The  Accountability Officer advises project planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting and monitors all project related activities and guides project staff on Accountability matters and Safeguarding.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure accountability in all stages of project implementation and reporting.
• Ensure compliance of all projects related activities with accountability and safeguarding guidelines of Welthungerhilfe and donor.
• Establish and monitor appropriate complaints mechanisms for all projects related activities in close coordination with the M&E unit, and field officers.
• In close cooperation with the Head of Project, ensure a complaints and feedback mechanism is in place and accessible to all stakeholders.
• Monitor and follow-up on the selection of appropriate target beneficiaries as recipients of different interventions.
• Ensure formation and representation of community-based organizations with a special emphasis on the representation of all vulnerable groups.
• Keep project management team members updated on changes, events, or shocks relevant for the project implementation.
• Conduct community mobilization and facilitate coordination and dialogue with communities and other relevant stakeholders in order to enhance AAP.
• Keep close contact and good working relationships with the target groups and communities.
• Keep close contact and good working relationships with partners.
• Keep close contact and good working relationships with local authorities and line ministries.
• In close cooperation with the Head of Project, organize capacity building activities for communities and exchange visits for partners.
• Conduct monitoring, data collection for the analysis and evaluation of the project activities.
• Collect necessary project data in close coordination with the M&E unit for reporting and monitoring purposes with a special emphasis on Accountability and Safeguarding. 
• Keep records (both hard and soft copies) of project activity documents and project plans.
• Assist and support internal or external consultants for assessments and evaluations.
• Assist in design, planning and implementation of new project components and project plans.
• Train WHH Kassala State on Accountability and Safeguarding
• Take lead in promoting WHH’s Accountability Framework among WHH staff, partners and program participants.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Team members are expected to support and assist each other’s, as well as replacing each other during leave periods.
• Keep records (both hard and soft copies) of project activity documents and project plans.
• Representing the organization and project in meetings if it becomes necessary.
• Assist in the planning, coordination and implementation of other project activities throughout the project duration.
• Provide feedback on constraints encountered during project(s) implementation and make recommendations and/or suggestions. 
• Keep Welthungerhilfe internal information as confidential.
• Any other additional responsibility, in coordination and agreement with Area Manager, if it becomes necessary during the duration of the project.
• Monitor the implementation of Accountability and Safeguarding frameworks and write period reports and submit to MEAL Coordinator and HoP.

Knowledge/qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Monitoring & Evaluation Studies, Development Studies, Psychology, or any relevant discipline.
• At least 3 years’ experience in MEAL work, 1 year of which should have been at officer level is a MUST 
• 3 years’ experience in MEAL in humanitarian sector projects with host community, IDPs and refugees. 
• Experience with an INGO or NGO focusing on implementing FCRM is strongly preferred. 
• Experience and knowledge of designing, implementing and evaluating accountability/protection/safeguarding systems in Humanitarian and development work. 
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office applications especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint as well as other computer-installed based data analysis applications. 
• Excellent written and spoken English and Arabic skills are a MUST. 
• Strong organizational and report-writing skills
• Good knowledge and experience of Red and local context is preferred. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of applying the Do No Harm frameworks concepts and approaches in high-risk security areas are an advantage.

Application procedure:

Interested applicants can submit their Motivation letter, CVs , certificates, including copies of certificates, national ID, providing names of three referees and a telephone contact. The applications are to be submitted to: Kassala Labour Office / or Via    Sudanjob.net

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Qualified females are strongly encouraged to apply.