Programme Assistant (Schoold Feeding) G5

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World Food Programme

Vacancy Announcement

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.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

Contract Type

Fixed Term GS-5

Post Title

Programme Assistant (School Feeding)

Number of Post

One

Duty Station

Nay Pyi Taw

Report To

Programme Policy Officer (School Feeding)

Duration of Service

12 months (Extendable)

Opening Date for Application

08 December 2020

Deadline for Application

22 December 2020

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 emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 75 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to nutritious food and contribute to the lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been presented in Myanmar since 1994 and is now focusing on helping the Government reach its national Zero Hunger Challenge by 2025. WFP’s work in the country is guided by three priorities: emergency preparedness and response; nutrition; and provision of social safety nets.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP’s mission is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 as per the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2. It works to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

The Myanmar CSP 2018-2022 approved by the WFP Executive Board in November 2017 and it aims to contribute to three Strategic Outcomes that are aligned to four Strategic Results of SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for Development). A total of eight Activities are planned to be implemented to achieve the contributions to the three Strategic Outcomes.

Under the Integrated Road Map (IRM) WFP has committed to a new way of working, linking not only all activities to the defined Strategic Outcomes, but also linking the resources used for implementing the activities to the results achieved.

The three strategic outcomes are:

SO 1: “Crisis-affected people in food insecure areas meet their food and nutrition needs all year round.” Lifesaving food and/or cash will be provided to women, men, girls and boys affected by natural disasters, armed conflict, and inter-communal violence.

SO 2: “Vulnerable people in states and regions with high food insecurity and/or malnutrition have access to food all year round.” WFP will provide food/cash assistance to vulnerable populations, while providing technical assistance to support the government in strengthening its social protection programmes, food systems and emergency preparedness capacity.

SO 3: “Children under 5 in Myanmar have improved nutrition in line with national targets by 2022.” WFP will contribute to increasing the availability and access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable and affected populations in crisis and non-crisis situations to enhance their nutrition and resilience. WFP will also support the government in implementing national nutrition actions, including SBCC, preventive nutrition specific and sensitive interventions, and scale-up of management of acute malnutrition.

JOB PURPOSE

This job is located in WFP Myanmar office in Nay Pyi Taw.

Job holders are likely to be working under the close support and guidance of a more experienced professional staff member receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. They are typically involved in programme or policy activities or similar nature and analytical work of limited complexity. The purpose of this job is to provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

BACKGROUND

WFP Myanmar is collaborating with Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) and Ministry of Education (MoE) to implement the National School Feeding programme (NSFP) through multi-sectoral approach aiming to build national capacity and transfer of ownership to the government in line with national strategies and policies such as National Education Strategic Plan, National Social Protection Strategic Plan, Multi-Sectoral National Plan of Action on Nutrition and National School Health Strategies.

Currently National school feeding programme is being implemented through daily on-site distribution of high-energy biscuits (HEB) to more than 300,000 pre-school and primary school children in 11 states/regions. Moreover, daily on-site school meal program was piloted in selected schools in three operational areas since 2017-18 academic year and expanded to 11 states/regions integrating with school gardening.

A multi-sectoral technical coordination group on school feeding (SF-TCG) was formed under the umbrella of National School Health Committee to coordinate among the Ministries and provide the policy and technical advice in implementation of National school feeding program. As discussed in the SFNG meeting, a national staff to assist and coordinate with relevant ministries such as MoHS, MoE, MoSWRR and MoALI and 50% of assignment time will be spent at School Health unit, Public Health Department, Ministry of Health and Sports.

In this context, the WFP Country Office in Myanmar is looking for a Programme Assistant to assist School Health department and coordinate the process of developing national framework/guideline and the implementation of School Feeding Programme through multi-sectoral approach.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the overall supervision of the Deputy Head of Programme and direct supervision of School Feeding Programme Policy Officer, the Programme Assistant will be responsible for, and not limited to, the following duties:

• Assist the School Health unit, in regular coordination and information sharing with key technical persons from MoHS, MoE, MoALI and MoSWRR together with other relevant Ministries and stakeholders
• Assist the National Consultant in development of operational guideline including M&E module and menu planning for the school meal programs in coordination with Ministries, WFP and private sectors
• Collecting and compiling the quantitative data on a routine basis, such as number of students who received school meal, volume of assistance (food/cash) disbursed, school profile and providing standard report to WFP and relevant Ministries
• Conduct secondary data analysis and compile indicators in order to enhance the coordination and quality control in implementation and monitoring of the school feeding programme
• Reviewing the implementation data (monthly/quarterly distribution plan and report) for tracking their achievement against plan and outputs indicators.
• Organize the coordination meetings/workshops, trainings among the school feeding technical working group at national level, produce the meeting note and prepare action plan
• Organize planning mission, meeting and briefing sessions with WFP and School Heal unit
• Assist the SF team in consolidating, analyzing and presenting proposed planning data from Area/Field Offices to the supervisor for effective planning and decision making.
• Provide support to the CO and field offices in commodity call forward and food transfer process as well as the cash request and transfer process in coordination with CO units (in alternate of SF Programme Associate).
• Coordinating with the M&E unit for creating the partnership and provide support to field offices in relation with COMET system (in alternate of SF Programme Associate)
• Perform any other tasks in technical areas of this Assistant as required.

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 Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance 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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable. Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has facilitated communication with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.). • Has contributed to implementation of programmes. • Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This post is opened for Myanmar Nationals Only.

Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

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

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.