Project Team Leader, SSA9 Dhaka

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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, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

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 they need.

WFP has been supporting the Government of Bangladesh since independence with programming focused on food and nutrition security as well as sustainable livelihoods.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Currently, WFP is working with its cooperating partners to develop innovative actions to address food and nutrition insecurity in urban poor settlements in Dhaka where the Covid-19 epidemic has had impacted livelihoods and reduced incomes of the poorest. As a pilot initiative, WFP is now aiming to link peri-urban agricultural producers to targeted urban markets where project participants may purchase nutritious and safe food, sourced from locally from small-scale farmers provided with safe food production technical support.

JOB PURPOSE

The position of Project Team Leader is a key role in the leadership, implementation and further development of the ongoing pilot project.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Provide leadership to the project and report regularly to the Head of Field Coordination regarding all aspects of project implementation,
2. Lead and supervise project field staff to ensure development and adherence to work plans and the project timeframe,
3. Ensure monitoring and evaluation actions are being undertaken as per project design, including reporting, data collection, regular review and follow up as necessary,
4. Ensure coordination and communication between the partners of the project, designing and regularly reviewing joint work plans,
5. Undertake regular quality assurance actions in project implementation sites,
6. Represent WFP in oversight Project Implementation Committee (PIC) and serve as liaison to government partners as required,
7. Draft and prepare regular reports on project implementation progress to share with stakeholders, including at donor briefings as required,
8. Conduct lessons learning actions and share findings recommendations with partners,
9. Review project expenditure as per agreed budget, as well as procurement and implementation plan,
10. Establish and further develop Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) measures including grievance and complaints mechanisms,
11. Lead further development and improvement of the project design for scale-up within 2021,
12. Regularly visit the field and conduct monitoring and verification,

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
• Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
• Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
• Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
• Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

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 ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development. 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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Minimum Masters in Development studies/Economics, Health/Nutrition, Business administration, Management, Urban planning.

Experience: At least 5 years of progressively responsible support experience including at least three years in the related field at professional level.

Languages: Fluent in spoken and written English language and Bengali.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has deepened technical knowledge through exposure to technical teams. • Has taken leadership of implementing programmes. • Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contract Type: Special Service Agreement; SSA-9

Contract Duration: 06 Months

Duty Station: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nationality: Bangladeshi Only

Monthly Salary: As per UN SC Salary scale

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

01 February 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.