The Ugandan Jobline

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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