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ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP?
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
The Role
This position is established to ensure effective CP management structure, capacities and Standard Operating Procedures are in place and to provide technical guidance and operational support to CO programme team and Area/Field offices on strategic, technical and business process issues as well as risks related to CP management.
Under the direct supervision of Deputy Head of Programme and overall supervision of Head of Programme in WFP Country Office in Naypyitaw, the incumbent will perform the following duties:-
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible in coordinating NGO partnership arrangements within the WFP Country Office, Field offices or Area offices and cooperating partners (CPs) and strengthen quality partnerships in support of WFP strategic objectives of CSP/iCSP.
Manage partnership arrangement through UN Partner Portal, issuing Expression of Interest and call for proposals, ensuring compliance with due diligence core standard in registration of cooperating partners’ profiles in UNPP and verify occasional basis, review/monitor the provided Due Diligence document are updated in UNPP to ensure understanding of CP landscape & the CPs operational, institutional, & financial capacity and a plan to mitigate identified risks
Maintain an updated roster of potential Cooperating Partners (CPs) that are eligible to be contracted and that has undergone a capacity assessment and expand the partnership in support of the CSP/iCSP priorities.
Manage the digitalized platform (Partner Connect FLA management module) to ensure efficiency and transparency in CP selection and engagement process; Coordinate with HQ/RBB focal persons on the rollout of Partner Connect subsequent modules including Invoice tracker and CP Distribution Reporting
Perform as a secretary of Cooperating Partners Committee (CPC) responsible for organizing screening process of proposals in UNPP, organize technical review among field offices and CO technical units, organize CPC meetings for final endorsement, preparing Note for the Records of PRC proceedings and recommendations and sharing with the respective cooperating partners,
Supervise the FLA management team to ensure all the FLA documentation including addendum or amendment are prepared correctly and in line with the SOPs. Stipulate clearly roles and responsibilities of WFP and CP in FLA and corresponding operational plan in collaboration with respective SO and Activity Managers and share with the cooperating partners and obtain approval from the Management; Review the proposed budget and recommend options for the consideration of the SO/Activity managers based on trend analysis;
Analyze the NGO profile, capacity assessment, and performance evaluation conducted and follow up the improvement plan as required; Provide inputs to partnerships strategies, including the development of Partnership Action Plans; Draw up quality partner proposals and reports by engaging with other WFP entities and external stakeholders.
Develop SOPs, TORs, checklists that support the CP Management functions in the field, in line with corporate NGO partnership guidelines and directives in coordination with respective units;
Provide technical support and comprehensive information sessions/onboarding/induction trainings to CP staffs to ensure the understanding the WFP assurance requirement across the project cycle management;
Prepare annual Spot-Check plan according to the criteria (in coordination with finance unit), conduct regular oversight/ spot-checks of CP performance and assure improvement plan are in place.
Arrange capacity building training for WFP field offices and partners to address the capacity gaps identified in annual capacity assessment and performance evaluations. Provide technical support and training to the WFP and CP staffs to ensure the understanding the WFP procedures for FLA.
Expand the partnership network, identify the capacity gaps and support the capacity improvement of potential civil society organization to be the effective WFP partner in light of supporting localization agenda. Apply inter-agency collaboration approach to conduct due diligence process of civil society organizations where possible.
Providing technical assistance and guidance to the Technical units and Field offices on the mid-year and end of the year performance assessments, ensuring timely