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Job Title: BUSINESS SUPPORT ASSISTANT - LOGISTICS (SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER) SSA4

No. Position/s: 1 (One)

VA No.: 142210

Date of Issue: 11 May 2021 Deadline: 17 May 2021

Type of Contract: Special Service Agreement – SSA4

Unit / Division: UN World Food Programme Malawi Country Office

Duty Station: Lilongwe, Malawi

Duration: 8 Months

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

Malawi is a small landlocked country in Southern Africa. With a population expanding rapidly at 3 percent per year and the majority of livelihoods dependent on agriculture, the population is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate-related disasters. Poverty is experienced by most rural families, with those headed by women suffering the most. Relying on small parcels of densely cultivated land for their livelihoods, rural Malawians are highly affected by climate change. Episodes of drought as well as severe flooding are increasing in frequency, intensity and unpredictability, giving the most vulnerable households inadequate time to recover.

Malawi’s challenges are also compounded by high rates of HIV infection (at 9.6 percent), low primary school completion rate (at 51 percent) and chronic under-nutrition (at 37 percent for children under 5). WFP continues to partner with the government, other UN agencies, NGOs, civil society and the private sector to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, with a particular emphasis on reaching Zero Hunger (SDG 2), addressing structural drivers of hunger wherever possible.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Minimum of a diploma and equivalent experience in ICT related fields.

Language: Proficiency in both oral and written English and other local languages

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Actively participate in the UN IM working group.

2. Be a focal point of Log:ie implementation and trainings in coordination with VAM for support.

  • Handle information on Log:ie
  • Analyse Malawi EPR operations needs with regards to Log:ie
  • Provide the needs to HQ Log:ie team to customise the platform for Malawi needs.

3. Collaborate closely with VAM to build maps on different operations by Emergency Preparedness and Response.

4. Manage documents structure in OneDrive as a centralised information archive .

5. Liaise with RITA team on information related to EPR.

6. Re-develop the dashboard

  • Determine how DOTS can be integrated with Tableau to build a link between the two systems to create an interactive dashboard.
  • Analyse the data in DOTS related to Supply Chain operations and extract up-to-date data to be used for critical metrics and for decision making.

7. Prepare the Commodity Tracking System for the Lean Season Response 2020-2021

8. Coordinate with DoDMA regarding the Lean Season Response operation as it relates to the Commodity Tracking System.

9. Design and develop the NFI Tracking System

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge

  • Dashboard development.
  • Tracking system designing and implementation.
  • Information management.
  • Ability to establish long term relationships.

Skills

  • Excellent Analytical skills
  • Critical thinking (using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems);
  • Good interpersonal skills.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

Post graduate experience in ICT related functions including the following;

  • Dashboard development.
  • Tracking system designing, implementation, management and maintainance.
  • Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.

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.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

17 May 2021

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WFP is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff. Well qualified candidates, particulary females are strongly encouraged to apply.

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

Added 2 years ago - Updated 2 years ago - Source: wfp.org