Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 11 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education:

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.

Languages:
Fluency (level C) in both written and oral communication in English and Swahili languages.

Organizational Context
• These jobs are found in Regional Bureau (RBs), Country Offices (COs), Area/Field Offices (AOs/FOs). Job holders typically report to a Programme Policy Officer or Head of Field Office.
• At this level, job holders are expected to demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to various queries with only general guidance. There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen operational problems on a daily basis. Job holders are expected to manage resources and coach and coordinate support staff.

Job Purpose
To provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)
1. Oversee field level implementation of agriculture and market activities and analyze program activities to ensure desired results are being achieved efficiently.
2. Integrate community approaches, gender sensitivity and capacity building into all activities and ensure that there are strong linkages on gender transformation between program activities.
3. Participate in weekly meetings with programme staff to review progress, identify challenges, coordinate activities and update implementation plans.
4. Prepare monthly process monitoring plans; service entry sheets (SES), invoice tracking systems (ITS), track progress of monitoring visits.; analyze the process monitoring dashboard; escalate significant issues; agree on actions; and ensure actions are implemented.
5. Supervise Monitoring Assistants and develop their capacity.
6. Ensure strong cooperation and coordination with local government authorities and cooperating partners and other relevant partners in the programmes area.
7. Participate in district and regional forums, consultative and steering committee meetings to ensure WFP’s objectives, program design and activities are well understood, have visibility and are integrated into local community development plans.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES CONTINUED
8. Provide information and guidance to cooperating partners to enhance services to farmers and increase livelihood opportunities by working closely with private sector.
9. Conduct initial review for cooperating partner reports; compare content to field monitor reports; escalate significant issues; agree on actions; and ensure actions are implemented.
10. Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of the field level operational queries and problems and timely resolve issues raised through the Complaints and Feedback Mechanism.
11. Work with government officials and partners to garner support for gender mainstreaming; hold gender advocacy sessions; monitor the implementation of gender activities.
12. Provide inputs to the sub-office report, donor reports and assessments.
13. Write and gather success stories at filed level to support project performance and raise visibility of activities.
14. Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
15. Other duties as assigned.

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
Knowledge & Skills:
• Data analytical knowledge and skills on programme output and outcome data monitoring.
• General knowledge of monitoring systems, processes, tools, and standards.
• Compilation, analysis and presentation of data using statistical and presentation software such as Excel, SPSS, and PowerPoint.
• Experience on direct implementation or field monitoring of community or village-based projects.
• Demonstrate to have problem solving skills.

Desired Experiences for Entry into the Role
Experience:
• At least 6 years’ experience in similar position.
• Has worked with technical teams (i.e., Agriculture, nutrition, VAM, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.

Terms and Conditions
Only qualified shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

This Vacancy Announcement is open to Tanzanian nationals only.

Deadline for Applications
The deadline for submitting applications is 25 July 2023.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: High School

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