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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
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.
JOB PURPOSE
To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Under the overall guidance of the Head of Office and direct supervision of the Head of Programme, the Programme Policy Officer - M & E will be responsible for the following:
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Facilitate the development and implementation of Country Office M&E Plans including establishment of baselines, review of progress indicators to inform timely decicion making;
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Ensure that food is timely allocated to beneficiaries, accounted and reported on WFP corporate systems such as COMET;
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Prepare accurate and comprehensive reports on WFP's operations and performance to inform timely decision making including corporate reports such as SPRs;
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Review and give technical feedback on monitoring and evaluation plans for new programmes and budget revisions to ensure that plans are risk-based and focus on measuring results (e.g. checking on monitoring and evaluation budgets are allocated and appropriate log-frame indicators and outcome targets are documented);
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Supervise, monitor and ensure quality control of monitoring activites at country office including quality checks of fieldwork, monitoring dataperiodic reports;
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Contribute to the analysis of outcome data and recommend improvements to programme interventions and to enhance WFP's abiity to demonstrate outcome focussed results.;
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Review cooperating partner monthly reports in respect of M&E issues and ability to inform decision making;
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Facilitate and coordinate the systematic colletion and analysisi of primary and secondary data using specific indicators as specified in the monitoring plan or information needs and generate relavant reports to inform timely decision making;
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Follow-up on monitoring and evaluation findings to ensure that corrective actions are taken and/or adjustments are made to programme responses as required;
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Provide assistance, guidance and on-the-job training on monitoring, evaluation and reporting techniques for both WFP and cooperating partner staff to build capacity, increase awareness on the importance of monitoring and evaluation and encourage accountability for demonstrating results.
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Represent WFP in different forums within the UN, civil society and government.
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Liaise with project implementing authorities and undertake visits to view project outputs and beneficiaries, inspect storage places and points where WFP commodities are recieved in the country, in order to ensure that progress is made in the achievement of project objectives;
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Otther as required.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences 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 in spoken and written English and Siswati.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
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Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP's Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
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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).
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Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP's mission.
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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
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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.
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Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
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Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
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Create an 'I will'/'We will' spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.
Performance
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Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
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Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
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Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
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Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.
Partnership
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Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams' priorities and preferred working styles.
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Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
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Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
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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.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
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Proficiency in Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Outlook).
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Experience with statistical packages such as SPSS, STATA,
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Excellent writing and communication skills;
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Ability to participates and promote open dialogue with the team, valuing the diverse opinion of others.
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Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships, both internally and externally with partners and stakeholders.
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Flexibility to adapt to changes (such as evolving programme needs, partners' requirements etc.).
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Good analytical skills; ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources to inform programme design, implementation and monitoring.
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Result oriented attitude. Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
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Ability to work effectively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds
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Supervisory skills
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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This is a local position for Swazi nationals only.
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Qualified female applicants are encouraged to apply.
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Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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WFP does not charge any fees from applicants at any stage of the recruitment process.
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WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Deadline for receiving applications, 6 April 2021
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