Junior Consultant Programme Policy Officer School Feeding-Sierra Leone

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) has been present in Sierra Leone since 1968. It supports the Government through a range of integrated life-saving and resilience-building activities.

One of the activities is serving as a key implementing partner of the National School Feeding Programme, under the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE). School Feeding programmes are used in many countries to incentivize education, improve health outcomes and serve as a social protection mechanism. WFP provides daily school feeding in 5 districts across the country, covering over 1,000 schools and approximately 240,000 beneficiaries. To expand the benefits associated with school feeding, in select schools, WFP is undertaking a Home-Grown School Feeding approach, based on local procurement from smallholder farmers.

Since 2021, WFP has been expanding its Home-Grown School Feeding modality, which is expected to cover approximately 32% of the total caseload by end of 2024. This has been made possible through targeted funding for HGSF from multiple donors.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or Country Offices (COs) and job holders report to a more senior Programme Policy Officer.
Job holders are likely to be working under the close support and guidance of a more experienced professional staff member receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. They are typically involved in programme or policy activities or similar nature and analytical work of limited complexity.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direct supervision of the Head of School Feeding, the incumbent will ensure effective and quality implementation of School Feeding, specifically through the following activities:

Programme Implementation

• Coordinate the implementation of school feeding in close collaboration with other WFP units, including programme (Asset Creation and Livelihood and Nutrition teams), RAM, Budget and Programming, Logistics and Procurement.
• Monitor school feeding pipeline and provide troubleshooting support if necessary.
• Support the design of school feeding interventions that are nutrition-sensitive and gender transformative.

Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Management

• Support the development/revision of training materials and guidelines for school feeding.
• Support the development of school feeding specific knowledge products, including but not limited to factsheets, presentations, leaflets, reports, social media activity etc.
• Supervise, as required, annual school-level trainings.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Support the development/revision of baseline, endline, process monitoring and qualitative tools and periodically analyze data and prepare reports.
• Track issues reported from the field and support troubleshooting.

Perform additional duties, as required by the supervisor.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• 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.

Performance

• 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.

Partnership

• 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.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced degree in social sciences, education, nutrition, health, development economics or relevant field .

Experience: At least two years of professional experience and one year of relevant experience in programme design and implementation in School Feeding and/or cash-based activities or local procurement components.

National Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

Proven capacity to provide tailored technical support on home-grown school feeding programme design and implementation.

Background in nutrition and/or monitoring and evaluation.

Proven capacity to produce high quality guidance, training material and written reports.

Ability to think creatively, strategically and to work autonomously.

Strong networking skills

Ability to take initiative and be proactive.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WFP.

http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

7th February 2024

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.