Job
Title: Monitoring
Assistant
Title: Monitoring
Assistant
Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station:
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Programme
Associate
Associate
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.
(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.
Job Summary: The Monitoring
Assistant will be in charge of monitoring implementation of WFP Programmes.
Assistant will be in charge of monitoring implementation of WFP Programmes.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate
and monitor the implementation of the assistance Programme at the local
level, in close collaboration with the cooperating partners. - Keenly
monitor and review the overall commodity movements such as food
deliveries, storage, transport and distribution at the site and verify if
the amounts received have been properly recorded, damaged or suspected to
be damaged. - Supervise
the efficient distribution of food items at the site and ensure proper
distribution of entitlements and verify appropriate entitlements are
distributed and provide feedback to field officers and others on the
distribution. - Assist
on the conduct of regular meetings of refugee leaders and cooperating
partners on the commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements, food
entitlements and other relevant issues. - Provide
support in the implementation of the plan of action, review achievement
and constraints and provide feedback accordingly. - Assist
in encouraging women’s access to economic skills development and
sensitizing public opinion on gender issues and gender focused activities. - Report
periodically to the supervisor on relevant events regarding food
management, distribution and other related issues. - Identify
any apparent issues in the Programme and report them to the appropriate
personnel. - Supervise
and train other personnel as appropriate. - Follow
set emergency response processes and procedures for emergency food
assistance. - Perform
any other related duties as required. - Applicants
should have the ability to interprete and analyze a wide viriety of
Programme issues, statistical information, maintain accurate and precise
records, work effectively with people of different national and cultural
background.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme (WFP) Monitoring
Assistant job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree in either of the
following fields, Development Studies, Agriculture, Social Sciences,
Nutrition, Education or other related field from a recognized institution. - A minimum
of three years of relevant working experience in supporting implementation
of humanitarian services, community based activities, food distribution or
any other related field gained from a reputable organization. - Good
knowledge and skills in using MS Office applications. - Excellent
command of both written and oral English is essential.
Personal Competencies:
- 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.
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.
join the United Nations World Food Programme are encouraged to submit their
applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 24th April 2018
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