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Job Title:  Programme Associate (Nutrition)

Organisation: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station:   Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Nutritionist

About US:

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

Job Summary:  The Programme Associate (Nutrition) will provide technical support at the WFP country office level to effectively coordinate the programme implementation and resource utilization in the nutrition unit

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the development of nutrition projects, workplans, ensuring alignment with wider government and WFP nutrition policies and guidance
• Support the nutrition unit with timely funds and pipeline management.
• Support nutrition programme management ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes/projects that comply with WFP standards and procedures as well as national policies and guidelines
• Liaise with implementing partners (internal and external) and government to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency, and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
• Support the identification of potential partners and partnership negotiations to ensure a collaborative and holistic approach to addressing nutrition needs
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners, national and sub-national government to prepare for and respond to nutrition needs for example the development of policy, guidelines, training, and IEC materials.
• Support documentation and evidence generation for nutrition programmes.
• Support internal and donor reporting for the nutrition programmes, projects and activities.
• Participate in all relevant nutrition coordination and technical forums at national level

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Associate (Nutrition) job placement must hold a University degree in Human Nutrition, Public health, community health, food science, social sciences, or any other related field.
• Five years of relevant working experience in the field of nutrition, food security, or emergency response in a Humanitarian or development organization.
• Successful track record in advocacy, networking and inter-agency collaboration and management
• Has worked with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.
• 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.

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.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates who wish to join the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are encouraged to apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 4^th February 2022

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