Programme Assistant (DRR/FFA)-SC5 - Basse
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Title of post: Programme Assistant (DRR-FFA), SC 5
Type of contract: Service Contract (SC)
Unit/ division: Programme
Duty Station Basse, The Gambia
Duration: 12 months, with a possibility of extension.
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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES OF POST
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. In The Gambia, WFP has been supporting the government in schools feeding since 1970. In 2012, WFP in collaboration with the government embarked on a three-year food security project called Improving Food Security through Crop Production Intensification and School Feeding Programme was launched with EU support. The main aim of the project was to increase household food security and income of participating farmers and enhance nutritional status of targeted school children. School Feeding is the largest social safety-net in The Gambia.
Continuation on building on WFP’s experience of more than 40 years in the Gambia, school feeding provides support for the establishment of a sustainable, nationally owned home-grown school feeding (HGSF) programme, where food supplied to the schools would be sourced from local smallholder farmers.
This was done by reinforcing capacities at the central, regional and community levels for home grown school feeding implementation and management. It was jointly implemented with The Government building capacity for school feeding in the targeted regions, to improve enrolment and retention in early childhood development centers and the basic education cycle.
The current programme structured as the Country Strategic Plan (CSP), was developed in consultation with all major stakeholders, and started in January 2019 through to 2021, provides the following strategic shifts; (i) alignment of country portfolio to the National Social Protection Policy; (ii) increased focus on capacity strengthening and national ownership of the SMP, assisting the government to improve modalities and absorb part of the caseload, while providing management and monitoring support; (iii) an integrated resilience intervention, converging nutrition, support to smallholder farmers and resilience buidling activities to enhance community assets, while providing conditional transfers to those at risk during the lean season; and (iv) field-level implementation to technical capacity support to national government in early warning systems and preparedness.
WFP is currently seeking a qualified candidate to take up functions of the Programme Assistant (DRR-FFA) position. Under the direct supervision of the Senior Programme Associate, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties;
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):
- Provide support and supervision of the DRR programmes Perform specialized and/or standardised processes and activities within the specific technical area of work supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
- Advocate for the role of Disaster Risk Reduction in all programmatic fields and promote mainstreaming of Disaster Risk
- Assist in the identification of and liaison with key stakeholders in the DRR agenda in the country;
- Assist in the identification of governmental policies, strategies, plans and programmes that have great potential for DRR mainstreaming;
- Contribute to the design implementation of DRR programmes and approaches in the country;
- Provide DRR project management and/or general office support following established targets and WFP’s policies and procedures.
- 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.
- Support the organisation and facilitation of DRR training events at various levels;
- Assist in developing thematic approaches to DRR in collaboration with relevant UN agencies and national stakeholders
- 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.
- Any other duties that might be assigned from time to time.
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES:
Capability Name
Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers)
Can facilitate implementation of food assistance programmes under guidance using basic understanding of principles and good practices of programme design, implementation and monitoring.
Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers)
Demonstrates ability to facilitate, under guidance, food assistance programme implementation that deploys full range of transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding modality selection and implementation
Knowledge of Specialized Areas
Understands basic technical concepts and data andtheir 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/Govt
Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES:
4P
Theme
Capability Name
Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
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.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:
- Has 4 years working experience in the related field
- Ability to organize training for the key stakeholders on the Disaster Risk
- Has facilitated communication with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, food security, education, etc.).
- Has previous knowledge of working with national government, NGOs etc
- Has contributed to implementation of programmes in the field
- Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.
- Has excellent interpersonal skills.
STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area. A University degree is an added advantage.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language: Fluency in both oral and written communication.
QUALIFIED FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
Deadline for submission of application is 11th October 2021
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