Categories: Vacancies, November 2026

Distribution Supervisor

Location: Afar, Ethiopia

Organization: World Vision International

Deadline: May 28, 2025

Job Description

Employee Contract Type:

Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Place of Work: Kunoba Wereda, Afar Region

Contract Duration: Until June 30,2025

Facilitate the Distribution and implementation of all JEOP activities of woreda by closely working with program team, commodity staff and stakeholders at woreda level. Ensure the best management of food commodities as per the minimum commodity management standards by communicating and acting with commodity team at head office and woreda level. Lead the planning and implementation of food distribution to project participants in a timely manner and to the best standard required by closely working with the commodity team at head office, regional and woreda level

Supervise and lead the commodity team at woreda level to insure best commodity management practice in warehousing and distribution to project participants on timely manner. Provide written reports, data and etc. to JEOP team and commodity staff at head office and regional level constantly in the course of JEOP response program implementation. Maintain a strong and smooth relationship with woreda and Kebele /Center level major stakeholders in planning and implementing the program

Major Roles and Responsibilities:

Facilitate the distribution and implementation of all JEOP activities of woreda by closely working with program team, commodity staff and stakeholders at woreda level.
Ensure the best management of food commodities as per the minimum commodity management standards by communicating and acting with commodity team at head office and woreda level.
Lead the planning and implementation of food distribution to project participants in a timely manner and to the best standard required by closely working with the commodity team at head office, regional and woreda level
Supervise and lead the commodity team at woreda level to insure best commodity management practice in warehousing and distribution to project participants on timely manner.
Provide written reports, data and etc. to JEOP team and commodity staff at head office and regional level constantly in the course of JEOP response program implementation.
Maintain a strong and smooth relationship with woreda and Kebele /Center level major stakeholders in planning and implementing the program
Maintain and demonstrate a decent and respectful manner in serving the target community and in interacting with the society in general.

Required Educational Qualification & Work Experience:

Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience in relief and/or any emergency response program interventions implementation
BA/BSc Degree in Agric. Econ, Disaster Management, Rural Development, and Economics &Dev’s. Studies
Experience in integrated project design, implementation and monitoring.
Familiarity with major donor programs- WFP and USAID.
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skill including influencing and negotiation.
Good level of computer literacy (word, excel, power point and outlook).

World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries, and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.

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Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only.