The Ugandan Jobline

• Enhance partnerships, establish and
  maintain a mechanism for efficient and effective linkages with UN
  agencies, Government, Civil Society, donors and other institutions for
  capacity strengthening initiatives within WFP mandated areas.
• Support the formation of an evidence
  based-foundation for joint Capacity Strengthening efforts with government,
  in the areas of analysis of food security, disaster risk management,
  response analysis and supply chain support;
• Actively engage OPM to conduct a baseline
  Disaster Risk Management (DRM) capacity assessment of Government.
• Prepare plans and priorities based on this
  capacity assessment for joint activities across all units within WFP.

• Work closely with WFP field offices to
  ensure they are empowered to support capacity strengthening processes.
• Develop indicators for monitoring and
  evaluation of WFP’s capacity strengthening efforts, including the
  disaggregation of various groups and impact on the environment where
  possible;
• Work with WFP HQ and the Regional Bureau
  Nairobi on aligning with the corporate Country Capacity Strengthening
  approach;                
• Support the preparation and delivery of
  necessary financial and operational revisions and reports related to these
  areas.

• Support the preparation of funding
  proposals for donors and proactively engage with donors to promote WFP’s
  role in capacity strengthening to the government;
• Packaging training materials for continued
  implementation of capacity strengthening activities, including with other
  WFP Country Offices in the region;
• Identify appropriate institution, training
  programs, workshops, conferences and possible sites for study tours,
  exchange programmes, on the job training, required to support the
  achievement of objectives.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  UN World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Policy Officer (Capacity
  Strengthening) job opportunity should hold an Advanced university degree
  in Political Science, Disaster Management, Development, International
  Relations or other related field from a recognized institution Or First
  University degree in one of the fields above with additional years of
  related work experience or trainings/courses, attained from a recognized
  institution;
• A minimum of seven years relevant working
  experience in capacity development, project management, humanitarian or
  development project implementation, government partnership, and/or
  knowledge management;
• Previous experience working on joint
  projects between the Government of Uganda and international organizations.
• Knowledge of or experience in food
  assistance or relief, logistics, development, humanitarian aid, and/or
  social safety nets.
• Significant experience in designing and
  implementing institutional capacity development programs is essential;
• Experience in facilitating and
  coordinating multi-stakeholder planning processes;
• Knowledge of theory of change approaches
  and best practices for change management;
• Previous experience speaking
  professionally in front of groups and facilitating high-level meetings.
• Language: Fluency (level C) in
  English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

• 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.

• 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: Understands own team’s contributions in its
  partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

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