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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Experience:

Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in integrated and multisectoral programming and coordination with demonstrated experience in managing consortiums and/or projects with several stakeholders as well as multi-year donor-backed programmes

Language:

International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

2020 saw large-scale organized violence in central-southern Jonglei and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, characterised by deliberate attacks on civilians and their livelihoods between communities already experiencing some of the worst food insecurity in South Sudan. Given that conflict dynamics increased the scale, scope, and complexity of civilian needs, immediate needs for humanitarian support and civilian protection remain high. Linking such efforts to longer term stabilisation, reconciliation, and resilience activities, including effective mechanisms to strengthen access to justice and break entrenched cycles of impunity, is however crucial to ensure community violence reduction in the longer term. On 15 December 2020, the South Sudan Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience (hereinafter: RSRTF) endorsed a multi-partner project on Community Violence Reduction (CVR) in Jonglei and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA). The consortium includes WFP (lead), UNMISS, WHO, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), and Veterenaries sans Frontieres-Germany (VSF-G). The CVR project aims to enable affected communities in Jonglei and the GPAA to experience the exercise of power in non-violent ways through collaborative, consensus-building processes that lead to concrete improvements for the communities on a material level, according to priorities they identify, and to counter multi-layered manifestations of violence.

RSRTF further endorsed three further projects for implementation in Jonglei and the GPAA. The organisations implementing the four projects, along with other key stakeholders implementing complementary programmes, will form the Jonglei Area Reference Group (ARG). The three separate projects are:

Tracing and Reintegration of Abductees in Jonglei (UNMISS HRD, UNHCR, Save the Children, CEPO)
Strengthening Rule of Law and Access to Justice in Jonglei (UNDP)
Secondary Education and Adult Literacy in Jonglei (IOM, UNICEF)

JOB PURPOSE

With WFP as the lead agency for the CVR project as well as for the ARG, the Consultant will be the Project Coordinator specifically for this component of the RSRTF, while simultaneously coordinating and managing the Jonglei ARG.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Coordinate, develop and manage internal (CVR consortium) relationships and ensure that the project goals are met timely and are contributing to the overall community violence reduction objectives of the project.
Serve as a liaison to the RSRTF Secretariat on the project.
Represent Jonglei CVR project consortium in external meetings.
Work closely with technical teams of WFP, UNMISS, WHO, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), and VSF-Germany in the implementation of the project, ensuring that an integrated approach is maintained and strengthened throughout the project cycle and in all project locations.
Working in liaison with the technical teams from WFP, UNMISS, WHO, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), and VSF-Germany, develop the inception framework, which should include timelines, budget and responsible persons
Liaise with WFP, UNMISS, WHO, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), and VSF-Germany technical teams and implementing partners to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency, and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
Conduct regular field visits to the targeted locations to capture transformative changes of beneficiaries and communities and support development of knowledge products and stakeholder’s visibility.
Coordinate with project partners to ensure proper and timely monitoring and evaluation of project outcomes and outputs.
Coordinate operational research including the project “impact evaluation” and evidence building on issues relevant to violence reduction, livelihoods, food security, health, and protection.
Provide regular budget oversight and management support including preparation of budget implementation reports to inform joint reviews and updates
Prepare, develop and disseminate timely analytical reports including donor progress reports, publications, and a variety of information products or proposals for internal or external use to communicate the progress and results of the project.
Prepare, develop and disseminate timely analytical reports including donor progress reports, publications, and a variety of information products or proposals for internal or external use to communicate the progress and results of the project.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives : Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
Be a force for positive change : Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
Make the mission inspiring to our team : Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions : Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

Look for ways to strengthen people's skills : Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
Create an inclusive culture : Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback : Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit : Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)

Performance

Encourage innovation & creative solutions : Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
Focus on getting results : Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
Make commitments and make good on commitments : Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
Be Decisive : Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

Connect and share across WFP units : Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
Build strong external partnerships : Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships
Be politically agile & adaptable : Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships : Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Capability Name

Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance

Displays ability to identify the main hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full range of food assistance tools.

Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher)

Demonstrates the ability to design, implement, monitor and provide oversight over effective and efficient programmes deploying different transfer modalities.

Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.)

Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.

Emergency Programming

Displays ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches

Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government

Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes..

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

Strong intercultural and social competences with regard to communication and interface
Ability to manage partnerships and relationships with a range of stakeholders (RSRTF, ARG, government, traditional and armed actors, etc.)
Strong initiative and independence, maturity of judgement, tact, and interpersonal skills
Excellent professional track record in the UN or NGO sector, working in programme/project implementation and coordination
General knowledge of humanitarian principles, UN rules, regulations and procedures
Strong knowledge of conflict dynamics in greater Jonglei and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

18 March 2021

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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.

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Added 3 years ago - Updated 3 years ago - Source: wfp.org