ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This position is based in Dodoma and reports to Monitoring Associate.

THE ROLE

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, nor exhaustive):

• Verify the planned movements and distribution of food or non-food items, resolving routine issues and escalating where appropriate, to ensure that the quantity distributed, and the quality of the operation is in line with WFP standards.
• Collect and summarize assistance programme(s) data, collaborating with cooperating partners where required, conduct analysis, and prepare reports in order to support programme reviews and informative decision-making.
• Liaise with cooperating partners and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support program reviews and improve services.
• Suggest improvements to field monitoring processes and procedures for efficient implementation of the assistance program.
• Arrange for regular meetings with community leaders and cooperating partners on commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements, food entitlements and other relevant issues to support effective communication flow and efficient operations.
• Allocate tasks to other staff, providing guidance and on-the-job training to support their development and high performance.
• Provide standard trainings for cooperating partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to independently self-monitor and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas.
• Prepare field mission reports to document program implementation.
• Follow set emergency response processes and procedures for emergency food assistance.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

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

Experience: 5 Years related job experience.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Has experience collecting program 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.

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.

• Verify the planned movements and distribution of food or non-food items, resolving routine issues and escalating where appropriate, to ensure that the quantity distributed, and the quality of the operation is in line with WFP standards.
• Collect and summarize assistance programme(s) data, collaborating with cooperating partners where required, conduct analysis, and prepare reports in order to support programme reviews and informative decision-making.
• Liaise with cooperating partners and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support program reviews and improve services.
• Suggest improvements to field monitoring processes and procedures for efficient implementation of the assistance program.
• Arrange for regular meetings with community leaders and cooperating partners on commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements, food entitlements and other relevant issues to support effective communication flow and efficient operations.
• Allocate tasks to other staff, providing guidance and on-the-job training to support their development and high performance.
• Provide standard trainings for cooperating partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to independently self-monitor and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas.
• Prepare field mission reports to document program implementation.
• Follow set emergency response processes and procedures for emergency food assistance.

• Has experience collecting program 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.

• Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.