UN World Food Programme Assistant (Relief/Recovery/Refugee) Jobs in Ethiopia

UN World Food Programme Assistant (Relief/Recovery/Refugee) Jobs in Ethiopia

About WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.

Organizational Context

WFP is seeking to recruit a dynamic and experienced Programme Assistant to support relief, refugee, and recovery activities under Gondar office.

This position will be based in Gondar Office as part of WFP’s Program team, the position holder will be working across units including programme, monitoring and evaluation, nutrition, reporting and communication – as well as engaging regularly with WFP’s government and NGO partners working in Gondar locations.

Job Purpose

To perform specialized and/or standardized policy and program-related processes and activities to support the effective delivery of assistance packages. Reporting Line: Under the overall supervision of the Program Policy Officer, this position will report directly to the Program Policy Officer (Relief/refugee, nutrition, and recovery)

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Perform specialized and/or standardized processes and activities within the specific technical area of work supporting alignment with wider program policies and guidelines.

• Assess project performance including utilization of resources and participate in discussions on new or revised procedures and practices.

• Conduct monitoring missions to ensure that the right entitlements go to the right beneficiaries.

• Monitor pre-screening on the project site and sensitize the beneficiaries on entitlements, beneficiary selection criteria, and WFP’s objectives.

• Work closely with implementing partners and ensure that Cooperating Partner (CP) reports are received, reviewed, and captured them into the COMET platform.

• Perform accurate, timely recording of data (e.g., Cooperating Partner (CP) periodic reports, CPs invoices) following corporate standards and guidelines.

• Prepare distribution lists and cycle creation requests for relief (Cash-based Transfer and in-kind) based on the distribution plan and ultimately share them with the AO management for their onward submission.

• Regularly follow up with partners on stock balances, and expiry dates, guide CPs on distributions, and obtain reports as required.

• Work and exchange information with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation, and monitoring of ongoing project activities

• Within the specific area of responsibility, compile data and support analysis and preparation of reports to support operational decision-making.

• Maintain accurate records, within the specific technical area of work. Act as a point of contact for resolution of general operational queries requesting assistance where necessary.

• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP can quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.

• Perform other related duties as required.

Desired Experiences for Entry Into the Role

• Has experience utilizing computers, including Microsoft Office package (e.g. Word, Excel) other standard software packages system

• Has familiarity with program monitoring evaluation processes

• Has experience with different types of external stakeholders national and sub-national levels

• Knowledge the UN rules, procedures regulations would an asset.

Standard Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Completion of secondary school education. BSC degree in Nutrition, social science, Rural development, development studies and related field

Experience:

Five years of progressively responsible support experience in emergency assistance and humanitarian programs with good knowledge and experience working in relief, nutrition, SafetyNet, M&E, or livelihood-related program activities.

Language:

Proficiency in both oral and written communication in English and the local language is a requirement.

4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities

Purpose

Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.

Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.

Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.

Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People

Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.

Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.

Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.

Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance

Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.

Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.

Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.

Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership

Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.

Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.

Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.

Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UN World Food Programme Assistant (Relief/Recovery/Refugee) Jobs in Ethiopia

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