Programme Policy Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation - Third Party Monitoring Lead) NOA, Kabul

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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.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Position Title: Programme Policy Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation - Third Party Monitoring Lead) Grade: NOA Contract: Fixed Term Duration: One Year, Renewable Unit: Programme Policy Duty Stations: Kabul, Afghanistan

Reporting: Head of Monitoring & Evaluation

Salary: Competitive remuneration package Medical Plan: International valid medical plan valid also for staff, spouse and dependents children under 18 years

WFP Work Environment WFP is committed to ensuring that all its workplaces are free from abuse, offensive behaviour, harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. WFP is also committed to promoting a work culture in which every employee understands, and is able to carry out, his/her personal responsibilities for maintaining the dignity of work colleagues. WFP seeks to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. We believe our mission of fighting global hunger worldwide can only be achieved if women, men, girls and boys are offered equal opportunities in terms of access to resources and services and participation in decision making roles.

Female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. More than half the population of Afghanistan – a record 22.8 million people – will face acute food insecurity in 2022. The combined effects of drought, conflict, COVID-19, and the economic crisis, have severely affected lives, livelihoods, and people’s access to food. The team of 600 staff, 550 of which are Afghan nationals are working tireless to bring emergency food and nutrition assistance to the millions of people suffering across the country. The assistance provided by WFP includes emergency food assistance, school meals, nutrition programmes and important self-reliance and resilience programmes. The packet of support can include food, cash, or vouchers. In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability – work for which WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

With rich natural resources, and a young and diverse population, Afghanistan has the potential to stabilize and make significant progress on the 2030 Agenda. However, a complex and protracted conflict, combined with challenges related to climate change, demographics, gender inequalities, underemployment, and transparency issues, has dramatically impeded its efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 2 on Zero Hunger. The 2017 Afghanistan Zero Hunger Strategic Review (ZHSR) found that the country suffers from high, and in some cases rapidly rising, levels of food insecurity and undernutrition, and outlines a series of recommendations to address the problem.

The overarching goal of the WFP Afghanistan Country Strategic Plan (CSP) is to support the country to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 in a manner that also contributes, wherever possible, to the broader, longer-term transition to peace and development. WFP, through the CSP, is continuing to scale up emergency activities nationwide and mainstreaming the crosscutting issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment, protection, and accountability to affected populations, the CSP focuses on six, highly interrelated outcomes that span both SDG 2 and 17 (partnering for the goals).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

In addition to monitoring carried out by WFP staff, WFP engages Third-Party Monitors (TPM) to provide capacity for wider coverage of areas of WFP operations. Under the guidance and supervision of the Head of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), the Programme Policy Officer M&E – TPM Lead, will manage the Third-Party Monitoring service providers to ensure effective delivery of quality monitoring services and reports to WFP Afghanistan Country Office. Specific responsibilities for the job will be the following duties:

  • Overall management of Third-Party Monitoring engagement and all related contractual issues.
  • Regular review of Area Offices’ operational requirements in the field and adjust (increase/decrease) the number of TPM footprint accordingly.
  • Develop the Scope of work, engage in the identification and selection of partners, and participate in the review process of service providers’ proposals (Technical & Financial).
  • Manage TPM contracts and negotiate budgets with TPM service providers in line with the principle of cost efficiency and field operational requirements.
  • Coordinate TPM related issues reported by Area Offices, TPM service providers, cooperating partners (CP) or other stakeholders.
  • Effective relationship management with TPM service providers to ensure delivery of quality services and contractual deliverables.
  • Develop analytic framework to identify trends, key findings, outliers, and lessons learned of TPM activities.
  • Review all the TPM reports to ensure quality of data (relevance, coherence, accurate, reliable) and value for money for WFP.
  • Lead and coordinate TPM service providers’ performance evaluation with Area Offices and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
  • Oversee the recruitment process of TPM staff by the relevant TPM service providers and Area Offices.
  • Support Area Offices in the detailed planning of all key TPM work processes from pre-deployment, through data collection and field work to post-deployment and reporting.
  • Ensure timely submission of monthly and adhoc monitoring reports by the TPMs and organise debriefing sessions with TPM.
  • Coordinate TPM fund reservation, Purchase Requests (PRs) and Purchase Orders (Pos) with Budget and Programming, Supply Chain and Area Offices.
  • Identify key risks associated with TPM activities, and take mitigation measures, and regularly monitor the implementation of the mitigation measures.
  • Develop and assist in the delivery of systematic training in the field for TPM monitoring team.
  • Conduct regular TPM spot-check monitoring and field visits to Area/Sub offices to provide support on effective and efficient management of TPM operations.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Business Administration, or another discipline relevant to international development/humanitarian assistance. Master's degree in relevant fields would be an advantage.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

  • At least 2 years of professional experience in monitoring and evaluation.
  • Proven experience and ability to provide inputs in TPM Management process.
  • Good understanding of the humanitarian and/or development context in Afghanistan.
  • Ability to manage workload and be responsive under pressure.
  • Ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and communicate effectively at all levels.
  • Knowledge and experience with field-based assessments, tools, data capture and analysis.
  • Proficiency in Windows and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Language:

Fluency (Level C) in both oral and written communication in English and local languages

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Wednesday, 11 May 2022.

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, 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.

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