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World Food Programme
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger and the world’s largest humanitarian organization. WFP uses food assistance to promote food security, which implies access of all people at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. WFP works in 73 countries worldwide to achieve its strategic objectives of saving lives and protecting livelihoods in emergencies, preventing acute hunger and investing in disaster preparedness and mitigation measures, restoring and rebuilding livelihoods after emergencies, reducing chronic hunger and under nutrition as well as strengthening the capacity of countries to reduce hunger. In Ethiopia, WFP works to support Government programmes addressing hunger by using direct food assistance where it adds value and develop the Government’s capacity to implement hunger solutions. WFP Ethiopia oversees on of the biggest WFP operations worldwide currently targeting about 6.5 million people through its Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations and Country Programme. WFP has a total of about 710 staff at its Country Office in Addis Ababa and in 12 Sub/Field Offices. Currently we seek to hire Programme Policy Officer- Biometrics to be based in Addis Ababa.
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement
VA No. 020/2015
 
Biometrics Project Manager – 1 Position
Contract Type: Fixed Term/NOA
Duty Station: Addis Ababa (with frequent travels to the field)
 
Purpose
 
The Biometrics Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating on behalf of WFP, UNHCR and ARRA the rollout of the biometric verification of refugees collecting general food rations and NFIs in Ethiopia. Biometric verification at the point of distribution in the context of this project refers to the fingerprint checking of identities for the purpose of establishing that individuals coming to collect monthly food, cash and NFI are persons of concern registered in UNHCR’s progress database.
 
The Biometrics Project Manager will administratively report directly to the WFP Ethiopia Head of Refugee Section (P4) and be under the overall supervision of the Deputy Country Director (D1). Functional supervision and inputs on performance will be provided by WFP UNHCR and ARRA and programme of work will be regularly be agreed upon by the Technical working Group (TWG) composed by three agencies. The biometrics coordinator will directly and frequently report to the head of refugee section P4, and will receive back supporting from all there agencies.

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