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 lifetime. 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 2020, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger globally, including its work during the coronavirus pandemic.

In Syria, WFP provides food assistance to more than 4.6 million people each month. This includes families who require emergency assistance when affected by conflict and displacement and also those who need help to improve their nutrition and food security. WFP supports children across Syria with healthy meals and snacks at school, mothers with nutritious diets, and families and communities with sustainable livelihood projects.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNEMENT

The Programme Associate will work in the Nutrition and School Feeding unit and will report to the Nutrition officer in the unit. Additionally, they will work in collaboration with other units of WFP. This post is based in Damascus and follow under the direct supervision of the nutrition officer in Syria CO (Damascus). The job holder will provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

With delegated authority, the Programme Associate will be responsible for the following duties (these duties are generic and thus are not all-inclusive nor are all duties carried out by all Programme Associates): 1. Assist in coordination with cooperating partners/Government counterparts for implementation of nutrition programme activities. 2. Support in preparing nutrition reports and updates for different reporting requirements (Sitrep, Distribution reports, sector 4Ws). 3. Assist in organizing and conducting trainings in Nutrition for cooperating partners and government counter parts and field offices. 4. Assist in preparation of governorate-wise, partner-wise, monthly and periodical allocation plans. Analyze and prepare projections for food commodities and non-food items to ensure timely call forward and/or local procurement. 5. Commodity management and tracking in coordination with logistics and partners including preparation of commodity release notes, to ensure timely food dispatches. 6. Ensure timely submission of reconciled, monthly distribution reports along with invoices. 7. Assist in updating and maintenance of programme data on monthly bases for SPR, sitrep and monthly updates (reports may be needed on weekly or need basis). 8. Coordinate with M&E for monitoring updates and feedback. 9. Monitoring of programme activities subject to security/MOFA clearances. 10. Follow up of issues in field and report to section in charge. 11. Assist in conducting coordination meetings, programme review meetings. 12. Assist in development of IEC material and reporting formats, briefs and presentations. 13. Assist in organizing programme planning missions, meetings and briefing sessions. 14. Assist in assessing programme performance including achievement of planned targets.

15.Prepare status and progress reports by providing information and background material for use in discussions and briefing sessions. 16.Support in developing sensitization materials for various nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive programmes. 17.Maintain up to date information on national nutritional surveillance/secondary data available on the nutritional profile of children and other reference material repository. 18.Be the focal person in CBT activities for pregnant and lactating women. 19.Perform other related duties or assignments are required and delegated by the supervisor.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

At least a secondary school certificate, and preferably a post-secondary school certificate specialising in social science, nutrition, public health, pharmacy, or any other related fields.

Experience:

Six (6) years’ experience working in a humanitarian context focusing on health, nutrition, school-feeding, food-related aspects, and working with an NGO, community initiatives or the UN and their local partners.

Language:

Fluency in both oral and written communication in Arabic and in English.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

- Delivers results for maximum impact. - Builds and shares new perspectives - Communicates and fulfils WFP’s vision - Embraces curiosity and new ways of doing things - Analyses and evaluates data

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please upload your professional CV in English in PDF format making sure to include the following in terms of “Experience”:

Company/Organization name and scope of work of the organization
Exact Position Title
Contract type: part-time, full-time, volunteer, consultant, or freelancer
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Responsibilities: To mention the main responsibilities that highlight your gained skills and experience
A proof of your experience will be required in the final stage of recruitment.

Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to the next stage of the selection process. Candidates must get an auto confirmation email once application is submitted.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

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Female applicants and qualified applicants 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.

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Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: wfp.org