Livelihoods & Food Security Officer, North Amhara

About the role

NRC Ethiopia is recruiting a Livelihoods and Food Security Officer for the North Amhara area, based in Waghimra (Zequala, Gaz Gibla and Abergele woredas). The post reports to the Livelihoods and Food Security Project Coordinator and supervises daily workers. It covers the period from 28 October 2026 to 31 December 2026.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor and report on project activities, ensure compliance with plans and NRC standards, and suggest improvements to the quality of work.
• Support the preparation of VBT implementation plans, activity schedules and operational budgets, and coordinate VBT activities with WFP, government offices, local authorities, community representatives and humanitarian partners.
• Organize community consultations and sensitization on targeting objectives, eligibility, selection procedures and complaint mechanisms.
• Provide technical advice and training on income-generating activities and livelihoods to refugees, IDPs, returnees and hosting communities.
• Conduct or support household vulnerability assessments, registration and verification, ensuring gender, age, disability and protection risks are considered.
• Ensure beneficiary selection is based on criteria, not on political, social, ethnic, religious or personal affiliations, and that records are complete and accurate.
• Establish or support confidential complaint and feedback mechanisms and track progress against targets and indicators.
• Integrate protection, gender equality, disability inclusion and conflict sensitivity into all targeting activities.
• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports, and collate bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly reports from daily workers.
• Manage financial accountability at the duty station, including payments to labour, goods and services in line with NRC financial rules, and represent NRC at kebele, IDP and woreda meetings.

Required profile

• Experience as a project officer in a humanitarian or recovery context, in complex and volatile settings.
• Knowledge of vulnerable-based targeting (VBT), data collection and registration.
• English, Amharic and Afar.