Overview
Provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs. Contribute towards the development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute towards the development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes.
- Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects.
- Develop and coordinate data gathering and monitoring systems.
- Research and analyse a range of policy and operational issues.
- Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities.
- Liaise with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration.
- Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships.
- Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government.
- Guide and supervise more junior staff.
- Technical overview and operationalization of WFP food and cash-based assistance.
- Focal point for starting and coordinating food and cash interventions in emergency and recovery contexts.
- Scale-up and assist in design of Resilience-building and development projects.
- Focal point for overall project management and coordination of projects nation-wide.
- Coordinate with Provincial Offices (PO) and other functional units at Country Office (CO).
- Lead and provide technical support to PO colleagues on livelihoods-based recovery activities.
- Ensure resource pipeline coordination and tracking, operational planning of food/cash, and detailed workplans and timelines.
- Compile and draft adequate situation updates, project progress updates, tracking of distributions and similar.
- Draft concept notes, donor proposals, reports and other technical and strategic documents.
- Coordination with the Financial service providers and Cooperating Partners for effective and efficient delivery of Cash and resolution of issues.
- Represent WFP in external Cash working group and other forums.
- Work with functional areas for timely updating of WFP Minimum Preparedness Actions (MPA) online platform.
- Participate and facilitate Field Level Agreements processes, contracting of partners and similar, budget and programming, database and SCOPE.
Required Experience
A minimum of 3 years of post-graduate relevant professional / managerial experience in the development sector related to Emergencies and Livelihood. Excellent knowledge and implementation of project management tools. Deep experience and technical knowledge of livelihoods, recovery, Food For Asset Creation and similar activities at an officer-level. Multiple years-experience working in both field and country offices in relevant capacities.
Qualifications
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 two years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
