Monitoring Assistant G5

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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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The objective of the Armenia Country Strategic Plan (2019-2024) is to facilitate a sustainable handover of a comprehensive nutrition-sensitive school meals programme embedded in the national social protection system by 2023 and support the development of policies and systems that respond to the gaps identified in the National Zero Hunger Strategic Review (NSR). WFP will shift from its role of school meals implementer to enabler, supporting the Government in strengthening the state policy and regulatory framework for the innovative, home grown, sustainable school meals development. Particular support will be provided in revising the Sustainable School Meals Strategy. Moreover, WFP will strengthen the national capacity more broadly by contributing to the development of evidence-based national strategies, targeted policies and activities. A large majority of the population in Armenia has been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, in particular the low- and marginal-income groups. The situation was further exacerbated due to the escalation of the conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) starting on 27 September 2020, resulting in a big inflow of spontanous arrivals from NK. The most recent developments related to the escalation of the conflict in and around Ukraine has created a developing refugee and food crisis, which is impacting Armenia too, in terms of increasing food prices, risks of food shoratage and significant inflow of refugees (base on some estimates there are around 500,000 ethnic Armenians residing in Ukraine). Immediate assistance programmes were and are being designed to minimize further deterioration of food insecurity and saving low-income families plunge deeper into poverty. Due to the conflict, a substantial number of spontaneous arrivals from NK have further strained the food insecurity situation. Taking into consideration the already increased and scaled-up activities, establishment of new units, such as Social Protection and Engagement and Enabling Unit to support the most vulnerable populations impacted by the global food crisis, escalation of conflict in and around Nagorno-Karabakh region, COVID-19 and the importance of evidence-based planning, WFP Armenia Country Office has identified the need for further strengthening its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Unit. It is suggested to create one Fixed-term post of Monitoring Assistant. The has also been one of the major recommendations of WFP Armenia’s M&E oversight conducted by the RBC in October 2021, stating that the “CO to ensure that core M&E positions have stable contracts to ensure M&E continuity all year round.” The Monitoring Assistant will mainly support the CO in informed decision-making through baseline, process and endline data collection, analysis and reporting.

JOB PURPOSE

To coordinate and perform monitoring activities within a specific coverage area and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Collect programme data, collaborating with cooperating partners where required, conduct analysis and prepare reports in order to support programme reviews and informed decision-making.

2. Perform accurate, timely recording and protection of data following corporate standards and guidelines.

3. Liaise with cooperating partners and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support programme reviews and improve services.

4. Receive and collate comments and feedback from communities and beneficiaries to support identifying programmatic issues with a view to improve programme implementation and delivery.

5. Analyze collected data, develop data visualizations and analytical reports.

6. Provide guidance and basic training for cooperating partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods to support them to complete self-monitoring tasks and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas.

7. Prepare field mission reports to document programme implementation, progress and opportunities for improvements.

8. Provide inputs to Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for developing M&E frameworks and reporting.

9. Provide support to Monitoring and Evaluation Officer on maintaining corporate systems, such as COMET.

10. Allocate tasks to other staff, providing guidance and on-the-job training to support their development and high performance.

11. Perform other related duties if required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the functional area is desirable. A first level university degree in Business Administration, International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance would be an asset.

Experience: Four or more years of progressively responsible experience in analysing programme output and outcome data; qualitative and quantitative data collection, data management, analysis and reporting.

Knowledge and Skills: Strong analytical, written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team; ability to plan and organize work with minimum supervision; ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines. Advanced knowledge in MS Excel. Familiarity with other statistical analysis software packages (STATA, SPSS, R, NVivo) is desirable. General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures is desirable

Language: Fluency in Armenian, and highly competent in the English language; working knowledge (level B) of Russian language is desired.

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.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level Strategic Management Displays basic understanding of WFP’s policies and strategies to perform monitoring and/or evaluation activities and their inter-relationship. Performance Management Applies knowledge of WFP’s performance management system to manage resources and relationships to undertake monitoring actions or deliver straightforward evaluations of operations, programmes, or processes to WFP monitoring and/or evaluation quality standards. Qualitative/Quantitative Methodology Understand and applies an appropriate mix of established methods and data collection tools to monitoring, reviews or straightforward evaluations, in line with WFP’s strategic and operational results frameworks (metrics), WFP guidance and technical standards. Data Analytics and Visualization Collects and summarizes programme data, including information on shipments, distribution site logistics, the status of personas in need, and beneficiaries planned and reached for all programme assistance modalities and activities. Programme Monitoring and Review Gathers, organizes, and provides data on programme outputs, processes, and outcomes, including distribution plans and the status, quantity, and quality of food and cash distributed and technical assistance provided.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contract Duration: 12 months (extendable)

Applications must be submitted online through WFP e-Recruitment System.

Internal WFP staff can access the VA through the internal WFP CAREER page via the link: http://newgo.wfp.org/services/e-recruitment

Make sure that you answer all mandatory questions accurately and to upload your updated CV in English.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

The successful candidate will have to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 to be able to perform his/her duties. The UN strongly recommends UN personnel, and their dependents receive a COVID-19 vaccine that has been approved by WHO.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application not later than Friday, 01 April 2022.

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.