School Leaders At AVSI Foundation – ETS

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1. Context

AVSI Venezuela is a Venezuelan non-profit organization founded in 2022 to improve the living conditions of people in vulnerable situations. We are a local organization operating in Venezuela since 2000 and connected to the international community through a partnership with the AVSI Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that supports 355 development cooperation projects in 42 countries, headquartered in Italy, and which promoted the creation of AVSI Venezuela.

The School Meals Program contributes to ensuring food security in early childhood, primary, and coeducational schools and special education centers. Furthermore, this program promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities and strengthens the capacities of participants, improving access to and retention in school. AVSI will implement this program as a partner of the World Food Program (WFP) in seven municipalities in the state of Falcón for the 2025-2026 school year.

2. Object

With this announcement, AVSI Venezuela seeks to form a team of School Leaders responsible for the smooth operation of the School Meal Teams in each of the assigned schools, ensuring proper reception, storage, and preparation of food, as well as accurate and timely reporting of food consumption and availability. The School Leader is the main liaison between the implementing partner team and school staff, and also serves as a support for the coordination and preparation of communication and nutrition activities and maintenance of school kitchens.

The school leader will serve between 11 and 12 schools depending on the distances and accessibility between each one, and will be responsible for establishing and strengthening the capacities of the School Meals Team.

3. Description of functions

  • Participate in meetings convened by WFP concerning their role, including training.
  • To form, be part of, train, and build capacity in the School Meals Team in each of the schools assigned to it where the served meal modality is implemented.
  • Ensure the proper reception, storage, preparation, and serving of food and non-food items at school and transfer these capabilities to the School Meals Team.
  • Digitize the program beneficiary registry by school in Moda.
  • Ensure two-way communication with people, support the Cross-Cutting Assistant in disseminating WFP messages and communication materials, and encourage people’s involvement in the Program.
  • Support the Cross-Cutting Area Assistant in developing the Complementary Activities proposed by AVSI to enhance the program’s impact.
  • Manage and collect information from each school (including stocks) and inform the corresponding areas about incidents that occur during implementation.
  • Inform the Implementation Assistant and/or Infrastructure Consultant of any School Kitchen Maintenance requirements that may jeopardize the operation of the Served Dish.
  • Communicate the program’s objectives, feedback and complaint mechanisms, meeting dates and times, and the food to be received, as well as the program’s humanitarian principles and other guidelines.
  • Perform any other required field duties/activities related to the School Meals Program.
  • Identify schools with strengthened School Meal Teams and those that need to continue with a development plan to implement a support strategy with WFP.

4. Key requirements and qualifications

  • Education: secondary and diversified training in any area (minimum requirement).
  • Experience: minimum two (02) years of work experience, preferably in food programs, social projects or community organizations such as grassroots organizations, neighborhood associations, etc. (must not be a political activist).
  • Hygienic food handling course and health certificate (essential).

5. Knowledge, skills and abilities:

  • Respect for humanitarian principles.
  • Effective communication.
  • Able to lead training processes and team performance.
  • Team leadership.
  • Proactivity and empathy.
  • Problem-solving skills.
  • Experience in handling digital equipment and in data collection and digitization.
  • Efficient handling of Microsoft Office® at an intermediate level.

6. Coordination of work

The School Leader will report directly to the Implementation Assistant and the Cross-Cutting Areas Assistant, based on guidelines issued by the LATEAM Regional Office, the AVSI Foundation Headquarters in Italy, and the World Food Program (WFP).

7. Type of contract

  • Fixed-term contract.
  • Start date: October 1, 2025.
  • Completion date: June 30, 2026.

8. Workplace

Work will be carried out in the AVSI Venezuela office in Coro, with frequent travel to the municipalities of Bolívar, Carirubana, Falcón, Federación, Los Taques, Petit, and Sucre. Therefore, residing in Coro or surrounding cities is highly desirable. Knowledge of the area is a plus.

How to apply

Interested applicants should send their CV in Spanish to david.quintero@avsi.org by September 27, 2025. The email must include “CV TdR 007/2025 School Leader – WFP Project” in the subject line. Applications without this subject line will not be considered.