Are you aiming to work for an organization where it is worthwhile investing your personaslity, your skills and your time? Are you looking for a job that is exciting and has clear goals? Welcome to Welthungerhilfe – one of the largest and most respected private organisations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. Our vision is clear: “Zero Hunger by 2030” – If you want to become part of our global mission to end hunger around the world, we look forward to receiving your application as:
Field Support Staff – Food/Cash Distribution (6 positions)
Aweil/ Nyamlel, NBeG State
| Announcement date: 17.03.2025 | Closing date: 08.04.2025 |
Contract duration: 6 months period with possibility of extension depending on Funding and Performance.
Salary grade: 3
Welthungerhilfe (WHH) has been working in today’s South Sudan since the late 1990’s. Since the country’s independence in 2011, Welthungerhilfe has implemented 87 projects ranging from rapid disaster relief to reconstruction and long-term development cooperation projects with local partners, with an overall volume of over EUR 420 million. Through 19 projects in five states (Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity State, Western, Central and Eastern Equatoria), we supported 610,000 people in 2020 alone. Welthungerhilfe receives institutional grants from German federal funds (GFFO, BMZ, GIZ), UN (WFP, FAO, SSHF) and the European Trust Fund (EUTF). WHH SSD primary areas of work in South Sudan are food security, agriculture, food systems, nutrition, WASH and infrastructure rehabilitation, under the overarching umbrella of climate resilience and adaptation. Established in Germany in 1962 under FAO-led campaign against hunger, currently operates in 36 countries globally.
Project background:
Key responsibilities:
- Facilitate Food / Cash distribution at various FDPs.
- At the distribution centre, commodities must be stacked in an organized manner, by commodity type to facilitate easy distribution. Stack commodities to the dot.
- Return all excess commodities received at FDP to the warehouse using Return to Store waybill.
- Ensure proper coordination with cash agents at FDP level, to ensure smooth distribution
- Conduct caucus meeting with FMCs and local leaders to agree on roles and responsibilities during distribution.
- Conduct pre-distribution meeting to sensitize and inform beneficiaries about commodities in the food basket, ration sizes, nutrition and hygiene messages and any other issues to be communicated to them. Give beneficiaries an opportunity to ask question for clarification.
- Ensure that appropriate crowd control measure is always in place at the distribution point.
Your profile:
- Formal qualifications in Social Science, Development Studies or agriculture related disciplines with diploma or advance certificate in agriculture or related field.
- Minimum 2 years of experience implementing food assistance and livelihood programs.
- Good understanding of community mobilization and participatory methods.
- Flexibility and willingness to learn and work in new environments.
- Personal skills: team player, flexible, polite.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Application procedure:
Interested applicants can submit their application (max. four pages) in English, including copies of certificates/ diplomas, national ID, providing names of three referees and a telephone contact. The applications are to be submitted to: Welthungerhilfe Aweil or Nyamlel Field Offices.
For online application please click here.
Please call +211 921 277 383 for queries.
Applications should not reach later than 8th April 2025 at 3pm.
To view the approved advert from the South Sudan Ministry of Labour, please click here.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Qualified females are strongly encouraged to apply.
