Programme Associate (CFM), G6, EL Fasher

JOB POSTING INFORMATION:

Opening date: 22 April 2021

Closing date: 05 May 2021

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 & gender balance and encourage qualified female candidates to apply.

Would you like to join WFP Sudan’s Programme team and enable the delivery of professional, client-focused programme services? Are you ready to partner with managers to deliver effective programme management solutions that will change and save the lives of the most vulnerable people in Sudan? If yes, this opportunity is for you.

At WFP, we are looking for an experienced Programme Associate (CFM) to support our programme team in ELFasher- 01 Position G 6 Level, Sudan.

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.

WFP Sudan has the potential to reach millions of food insecure people across Sudan – with a total of 4 million people assisted in 2018. WFP Sudan, one of the largest and complex operations for WFP globally, is currently rolling out its five-year Country Strategic Plan (2019-2023), which aims to provide emergency assistance through a hybrid approach (Cash, food and vouchers), along with life-changing types of programmes (Nutrition, Resilience and School Feeding).

JOB PURPOSE:

SCOPE is WFP’s beneficiary identity and benefit management system (cloud-based digital solution) that helps WFP know better the people we serve, so the assistance we provide can be more targeted and appropriate. SCOPE is used to register people, calibrate entitlements, deliver the assistance, and subsequently manage the operational data coming in providing a responsive information system to guide effective programming across all transfer modalities (food or cash).

To purpose of this position is to provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food or cash assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: (not all-inclusive)

Reporting directly to the Head of Programme Unit in the Area Offices and under the overall supervision of the Head of Area Office , the Programme Associate will be responsible for the following.

Protection:

• Contribute to the development, review and dissemination of the WFP Sudan Protection/AAP strategy amongst Programme colleagues
• Support the capacity strengthening of Area Office staff on robust protection mainstreaming and integration, protection risk assessment and analysis, protection monitoring for WFP food security interventions and disability inclusion
• Provide guidance and support for WFP and CPs at Area Office/Field Office on mainstreaming and integration of Protection /AAP within their respective intervention and based on WFP’s policies and guidance on Protection and protection mainstreaming principles
• With guidance from the Country Office P/AAP team, work with Area Office (AO)/SO programme colleagues to conduct protection risk analysis or assessments, develop risk mitigation action plan and follow up on implementation of mitigation measures to enhance the safety, dignity and integrity of communities
• Conduct regular visits to distribution sites to identify gaps in providing safe abd dignified assistance to beneficiaries and liaise with CPs and WFP programme staff on ways for improvement

ADDITIONAL KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide and disseminate guidance and support to prioritize the most disadvantage groups such as disabled and elderly during distribution
• Regularly participate in at State level Protection Sector Working Group and CP/GBV Sub-sector working group meetings/forums/initiatives where information on protection services provided by sister agencies and other actors will likely be disseminated
• Serve as a resource and/or focal person for gender, data protection and PSEA at the AO,

Accountability to Affected Populations:

• Support respective AO to develop appropriate communication strategy to ensure that accurate, timely and adequate information is delivered to communities
• Ensure community sensitization materials in easy to understand language and formats are developed and disseminated to communities via reliable channels
• In close collaboration with programme staff, ensure regular consultations with beneficiaries are conducted throughout the project cycle stages, documenting feedback from the consultations

ADDITIONAL KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Work closely with Head Of Programme (HoP), Programme staff and the CFM project manager to establish and implement CFM including community help desks at activity sites in coordination with CPs, community leaders and local authorities – based on set guidelines and protocols
• Ensure all complaints referred to AO/SO from call center, CHDs and activity specific mechanisms are logged into the CFM database
• Follow up with relevant programme staff on resolution of all complaints and relevant information updated in the CFM database
• Conduct beneficiary satisfaction surveys on the effectiveness of CFM to identify challenges with access to, use of and provision of feedback from the CFM, and propose corrective measures where necessary

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in project management, database management or related fields is required.

Experience:

• Aminimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible related work experience in programme or project management, database systems, business administration or other related fields is required.
• At least 3 years of progressive experience in humanitarian context and NGOs with previous experience in the field of protection, AAP and/or Gender

Language: Fluency in both oral and written English and Arabic.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

The desired candidate should have the following experiences

• Ability to coordinate administrative activities and have a good level of computer literacy and capacity to draft reports/documents clearly and concisely.
• Good communication skills
• Possess good analytical skills
• Ability to work under extreme pressure in difficult conditions.
• Knowledge of work routines and processes in order to complete tasks under minimal supervision.
• Ability to identify problems whilst being solution oriented.
• General knowledge of UN system related policies, rules, regulations and procedures.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Closing date: 05 May 2021

• Qualified female candidates are especially encouraged to apply
• WFP does not charge any fee at any stage of its recruitment process
• WFP has zero tolerance with discrimination and does not discriminate to HIV/AIDS status.
• This position is open to ONLY Sudanese nationals.