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.
 
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 shattered lives. Present in nearly 80 countries, the organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to nutritious food and contribute to the lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These jobs are found in Regional Bureaux (RBs), Country Offices (COs), Area/Field Offices (AOs/FOs). Job holders typically report to a Programme Policy Officer or Head of Field Office.
At this level, job holders are expected to demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to various queries with only general guidance. There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen operational problems on a daily basis. Job holders are expected to manage resources and coach and coordinate support staff.

BACKGROUND:

With the overall Goal of supporting smallholder farmers to better access extension services and other services providers through technical training, strategic partnerships and strengthening association’s capacities. The Connecting Famers to Markets (F2M) established in 2009 in Sudan, since then, WFP has been implementing (F2M) programme in CETA and Darfur.

 More recently, WFP has been engaging in Post-Harvest Loss Reduction management (PHL) as a focus area for F2M programme – targeting small scale holders with access to agricultural land and experiencing high losses after harvest, the project was designed to achieve the following outputs:

• Increase household food availability by reducing pre-farm gate losses, which enable smallholders to store grain throughout the year
• Increase household income by empowering smallholders to sell surplus grain at higher prices (further away from harvest, when prices have recovered),
• Smooth household income by empowering smallholders to “bank” grain and sell when needed,
• Increase food safety, health and nutrition through reduction of aflatoxin contamination, and
• Create awareness, align market incentives, and motivate the private sector to serve a newly created market for hermetic storage.

 

 

JOB PURPOSE

To provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes within the specific area of work supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
2. Provide specialized project management support to specific and/or defined programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
3. Within the specific area of responsibility, prepare a range of reports and data analysis (e.g. food assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status, performance) and highlight trends/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
4. Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work (e.g. assistance programmes, food security and vulnerability assessments) and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
5. Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
6. Coordinate and communicate with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions to perform accurate food security analyses and to ensure efficient delivery of food assistance.
7. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government within the specific technical area.
8. Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems within a specific technical area of responsibility.  
9. Oversee and/or review the work of other support staff, providing practical advice and guidance, to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines.
10. Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Programme associate will contribute to WFP’s shift to Country Strategic Plan and to the growing resilience-building and safety nets portfolio. Specific Tasks include:

Training and capacity building

• Assist in developing and rolling out implementation guidelines for F2M/ PHL in Sudan.
• Support the organisation and implementation of F2M/PHL orientation workshops
• Ensure training targets and timelines are met

Monitoring and Reporting

• Support the team in developing and testing M&E tools for PHL work in sudan.
• In coordination with the M&E unit, follow up on monitoring data collection, analysis and reporting.
• In coordination with the M&E unit, implementing partner and sub offices, closely monitor that the trainings are delivered and silos distributed to the targeted farmers as agreed.
• In coordination with the M&E unit and Area offices, help in facilitating trainings for the enumerators to ensure that questionnaires are filled properly and all needed data were accurately collected and sent to Khartoum
• In coordination with the M&E unit, follow up on the project baseline, impact assessment of the post-harvest losses reduction project.
• With the F2M team, periodically review the project M&E tool kit and recommend changes when needed
• Follow up with payment & payment clearances for the implementing partners
• Keep track of all action points decided during meetings and ensure to follow up with relevant stakeholders
• Provide regular reports and updates on the project

Hermetic storage Procurement

• Follow up on procurement as relevent
• Prepare technical specifications of needed storage and communicate them to a range of stakeholders as needed.
• Participate on technical review visits to vendors/suppliers when required by the procurement, and participate on reviewing the results
• Follow up with the suppliers on silos/hermetic bags delivery to the targeted States and with logistics for delivery to the final destinations (targeted villages)
• Keep track on silos produced/delivered and report on damages

Partnerships and Communication:

• Facilitate coordination meetings with all F2M/PHL stakeholders and partners including Microfinance Institution (MFIs), State ministry of Agriculture, PHL implementing partner and private sector.
• Liaise with potential NGO and private sector partners to upscale the Post-harvest project in CETA offices. 

 

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Completion of secondary school education. A first university degree in one or more of the following disciplines: economics, agriculture, international affairs, business administration, social sciences, development studies or a field relevant to international development assistance is preferable.  

Experience:

At least 5 years of progressive experience in humanitarian context and NGOs with at least 3 years of experience in one or more of the following:  economics, programme management, monitoring and evaluation, statistical analysis. Experience in procurement processes is an advantage.

Good experience on community development aspects and Gender.

Language: Fluency (level C) in Arabic and English languages.

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.

KNOWLEDGE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Good analytical skills, including statistical analysis; resourcefulness, initiative, maturity of judgment, tact, negotiating skills; ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing; ability to work in a team, and establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds; flexibility in accepting work assignments outside normal desk description. Ability to deal patiently and tactfully with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

• Training and/or experience utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other standard WFP software packages and systems. General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing administration.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Capability Name	Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
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.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This vacancy is open to qualified Sudanese Nationals Only.
WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. In the pursuit of WFP’s mission to feed the hungry poor, WFP employees must uphold the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct at all times. WFP has zero tolerance for fruad & corruption, sexual exploitation and discrimination.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Applicants are required to create their personal account and fill in the profile form with his/her personal details in WFP Career Web-Site through the links provided below.
Applicants must ensure filling the mandatory sections, attaching the CV, answer the pre-screening questions and  agree on legal statement prior to submitting the application.

External applicants - Interested external applicants can apply on WFP Career Site: http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings.

Applicants may apply using LinkedIn profile (if available).

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WFP will apply a rigorous and transparent selection process including thorough assessment of technical skills to ensure the best candidates are selected for the job. Please ensure that your application contains accurate and complete information on academic qualifications, employment record and language skills.

The United Nations' greatest asset is the quality of its staff. To ensure that the very best people join the UN team we use a competency based interview process.
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WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce. WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status. 

Female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.