United Nations World Food Programme Job Vacancies in South Sudan

United Nations World Food programme Associate (Innovations) SC6 Jobs in South Sudan

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.

In emergencies, 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.

On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 75 countries each year.

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.

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.

Functional Capabilities

Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Programme Life cycle & Food Assistance

Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the life cycle 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
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Standard Minimum Qualification

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional

area.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.

Desired Experience for entry into the Role

• Has worked with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.

How to Apply:

For more information and job application details, see; United Nations World Food programme Associate (Innovations) SC6 Jobs in South Sudan

Deadline:7th July 2017

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United Nations World Food Programme Assistant SC5 (57641) Jobs in South Sudan

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.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

Within the specific area of responsibility, compile data and support analysis and preparation of reports (e.g. food assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status, performance) in order to support operational decision-making.

Perform accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work (e.g. food security and vulnerability assessments) following corporate standards and guidelines.

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

Support communication and activities with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions.

Act as a point of contact for resolution of general operational queries requesting assistance where necessary.

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.

Support capacity building for emergency preparedness and response amongst junior Unit staff.

Other Specific job Requirements

This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

Desired Experience for entry into the Role

Experience in emergy and deep field operations, preferably in hardship duty stations.

Experience in complex security enviroments.

Has participated in a large-scale emergency or development programmes.

Has facilitated communication with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).

Has contributed to implementation of programmes.

Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.

How to Apply:

For more information and job application details, see; United Nations World Food Programme Assistant SC5 (57641) Jobs in South Sudan

Deadline:7th July 2017