The Ugandan Jobline

• Actively contribute towards the development of a limited number of
  projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme
  policies and guidance.
• Provide project management support to specific and defined
  programmes and projects of small to moderate size that are relatively
  straight forward in nature, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider
  programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
• Follow data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous
  quality standards are maintained.
• Research and analyse policy and operational issues to support senior
  colleagues in the development of policies, programmes and activities.
• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on
  programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and
  consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Liaise with internal counterparts to ensure effective collaboration,
  monitor ongoing projects.
• Support the identification, development and management of potential
  partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved food assistance
  packages.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national
  government to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs, e.g.
  through project management support of learning initiatives.
• Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and
  assisting them with analysis and queries.
• Other as required.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP) Programme Policy Officer (EDP Team Leader) job placement should hold
  an advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics,
  Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or
  other field relevant to international development assistance, or First
  University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or
  trainings/courses.
• Previous experience in implementing technical programs (i.e.
  nutrition, etc.).
• Experience in implementing programmes and provide input into designing
  operations.
• Experience in providing input into policy discussions and decisions.
• Language:
  International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language.
  Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic,
  Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language,
  Portuguese.

• 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, Voucher): Demonstrates ability to analyse and
  consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different
  sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and
  programme development.
• Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.): Demonstrates the ability to interpret
  basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to
  technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.
• Emergency Programming: Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development,
  implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes.
• Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government: Develops thorough recommendations using
  multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to
  strengthen national or sub-national entities and government owned food and
  nutrition security programmes.

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