Programme Associate Nutrition G6 Beletweyne

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POSTING DATE

Date of Issue: 12th May 2024. Closing Date: 25th May 2024

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area. Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, International Health & Nutrition, Public Health & Nutrition Policy and Management, Family Health & Nutrition or Food Technology

Experience: 6 years and above of progressively responsible work experience in nutrition, International Health & Nutrition, Public Health & Nutrition Policy and Management, Family Health & Nutrition or Food Technology

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.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various nutrition activities and processes within the area of coverage, supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
2. Provide specialized project management support to specific programmes and activities specially to cooperating partners and relevant ministries to ensure proper implementation within the established targets.
3. Prepare a range of reports and data analysis in coordination with Mogadisho AO (e.g., weekly screening report, progress reports, weekly distribution reports, etc.)
4. Ensure accurate and timely data recording for nutrition programmes including timely distribution reports, invoices, stock balance reports on monthly basis.
5. Collaborate closely with functional unit and working clusters to support effective collaboration, implementation, and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
6. Coordinate and connect with partners, agencies, NGOs, and government institutions to perform accurate food security analyses for efficient delivery of food assistance.
7. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners, and national government within the technical area.
8. Review Project proposals and offer technical support to CPs on implementation issues.
9. Review CP evaluations of Cooperating Partners performance and provide timely distribution reports, invoices, stock balance reports on monthly basis recommendations.
10. Provide day to day back up support and perform any other task as may be assigned by the Head of Office.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
• Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
• Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
• Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
• Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
• Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has worked with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1 Year initial

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

25th May 2024

WFP does not charge any application fees to candidates.

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