Assisting almost 100 million people in around 83 countries each year, 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.

Our mission 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.

Organisational context

In Cameroon, the WFP Cameroon Country Strategic Plan [CSP] (2018 – 2021) endeavours to ensure that targeted food-insecure and vulnerable populations benefit from more sustainable and inclusive food systems and increased resilience to shocks to meet their food and nutrition needs. Under this CSP, WFP will design and implement interventions to address food and nutrition security challenges, from production through to consumption.

WFP will work with its partners to establish long-term interventions to improve the resilience of vulnerable communities in North/South West, North, Adamaoua and East regions. The situation in the North West and South West regions continues to be marked by armed clashes, with 2.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in early 2020 in comparison to 1.3 million in early 2019. The security trends continue to affect humanitarian access and creating regular new population displacements.

As situation evolves in the region, there will be a need for WFP to understand the development of the context, needs and response capacities of actors; engage different stakeholders for strategic linkages and support capacity development of Cooperating Partners.

What will you do?

The Field Office in Bamenda is headed by the Head of Field Office and Deputy Emergency Coordinator internationally recruited. To plan and manage field operations and ensure the effective and efficient deployment of food assistance programmes and use of allocated resources in his/her absence, the National Programme Policy Officer (NOB) will act as deputy to the Head of Field Office to ensure effective management of the joint UN office and the UN Hub Guest House in addition to his/her main role on WFP operations.

Why work with us?

WFP provides food assistance to more than 86 million people in 83 countries, including Cameroon. Your work will have a positive impact on lives of the world’s most vulnerable people.
You will join a diverse team of professionals and will have an opportunity to exchange your experiences with your colleagues and continuously learning from each other.
WFP invests in the training and development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, mentorship and other programs as well as through international mobility opportunities.
Our team is growing nationally and internationally and the timing to join us cannot be better!

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Key Responsibilities (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

At this position, you will:

Effectively manage the Field Office in the absence of the Head of Office designate to ensure the continued development of a cohesive and high performing team.
Plan and manage WFP field operations within the area of assignment to ensure effective and efficient delivery of food assistance and that daily operational issues are timely resolved to prevent losses or delays.
Ensure that allocated resources are used efficiently and are in line with agreed plans, and any deviations are reported to the Area/Country Office.
Hold accountability for the security of WFP staff, operations, premises and assets in the Field Office to ensure that WFP security and safety standards are locally set and followed. Actively participate and contribute to the Area Security Management Team (ASMT).
Conduct timely monitoring and evaluation of activities and prepare accurate and comprehensive reports on WFP’s operations and performance with regular and timely submission for Area/Country Office review to inform efficient operational planning and decisions.
Build effective and collaborative relations with the local authorities and contribute to the expertise sharing and capacity building for effective preparedness and response to food assistance needs.
Build partnerships to improve assistance packages, develop and sustain liaison with local government authorities, international and local NGOs, UN agencies, civil societies, beneficiaries and other partners and media engaged in the field of food security.
Ensure extensive and frequent presence at project areas, distribution sites and centers.

Qualifications and Key Requirements

Education Advanced University degree in Economics, International Development, Social Sciences or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Essential Experience: At least five (5) years of professional experience with an advanced degree or seven (7) years with a First University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/HeaIth, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance in a humanitarian/ development context with UN Agencies, NCO, government or private sector.

Desired Experience:

Has developed, or supported in the development of, single discipline work plans to support the achievement of WFP strategic aims within a defined area.
Has gained some exposure in field operations, preferably in a hardship duty station or emergency situation.
Has field experience via field rotations, NGOs or working in a sub-office, and through field postings.
Gained experience of analyzing local political situations and assessing risk accurately.
Gained broader exposure across areas within a function (i.e. policy, programme etc.).
Has gained experience managing small to mid-size financial budgets, balancing priorities effectively.
Has experience leading a small to mid-size team to ensure the effective delivery of objectives.
Participated in a vendor/government/ partner negotiation within area of focus.
Participated in a small emergency operation/ development programme.
Has experience with security co-ordination and compound management within a smaller area.

Language: Fluency (level C) in both English and French language. A good understanding of the local language, Pidgin, is highly desirable.

Deadline for application

Date: February 12th at 11:59 PM

This position open to Cameroonian nationals only.

Terms and Conditions

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 an inclusive work environment in which diversity is valued and where no form of discrimination is tolerated. We aim to achieve parity in our teams in West and Central Africa.

Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate based on 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