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Are you ready to change lives and save the lives of the world's most vulnerable people?

If yes, this opportunity is for you!

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.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is a leading organization delivering food assistance and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. We also support governments of developing countries in their efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition by addressing the underlying causes and disparities in access to food and good nutrition to ensure that no one is left behind in line with the Agenda 2030, Sustaining Peace and Agenda for Humanity. WFP is particularly focused on Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) and Goal 17 (Partnerships). Delivering on our mandate of Zero Hunger requires us to have a diverse, inclusive and gender-balanced workforce.

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to WFP is recognition that ending hunger is a critical first step towards global peace. WFP recognizes that one of the greatest contributions it can make to humanity is to provide a voice to the 690 million hungry people in the world. The Nobel Peace Prize gives us a platform to make their needs heard and to mobilize support for the assistance they need.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP supports over 1.4 million people in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh including over 860,000 Rohingya refugees and host community Bangladeshi under the L2 emergency operation. WFP provides food and nutrition assistance to the entire refugee population in the world’s largest refugee camp as well as school meals, nutrition service, and livelihood support to host communities in Cox’s Bazar.

JOB PURPOSE

The World Food Programme signed an agreement with the Government of Bangladesh to support the delivery of a large project called the Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project, financed by the World Bank. WFP and its cooperating partners will be in charge of delivering a specific component of this project, aiming at strengthening community resilience in the Rohingya refugee camps. The resilience of Rohingya refugees will be built through community workfare and community services activities. Community workfare activities are made of labour-intensive public works and environmental restoration activities aiming at improving the living conditions in the camps. Community services activities encompass various types of services provided by volunteers in the camps and the development of key skills to provide these services. The Catchment Focal Point will work under the “community workfare (CW)” component of the project to provide programme implementation support and contribute to the efficient delivery and quality outputs in assigned catchment comprising the number of camps.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The Catchment Focal Point will work under the Programme Officer (Community Workfare) in close supervision of the Head of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit in close collaboration with the Community Workfare Lead.

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Head of the DRR Unit, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

Field Programme Implémentation :

• To supervise and oversee, coordinate, monitor and regularly report on the implementation of the DRR and Community Workfare activities in the assigned catchment.
• Maintain regular tracking and regular update the progress of work to the Cox’s Bazar office, identify gaps in the completion of activities and take remedial action to ensure appropriate reallocation of time and effort.
• Ensure transparency related to the beneficiary (labour) registration (in consultation with site management), labour payments, daily attendance, and master rolls including monitoring each cash distribution and other relevant documentation.
• Ensure strong coordination between partner CP and WFP Engineering team on the ground and required support and assistance to the CPs is provided.
• Contribute and assist identification of new sub-projects, development of monthly CP Work Plan in close consultation with site management and Camp In Charges (CiCs);
• Support the screening of proposed sub-projects for the environment and social safeguard issues.
• Within the specific area of responsibility ensure CPs practice, promote and endorse the environmental and social safeguarding policy and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards and guidance throughout the programme cycle.
• Provide basic troubleshooting support on digital attendance and distribution in consultation with KIM Associate and/or Digital Solution team.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Networking & Representation (at field level)

• Act as a point of contact for the catchment focal point for FFA/DRR (Community Workfare) and attend/represent in Camp-based Implementation Committee (CBIC), SMSD Coordination, other meetings called by CiC offices including field operations, etc.;
• Ensure that WFP adequately engages with the local structure, and that programme information and all advocacy issues are communicated as necessary.

Internal Coordination

• Attend and represent assigned catchment in weekly Programme and Engineering coordination meeting.
• Attend Bi-weekly Programme Coordination Meetings, come prepared with issues, challenges and way forward.
• Coordinate with field operations team and Environment and Social Safeguard specialists at the field level.
• Liaise with different colleagues from FFA/DRR Unit and other programme units dealing with capacity strengthening, KIM, CFM, Operations and M&E to ensure smooth implementation and information flow.
• Oversee and/or review the work of other support staff, providing practical advice and guidance, to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines.
• Reporting and Documentation
• Ensure Weekly Work (Travel) Plan submission to the Programme Policy Officer and Head of Unit on a timely basis.
• Review and endorse Weekly Operational Planning and Updates (OPU) for the catchment.
• Prepare Weekly Operational Updates/Mission Reports, PowerPoints in consultation with Focal Engineering for weekly coordination meeting.
• Document and submit safeguard screenings, onsite monitoring and CBIC meeting minutes as instructed, and notify the team if follow-up action is required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION: Postgraduate or bachelor’s degree qualified in Social Science, Environmental Science, Economics, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) or other fields relevant to international development assistance.

EXPERIENCE: A Minimum of five years of experience where three years of relevant Asset Creation/DRR and site management/site development experience at increasing levels of responsibilities. Experience in construction engineering will be considered an asset.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Good communication and leadership skills.
• Knowledge and experience of design, planning and supervision of construction projects.
• Desirable Experience of working within the Humanitarian Community or Development Sector.
• Familiarity with the special context of refugee camps and makeshift sites in Cox’s Bazar is an asset.

LANGUAGE: Proficiency in both oral and written communication in English and Bangla. Fluency in oral Chittagonian/Rohingyan dialect is desirable

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Type of Contract : Service Contract (SC6) Duty Station :Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Contract Duration : 12 months Monthly Salary : BDT. 114,638

Postion No. : 4

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

4 April 2021 23:59 GMT

This vacancy announcement is for Bangladeshi National only. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply through the WFP careers website: LINK

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Female applicants and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organisation. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection & recruitment process, and for work-related needs upon joining the Programme. WFP has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority or discrimination. 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.