FOOD and NFI Assistant

• Under the guidance of Food and NFI Officer, supporting the day-to-day Food/NFI activities including administrative tasks.
• Contribute to all field work, including identifying program participants and vendors, participating in distributions, monitoring and supporting beneficiaries during the distribution periods, and other field-based tasks as assigned.
• Assist the team in all tasks that facilitate the achievement of program deliverables, ensure that all activities are implemented smoothly and effectively, and make the best use of project resources for program participants.
• Initiate and track procurement processes for purchase requests, purchase orders, and payment requests for Food and NFI in coordination with the Procurement Department.
• Coordinate closely with the Food and NFI officer, relevant to administrative and finance to ensure proper logistics, administration, and human resources of the program are conducted within MC policy and with the maximum benefit to the program.
• Conduct monitoring and data collection as directed by the cash Officer, assisting with specific surveys or assessments as needed.
• Work with the Cash Officer to ensure program implementation is on time, target, and budget, using effective M&E systems to reach desired impacts.
• Contribute to effective program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both internal and external use in coordination with the program staff. This includes interviewing beneficiaries for communications materials and case studies.
• Contribute to program documentation by updating program files and following Mercy Corps responsible data usage policy.
• Fulfill Mercy Corps’ Program Management Minimum Standards based on the organization-wide guide.
• Ensure all interventions adhere to Mercy Corps’ Gender Policy, Do No Harm principles, and beneficiary accountability standards. In addition to ensuring protection mainstreaming in implementation of Food and NFI program activities
• Other duties as assigned.

• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country
• Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

• Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically

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