Job Vacancies at United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) – 2 Positions

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Monitoring Assistant SC5
2.) Programme Associate (Crises Response), SC6

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

These positions will be based in WFP Makeni and Kenema Sub-offices. At this level job holders are expected to take responsibility for completion of a range of processes and activities related to monitoring that require some interpretation of standard guidelines/practices. Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff.

See job details and how to apply below.

1.) Monitoring Assistant SC5

JOB PURPOSE

To coordinate and perform monitoring activities within a specific coverage area and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Support monitoring and implementation of the assistance programme at the sub-office /field level, in close collaboration with the cooperating partners;
• Provide COMET related support at sub office level for Food Release Note (FRN) creation, inputting of distribution reports, distribution points of interest etc;
• Monitor and review the distribution and redemption of cash and or vouchers, and verify that the related data management and reporting is accurate;
• Supervise the efficient and proper distribution of food items and vouchers at the site and provide feedback to the WFP Officer and others on the distribution;
• Undertake assessments, M&E/VAM data collection (Baselines, Tracking and Post- Distribution) and ensure that collected data for M&E/VAM purposes are handled in the proper way and according to methods and via tools designed and implemented;
• Ensure that all field-data is collected in a timely and efficient manner while emphasizing accuracy
• Assist in the coordination of regular meetings with local authorities and cooperating partners on the commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements, food entitlements and other relevant issues;
• Assist in the implementation of the plan of action, review achievements and constraints/ challenges and provide feedback accordingly;
• Report to the WFP M&E Officer/Head of Sub Office (HSO)/Programme Officer on relevant events regarding monitoring challenges, distribution and other related issues;
• Perform other related duties as required

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable. Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station's language, if different.

Capability Name

Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Strategic Management

Displays basic understanding of WFP's policies and strategies to perform monitoring and/or evaluation activities and their inter-relationship.

Performance Management

Applies knowledge of WFP's performance management system to manage resources and relationships to undertake monitoring actions or deliver straightforward evaluations of operations, programmes, or processes to WFP monitoring and/or evaluation quality standards.

Qualitative/Quantitative Methodology

Understand and applies an appropriate mix of established methods and data collection tools to monitoring, reviews or straightforward evaluations, in line with WFP's strategic and operational results frameworks (metrics), WFP guidance and technical standards.

Data Analytics and Visualization

Collects and summarizes programme data, including information on shipments, distribution site logistics, the status of personas in need, and beneficiaries planned and reached for all programme assistance modalities and activities.

Programme Monitoring and Review

Gathers, organizes, and provides data on programme outputs, processes, and outcomes, including distribution plans and the status, quantity, and quality of food and cash distributed and technical assistance provided.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP's Strategic Objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team's work processes to supervisor.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.

• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit's responsibilities will serve WFP's mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
• Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
• Create an 'I will'/'We will' spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
• Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
• Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
• Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP's teams and external partners in fulfilling team's goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor's priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has experience collecting programme output and outcome data, conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses, and reporting findings to management team, partners and other stakeholders.
• Has experience utilizing WFP monitoring and evaluation systems and standards.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

E-Recruitment:

http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings

Position open to Sierra Leonean nationals only

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

5 March 2021

Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to apply.

2.) Programme Associate (Crises Response), SC6

JOB PURPOSE

To provide effective coordination and specialized support to WFP's emergency food assistance programme for COVID-19 response.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Provide specialized expertise and contribute towards the development of project activities, plans and processes for emergency food assistance activities, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
• Provide efficient coordination and specialized project management support to WFP's emergency food assistance programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP's policies and procedures.
• In support of emergency food assistance activities, prepare a variety of reports and substantial data analysis (e.g. food assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status, performance) and make recommendations to Head of Sub Office and activity manager, ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
• Lead and ensure accurate, timely recording of data within the emergency food assistance programme and consistency of information presented to stakeholders, including working in collaboration with partners at field level to undertake beneficiary targeting processes in accordance to the selection criteria shared the activity manager.
• Coordinate and liaise with internal counterparts on a range of complex matters to enable effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
• Effectively manage relationships and support partnership-building with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions, including the Ministry of Social Welfare and Sierra Leone Red Cross Society to effectively identify the most vulnerable in targeted communities and to ensure efficient delivery of food assistance.
• Proactively and systematically monitor project implementation of partners to identify challenges and bottlenecks in a timely manner, report them to the activity manager and provide technical oversight to effectively troubleshoot to ensure the project meets its goals.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government within a specific technical area.
• Act as an escalation point for complex query resolution on all matters within the area of responsibility.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP can quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Ensure implementation of the Beneficiary Feedback Mechanism at field-level, and assure that beneficiary protection is prioritized and enforced throughout the project cycle.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. Preferably a university degree in development studies, social sciences, statistics or a related field is required.

Experience: At least five years of progressively responsible work experience in programme or other related field.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station's language, if different.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP's Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
• Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team's work processes and productivity.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team's activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
• Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
• Create an 'I will'/'We will' spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
• Focus on getting results: Monitors team's deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
• Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
• Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP's goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team's efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Capability Name

Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance

Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design.

Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers)

Demonstrates ability to implement, under guidance, food assistance programmes deploying the full range of transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding modality selection and implementation.

Broad Knowledge of Specialized Areas

Understands basic technical concepts and data and their relevance to food assistance programmes.

Emergency Programming

Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes.

Strategic Policy Engagement w/Government

Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Previous experience implementing food security an asset.
• Extensive experience working at community-level desired.
• Fluency in local languages (Temne, Kuranko, Limba, Fula) advantageous.
• Strong ICT skills, particularly proficiency using MS Office (Excel and Word) and undertaking paperless data collection.

• Demonstrated previous success in implementing community development initiatives .
• Ability to take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision .

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Interested applicants are requested to submit their application through the online link below:

E-Recruitment:

http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings

Position open to Sierra Leonean nationals only

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

5 March 2021

Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to apply.