Field Officer at Food for His Children (FFHC)

Field Officer at Food for His Children (FFHC) December 2024

Job Type: Full-time
NEW VACANCY DECEMBER 2024
POSITION: Field Officer (1)
Reports To Operation Manager

Position overview
As
a Field Officer at Food for His Children (FFHC), you will serve as a
key liaison between our organization and the beneficiaries we support.
Your role encompasses a diverse range of responsibilities aimed at
providing holistic support to families in rural Tanzania, with a focus
on case management and community engagement through family visits and
community meetings.
This position
requires travel by motorcycle in remote villages. Applicants need a
motorcycle license or must be willing to travel by bicycle to complete
their duties.

Responsibilities:

• Discipleship:
  provide individual teaching of D4D principles and Biblical values to
  help individuals grow in their relationship with Jesus and to understand
  who they were created to be and how their role fits with the rest of
  their family and community. Demonstrate Christ-like behavior in all
  areas of life in order to be a role model for others.
• Case management of FFHC families to disciple, encourage and equip them to become all God created them to be.
• Prepare
  monitoring schedule for families and evaluate success indicators, and
  assist families with setting goals and steps to attain them, provide
  hands-on assistance when appropriate.
• Meet regularly with
  families to evaluate and monitor progress of stated goals; progress
  towards 16 Points of a Healthy Home; goat care and farming practices,
  family food security and assist with problem solving where needed.
  Complete case notes for every visit or attempted visit with a family.
• Coach
  families in processing how to determine and address the challenges to
  attaining their goals and provide additional assistance as needed, and
  weekly write a story about a participant to show their challenges,
  successes and about their life.
• Document all contacts with
  participants in appropriate files and enter family information in the
  database, make this information accessible to US FFHC for
  marketing/donor relation purposes, and attend meetings with the project
  sites to discuss successes and challenges and means to overcome the
  challenges.
• Assess the needs of the client and the client’s
  family and arrange, coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and advocate for
  services to meet the specific client’s needs
• Conduct family interviews upon acceptance into the program and annual reviews on their program enrollment anniversary month.
• Complete a goal plan with each family based on their goals and goals required to fulfill contract requirements
• Conduct family assessment annually and provide hands-on assistance in areas they are struggling with, if needed.
• Oversee school involvement program with Food for His Children families
• Maintain
  separate files for every family and ensure all records are kept
  according to activity done in a specific folder and that records are
  entered into FFHC database in a timely manner.
• Create family and child stories for fundraising
• Ensure
  formation of saving groups in each project site and attend savings
  group meetings to develop relationship with the group at least monthly
• Ensure all families comply with Food for His Children contract terms and conditions
• Participate in assigned department work as required

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QUALIFICATIONS

• Desire to live and lead like Jesus and alignment with Food for His Children’s core values and beliefs
• Diploma in community development or social work
• Experience
  working in community development, sociology/social work field with
  preference given to those with Minimum 2 years experience in same
  position in one of the above fields or related field.
• Eager to live and work in an emerging MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.
• Excellent Microsoft Word, Database and Excel skills.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili, both written and spoken, is required.
• Deep understanding of public relations and community interaction, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate, support and understand project teams, ideally in emerging services in the community.
• Must
  be detail oriented and place high priority on task completion, work
  well in a team environment, but also able to work independently.
• Must have a driving license and drive a motorcycle (Mandatory)
• If
  you meet the specified qualifications and are enthusiastic about this
  opportunity, we encourage you to submit your cover letter, curriculum
  vitae, academic, professional certificates and Driving Licence.
  Additionally, please include the names and contact information of three
  referees.

MODE OF APPLICATION:
Applications
should be sent to Director of Partnership and Program Development, Food
for His Children Inc -Karatu, Tanzania. Email: jobs@foodforhischildren.org
The application deadline is January 15th, 2025. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.