Programme Associate (monitoring) G6

.

WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.

ABOUT JOB

(Re-Advertisement)

Job Title: Programme Associate (monitoring)

Grade: G6

Type of contract: Fixed Term

Duration: 1 year (Extendable)

Duty Station: Bangkok, Thailand

Vacancy Number: 827967

Date of Publication: 03 August 2023

Deadline of Application: 15 August 2023

This vacancy announcement is only for Thai Nationals.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes on WFP corporate monitoring systems, monitoring tools and methods, supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
• Provide specialized support on monitoring data analysis to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies, procedures and standard.
• Prepare a range of reports that involve extracting and performing and statistical analysis and drawing insights about trends and issues based on data captured in corporate monitoring systems. Visualize data in different ways for the purpose of reporting, communication and use. Perform data quality checks to ensure consistency and adherence of deliverables to corporate standards and quality control.
• Support in reviewing country strategic plan monitoring frameworks, log frames, annual reports, and other monitoring function outputs for quality control and oversight. Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, reconciliation of data across corporate systems and quality checks of ongoing project activities and all corporate exercises to ensure Country Offices are supported and issues are timely escalated.
• Coordinate and communicate with Country Offices and counterparts on monitoring, manage the regional M&E community of practice, and support the management of workshops with a monitoring component
• Support the capacity building of Country Office M&E focal points on Monitoring systems and tools for data collection and management. Suggest processes improvements for efficient and effective RBB monitoring support to Country Offices.
• Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems within the corporate systems and a specific technical area of responsibility.
• 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. Conduct support missions to countries in the region

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.
• 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.

Experience:

• At least 6 years of experience in in data management and analysis or monitoring and/or evaluation, including strong experience in the utilization of online data management and reporting tools.

Desired experiences:

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

Knowledge & Skills:

• Knowledge and background of information management principles.
• Demonstrated skills in statistical analysis,with the ability to identify insights and present data in different ways for reporting, communication and use.
• Good communication skills to provide specialized monitoring support services to a wide range of individuals and transfer knowledge to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to build relationships with a variety of individuals across functions and countries.
• Experience in coordinating the work of others and self, and training/supporting others.
• Desirable: Tableau and other data visualization software packages and systems.
• Creative, innovative mind, comfortable testing and learning new technologies.
• Proven problem solving and critical thinking skills

Languages:

Fluency in both oral and written communication in English

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings). **Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce. 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.

All WFP Employees are expected to demonstrate the competencies and standards of behaviour aligned with our core values and defined in the WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK, namely: • Leading by example with integrity, • Driving results and delivering on commitments, • Fostering inclusive and collaborative teamwork, • Applying strategic thinking, • Building and maintaining sustainable partnerships.