Programme Assistant - Monitoring (Nutrition - unique position) - SC4 - Gondola (Manica) - 2 PTS

Programme & Policy

Overview

Support the implementation of community nutrition interventions in Gondola District.

You have:

• Completion of secondary school education; post-secondary certificate in related functional area is desirable.
• Minimum of 3 years of working experience in synthesizing insights from the field, providing operational updates, and applying them to align field implementation.
• Fluency in Portuguese and knowledge of local language (Chiute).
• Experience in implementing Social and Behavior Change Communication packages.
• General knowledge of WFP monitoring and evaluation standards.
• Experience in community mobilization and engagement, mainly through community-based stakeholders.

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

Female qualified applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

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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

These jobs are found primarily in WFP Field based Offices, and job holders typically report to Programme Policy Officer or Programme Associate. The reporting lines may change depending on the size of the office. At this level work is carried out under minimum supervision. Job holders are expected to produce organised and accurate technical work and reports. They may provide guidance on standard practices to other staff and counterparts in their area of work.

JOB PURPOSE

To perform mentoring and monitoring of activities of WFP’s Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) activities within Gondola District, Manica Province, under the GIZ project and support the local health authorities with the implementation of the package of community nutrition interventions(PIN).

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable Experience: Minimum of 3 years of working experience in synthetizing insights from the field, provide operational updates, and applying them to align field implementation.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Providing capacity building to community-based stakeholders such as community health workers, including community members
• Has general knowledge of WFP monitoring and evaluation standards
• Has experience in implementing Social and Behavior Change Communication packages
• Has working experience in community mobilization and engagement, mainly through community-based stakeholders

Languages: Oral and written fluency in Portuguese and knowledge of local language (Chiute)

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Support in the identification of beneficiaries for the project phases
• Support in establishing processes for the project activities (i.e. purchase of food for cooking activities);
• Conduct training of field implementers (maes modelos, activists, APEs, etc)
• Participate in training conducted by SDSMAS on activities relevant to the project (i.e. PIN intervention)
• Organize and plan activities with field implementers (maes modelos, activists, APEs, etc)
• Review and provide feedback to the activity plans of the community stakeholders (APEs, ACSs, and cooking academy facilitators);
• Supervise the implementation of the SBCC activities to ensure that activities are being implemented with the required quality and provide feedback and support to the field implementers
• Monitor project activities (cooking academy/demonstrations, nutrition education sessions, radio listening sessions, community activities, etc, and input data in a database developed for the project;)
• Review data collected by project implementers for SBCC activities and provide feedback;
• Input data collected by project implementers them in database developed for the project;
• Monitor project activities implemented by government partners and cooperating partners in the communities covered;
• Participate in planning meetings for monitoring visits at the community level;
• Conduct regular visits (on a weekly basis) to the PIN nutrition sites and report for further advice and timely follow up;
• Prepare weekly workplan for the supervisor
• Liaise with cooperating partners and other stakeholders on community engagement activities and ensure alignment with other ongoing activities.
• Receive and collate comments and feedback from partners and beneficiaries, to support identifying programmatic issues with a view to fostering efficient operations
• Provide guidance for government counterparts and other partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools, and methods to support them to complete monitoring tasks and contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas.
• Prepare field mission reports documenting program implementation

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

This position is open to Mozambican Nationals only

Type of contract: Service Contract, Level 4

Duty Station: Gondola (Manica)

Duration: 12 months Renewable

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

14th June 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.

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