Career Opportunities: Programme Associate, Special Service Agreement, Level-6 (118161)

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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 Rwanda, WFP works in partnership with the Government and other stakeholders to support national priorities for achieving food and nutrition security. This is done through direct implementation of integrated programmes targeting the most vulnerable people and strengthening national capacity to design, implement and manage programmes for achieving zero hunger. Under its Country Strategic Plan (2019-2023), WFP’s support revolves around four strategic outcomes (SOs) as follows:

• Strategic Outcome 1 (SO1) is designed to ensure that refugees and returnees in Rwanda have access to adequate and nutritious food at all times.
• SO2 aims to ensure that vulnerable populations in food insecure communities and area have improved access to adequate and nutritious foods all year.
• SO3 focuses on ensuring that children under 5 years, adolescents and pregnant and lactating women in Rwanda have improved access to nutritious foods and services to meet their nutritional needs all year.
• SO4 targets smallholder farmers especially women and aims to provide opportunities for increased marketable surplus and access to the agricultural market through efficient supply chains by 2030.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This job is open in Rwanda Country Office and the job holder will report to the Head of Programme Unit. The job holder will operate with a high degree of independence, ensure that programme and policy objectives are achieved in full (SO1-refugee operation) and will be involved in Cash-Based Transfers related tasks and policy activities and analytical work, some of which may be of considerable complexity.

JOB PURPOSE

WFP Rwanda is currently seeking a Programme Associate to provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.. The Programme Associate will be expected to provide programme-related support to SO1 & Cash Based Transfers (CBT).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Within delegated authority, and under the direct supervision of the Strategic Outcome 1 Manager and overall supervision of the Head of Programme, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

• Assist in drafting Strategic Outcome 1 (SO1 – refugee operations) update, briefs, presentations, proposals and reports;
• Assist in drafting Cash Based Transfers (CBT) related update, briefs, presentations, and guidelines;
• Support and contribute to SO1 and CBT related studies, assessments, evaluations and missions from preparation to reporting;
• Plan and coordinate the registration of eligible beneficiaries in collaboration with partners;
• Liaise with relevant CO Units and Field Offices (FOs0 to facilitate the internal processing of monthly entitlements (cash transfers, food basket) to beneficiaries;
• Plan the monthly cash transfers and food distributions to ensure that the disbursements and distributions are made in a timely manner;
• Ensure data is managed and updated with accuracy and in a timely manner;
• Assist in coordinating stakeholders including organizing both internal and external CBT working group meetings and documenting the minutes of the meetings;
• Assist in reviewing best practices and harmonization of CBT implementation within WFP;
• Perform other tasks as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

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.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that the team meets goals and targets.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help the team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
•  Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
•  Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to the team on how to build relationships with external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge & Skills)

• Courtesy, tact and ability to work with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing. Proficiency in Excel and Powerpoint.
• Ability to adhere to timelines.
• Ability to deliver consistently high-quality results with speed despite stress and pressure.
•  Spirit of initiative and capacity to work independently as well as being part of a team of people from different national and/or cultural background.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This position is open to Rwandan Nationals & anyone who has a valid permit to live and work in Rwanda, for 4 Months with possibility of extension, depending on fund availability and satisfactory performance

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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

The deadline for application is 11 March 2020.

Female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply

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Closing Date : 5th May, 2020.