the
country. The incumbent will ensure that all food and non-food aid projects have
adequate capacity to track and account for all the food and non-food items
received from various donors from the point of receipt to the final beneficiary
using CTS system. The jobholder will also ensure compliance with WV Uganda,
FPMG and Donor (USAID/FFP, WFP, EC/ECHO etc.) requirement regarding accounting
and reporting for all donations given to WV Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Overall operation management of CTS/LMMS and
    any database management System in all districts implementing food aid and
    non-food items distribution projects.
  • Organize capacity building session for FAIROs
    and field staff (distribution staff) on the operation of the CTS/LMMS and
    other computer based programs (LMMS).
  • Supervise the FAIROs in the process of data
    entry and generation of individual district reports. Offer technical
    backstopping for districts staff in the process of implementing CTS/LMMS.
  • Supervise the general management of the
    beneficiary database in close coordination with the Field team. Ensure
    data integrity and security.
  • Receive CTS data replication/data
    consolidation from the districts and use it to generate WV Uganda
    consolidated accurate reports (CSR, RSR, LSR, Donor Receipts, and Returns
    etc.).
  • Submit consolidated reports to Commodity
    Manager for review and submission to FPMG and Donors before the 7th of
    every month.
  • Collect and submit CTS/LMMS system backups
    from all FAIROs by 10th every month.
  • Collect and archive all CTS/LMMS report and
    backups (including distribution list) files according to the agreed
    filling system.
  • Design appropriate filling system that will
    ensure easy storage and retrieval of files and documents from the archive.
  • Supervise monthly uploading of all LMMS
    backups in the FTP site by 10th of every month.
  • Generate and submit accurate CSS, and follow
    up with NO to ensure it’s signed and posted in the FGDB on time.
  • Supervise the generation of food distribution
    invoices from all the districts of operation, work with the respective
    districts staff (Commodity Officers and FAIRO) to ensure that invoices
    have been processed as per agreed timelines.
  • Coordinate with field and M&E teams in
    the supervision of registration and distribution of LMMS ration cards to
    different categories of project beneficiaries and ensure all compliance
    issues are handled.
  • Supervise the maintenance and management of
    the LMMS equipment in all the districts of operation
  • Attend 15% of distribution every cycle to
    ensure compliance and commodity standard are in practice.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The prospective World Vision Senior Food Aid
    Information Reporting Officer employee should hold a Bachelor’s degree in
    Business Administration, Information Technology I.T, Computer Science,
    Accounting or Statistics. Possession of a Master’s degree is preferred.
  • A minimum of three years’ working experience
    in IT or 2 year working experience with a NGO or UN agency in Commodities
    Tracking /Accounting.
  • Working experience in port operations,
    clearing and forwarding, dispatch and logistics planning, warehousing and
    storekeeping.
  • Computer literacy skills
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of major
    donor regulations pertaining to commodities accountability and reporting.
  • Good negotiation and advocacy skills
  • Demonstrates knowledge of and engages
    effectively with the humanitarian architecture
  • Excellent command of oral and written
    English.
NB: This vacancy is open to Ugandan nationals only.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by visiting World
Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.
Please
follow instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at World Vision’s
e-recruitment portal.  Qualified female
candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 8th July, 2016
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