Programme Policy Officer (M&E), NOA

Short Description

Vacancy Announcement

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WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.

JOB PURPOSE

Under overall supervision of the Head of Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) unit, this position reports to the Head of M&E.

Job Title: Programme Policy Officer (M&E)

Grade: NO-A

Type of contract: fixed term appointment                                           

Duration: one year (with possibility of extension)

Duty Station: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Vacancy Number: One

Date of Publication: 14 May 2024

Deadline of Application: 27 May 2024

This vacancy announcement is for Nationals from Cambodia Only.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, pension, leave plus a medical insurance.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Contribute towards the development of a limited number of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
2. 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.
3. Follow data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
4. Research and analyse policy and operational issues to support senior colleagues in the development of policies, programmes and activities.
5. 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.
6. Liaise with internal counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing projects.
7. Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved food assistance packages.
8. 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.
9. Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and assisting them with analysis and queries.
10. Other as required.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

1. Programme M&E and data analysis:
   1. Provide technical support to the Programms teams to ensure that the country office has quality information to assess progress towards expected results established in annual workplan and programme performance plan(s).
   2. Provide expertise to project, programme, activity related data analysis and production of analytical products for programme advocacy and communications.
2. Technical assistance to the government for M&E system strengthening:
   1. Support the capacity strengthening of national and sub-national government partners to enhance data and information system, M&E systems and related policies and tools for national policies and programmes.
   2. Liaise with the government partners to conceptualize, innovate and nurture WFP’s technical assistance activities to strengthen the government system, process and institutional capacities.
   3. Provide technical support to design, formulate, implement and track success of M&E technical assistance to the government, especially in the areas of food security and nutrition/food systems, education (school feeding), Climate/DRR.
3. Country Capacity Strengthening (CCS)
   1. Provide technical support to the design, elaboration and on-going improvement of the WFP monitoring and evaluation of country capacity strengthening (CCS) activities.
4. Evaluation management
   1. Manage and oversee implementation of decentralized evaluations and reviews ensuring these are managed, designed and carried out in line with existing quality standards and that evaluation results are useful to the intended audience.
   2. Contribute to monitoring and tracking of the evaluation management responses and recommendations

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, M&E or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English. Fluency in Khmer language.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Minimum of three years of relevant professional work experience including monitoring and evaluation activities. M&E experience of large-scale programme/ project and/or in the UN system and other relevant development organizations.
• Experience in M&E capacity strengthening, preferably for the national government counterparts in Cambodia.
• Experience of monitoring results of technical assistance and policy advocacy interventions.
• Excellent data analysis and analytical skills, and ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English.
• Demonstrated ability to work with statistical analysis and data visualization software (SPSS/R/STATA and Tableau/PowerBI/InDesign)
• Experience in managing project/programme evaluation(s).
• Experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods.
• Topical experience related to food security and nutrition/food systems, school-based programme (esp. school health and nutrition), climate/DRR, and/or social protection.

KEY 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, 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 (Nutrition): 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 subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

All WFP Employees are expected to demonstrate the competencies and standards of behavior aligned with our core values and defined in the WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK, namely:  

1. Leading by example with integrity,
2. Driving results and delivering on commitments,
3. Fostering inclusive and collaborative teamwork,
4. Applying strategic thinking,
5. Building and maintaining sustainable partnerships.

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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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. 

Request for Disability related Reasonable Accommodations: 

It is important to WFP to create an accessible and inclusive workplace for everyone.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. 

WFP is global.inclusion@wfp.org to advise us of any disability related reasonable accommodation or accessibility requests you may have. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to confidentially discuss your needs.committed to an accessible, inclusive recruitment process. Please contact us at

This email is only to be used for any disability related accessibility requirements and not for sending the application itself. Due to the volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered a formal application and will not receive a reply from WFP. 

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Cambodia has achieved significant success in poverty reduction and human development. However, a substantial share of the population remains vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, malnutrition and shocks. Human capital development, access to healthy diets and an end to malnutrition are ambitions on the national agenda that have yet to be achieved, impairing people’s ability to engage actively as productive members of society. These issues need to be addressed for Cambodia to achieve its ambitious goal of reaching upper-middle-income country status by 2030. To that end, in the current Country Strategic Plan 2024-2028, WFP adopts an integrated approach across the mutually reinforcing systems of social protection, food systems and disaster management, promoting healthy diets through nutrition-sensitive approaches in tandem with other investments, including in climate adaptation, that will reinforce food and nutrition security.

Guided by WFP’s corporate results framework and UNSDCF indicators, WFP developed a monitoring, review and evaluation plan that ensures the regular monitoring of the CSP results chain and the generation of timely, credible and relevant evidence for programme adjustments, learning and accountability. The plan will include a CSP mid-term review in 2026 and a final evaluation in 2027 along with six decentralized evaluations of the school feeding programme – two in 2024, two in 2025 and two in 2027.

WFP is also in the process of enhancing the monitoring of its capacity strengthening activities using the updated corporate indicators, including country-specific process milestones, to capture the contribution of its activities to the CSP strategic objectives of strengthened systems and institutional capacity. Contributions will be captured along the four pathways of WFP’s country capacity strengthening framework. WFP also helps to strengthen national monitoring and evaluation systems, focusing on the national food security and nutrition policy, the national school feeding programme and the disaster risk management action plan. The monitoring and evaluation approach will adhere to WFP’s ethical guidelines and ensure cultural sensitivity by engaging with affected populations.

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. 

WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce. WFP has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority or discrimination. All selected candidates will, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.