Job Title: Programme Associate
Organization: United Nations
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Position Grade: SC6
Reports to: Head of Field
Office
Office
About US:
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline
agency against world hunger. It is the largest and longest serving humanitarian
agency in Uganda. . Currently WFP focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives
in Emergencies; Building Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving
Nutrition & Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to
Access Markets. WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
agency against world hunger. It is the largest and longest serving humanitarian
agency in Uganda. . Currently WFP focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives
in Emergencies; Building Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving
Nutrition & Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to
Access Markets. WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
Job Summary: The Programme
Associate will be tasked with monitoring, implementing and reporting of
WFP-supported programmes.
Associate will be tasked with monitoring, implementing and reporting of
WFP-supported programmes.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Tasked with the projection, consolidation
of food & cash needs for refugees, asylum seekers, Nutrition/Maternal
and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) & Supplementary Feeding
Programme activities in the region and prepare the; - Monthly call forward for
General Food Distribution and Cash need for refugees - Monthly General Food &
Cash Distribution schedule in collaboration with partners - Food & Cash release Notes
verified to ensure correctness of food commodities & cash released - Supervise weekly market data
prices information collection. Human interest story documentation
requirement for reporting. - Consolidate/draft weekly, monthly
reports/updates for the sub office in Liaison with Monitoring Assistants,
Office of the Prime Minister and
partners updates for WFP supported programme. - The incumbent will also supervise timely
partner reporting for all activities including Food and Cash based
transfers, Agriculture & Market Support (AMS), Nutrition and Food
Basket Monitoring /Cash Based Monitoring activities by partners. - Oversee the data entry process into WFP
managed system - Keenly review of partner programme and
financial reports for accuracy and reconciliation with field level
agreements - Provide field support supervisions &
Monitoring of programme implementation of refugee activities including
Nutrition, Cash & livelihood activities in Southwest refugee
settlements and AMS activities for farmers in the region. - Programme joint field activities,
trainings & Field Level Agreements review meeting with stakeholders
(Partners & Government counter parts). - Tasked with the preparation of Sub Office
EPRR and AMS budgets, activity proposal and financial forecast quarterly. - Support supervision of Partner training
and monitoring other WFP supported activities as require, construction
works, farmer stock positions in the Southwest region - Coordinate and monitor the field activity
implementation of the Programme at the field level in close collaboration
with the implementing partners. - Conduct needs assessments, develop and
mobilize/sensitize WFP supported individual farmers for
training/information sharing as would be required. - Provide support on the conduct of regular
meetings with district stakeholders, farmer organization and cooperating
partners on the stock availability and speculative prices. - Support the WFP, Sub Office and
implementing partners in encouraging women’s access to economic skills
development and advocacy on gender focused activities - Support the Sub office in meetings and
activities in absence of immediate supervisor - Supervise and appraisal sub Office
programme field staff - Performs any other official business
deemed necessary by the Sub Office management.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations
UN World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Associate job opportunity should
hold a University degree in Nutrition, Agriculture, Education, Rural
Development, Development Studies, Food Science and Social Sciences or
related field. - Previous experience supporting technical
teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.). - Previous exposure and experience towards
contributing to the implementation of programmes. - The applicant should have observed or
assisted with policy discussions. - Fluency in both oral and written English
Personal Competencies:
- 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.
4Ps Core Organisational
Capabilities (Purpose, People, Performance and Partnership):
Capabilities (Purpose, People, Performance and Partnership):
Purpose:
- Understand and communicate the
Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives
and the link to own work objectives. - Be a force for positive change:
Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in
direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving
needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners). - Make the mission inspiring to our
team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in
which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission. - Make our mission visible in everyday
actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall
operations, and is able to communicate this link to others. - People:
- Look for ways to strengthen people’s
skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase
self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental
needs. - Create an inclusive culture:
Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others,
regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment. - Be a coach & provide
constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching
to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills. - Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit:
Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of
challenging circumstances.
Performance:
- Encourage innovation & creative
solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with
new ideas and approaches in own work. - Focus on getting results:
Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on
budget and without errors. - Make commitments and make good on
commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities
and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional
priorities. - Be Decisive: Makes
rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain
circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or
manager direction.
Partnership:
- Connect and share across WFP units:
Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities
and preferred working styles. - Build strong external partnerships:
Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or
escalate needs of external partners. - Be politically agile &
adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor
toward internal and external partners and stakeholders. - Be clear about the value WFP brings
to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and
assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a
partner.
How to Apply:
All candidates who desire to join the United Nations World Food
Programme are encouraged to submit their applications online at the link below.
Programme are encouraged to submit their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 6th April 2017
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