School Feeding Internship - Dushanbe

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WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.

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.

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.

KEY INFORMATION

Internship Title: School Feeding Internship

Number of Openings/Internships: 1

Duty Station: Dushanbe

Duration: 3 months

Vacancy Number: 826633

Date of Publication: 25 April 2023

Deadline of Application: 10 May 2023

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE

WFP Tajikistan has commenced its Country Strategic Plan 2023 – 2026 in tandem with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) covering the same period. By means of the CSP, WFP is undertaking a strategic shift from direct implementation to enabling and strengthening the capacities of national and subnational institutions to deliver on their food security and nutrition priorities. WFP activities support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 2 (Zero Hunger) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals). The geographic scope of WFP Tajikistan operations encompasses the entirety of the country. In addition to the country office in Dushanbe, WFP has field offices located in Bokhtar, Gharm, Khorog, and Khujand to oversee operations in those specific regions.

WFP has implemented the School Feeding Programme (SFP) in Tajikistan since 1999. SFP covers 52 districts and reaches over 450,000 beneficiaries, targeting primary school students at approximately 2,000 schools, accounting for about half of the schools across the country. The SFP is implemented under two main areas: provision of hot meals to schoolchildren and capacity development and augmentation (CD&A) to support nationalization of the programme.

Under the CD&A, WFP provides technical capacity development and augmentation to central and subnational mechanisms with the overall school feeding mechanism in a range of activities that build upon innovative approaches to enhancing food security and nutrition. At the central level, WFP seeks to realize the Strategy for Sustainable Development of School Meals in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2017-2027 and prepare for the transition of its school feeding programme to government ownership. Sub-nationally, schools are being empowered to seek resources that support the provision of diversified daily nutritious meals to schoolchildren. WFP therefore directly assists schools in creating opportunities that directly support the meals or provide income to purchase other foods and supplies. In addition, as part of the long-term process to nationalize school feeding and secure sustainable access to locally produced healthy foods, WFP seeks to increase local agricultural production, especially for women’s groups, and strengthen food systems and value chains by linking smallholder farmers to schools.

The above-described initiatives would require enhanced capacity at the country office level and strong coordination with internal and external stakeholders. The intern will support all aspects of SFP initiatives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The intern will report directly to the School Feeding Coordinator within the country office and will be under the general guidance of the School Feeding Programme staff. The incumbent is expected to perform the following duties and responsibilities:

• Assist in organizing activities/workshops for government stakeholders, school feeding focal points, and others on various project-related aspects. • Assist in the preparation of technical documents: consolidate data and reports, provide basic analysis, review templates, and suggest areas for streamlining formatting, and editing presentations. • Assist in the drafting of an event agenda, budget, printing of materials, and translation. Draft invitation letters and follow-up for confirmations of attendance. • Take notes during the events and unit meetings and support in the preparation of NFR and reports; • Assist in the implementation of the Income Generating Activities and Canteen Renovation projects. • Assist in the review/improvement of existing monitoring and reporting systems and in the development of a national unified reporting mechanism for consolidated subnational information received; • Analyse school feeding data and other relevant indicators from subnational reporting and monitoring to ensure regular national reporting and to track progress and achievements (based on Kobo collect platform) • Support with preparation and/or proofreading reports, and translation. • Perform any other task, as required

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate programme in international affairs, education, or social sciencesfrom a recognized university, have completed at least two years of the programme and attended classes in the past 12 months; OR
• Recently graduated from an undergraduate/graduate programme in international affairs, education, or social sciences (within six months prior to the application to the internship programme) from a recognized university and have attended classes in the last 12 months of enrolment in the university; OR
• Currently enrolled in a graduate programme in international affairs, education, or social sciences (e.g. Master's degree) at a recognized university and have attended classes in the past 12 months;

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Proficiency in Windows, and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Projects).
• Previously worked within the humanitarian or development context is desirable;
• Experience collecting primary observational and structured data through various quantitative and qualitative monitoring techniques and basic data analysis

Languages:

• Required fluency (level C) in oral and written English;
• Required fluency (level C) in oral and written Tajik or Russian.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

- Interns will receive a monthly stipend as a contribution towards basic subsidence costs the amount of which varies from duty station to another; - WFP is not responsible for living expenses, arrangements for accommodation, necessary visas and related costs; - Depending on the duty station of assignment, WFP will reimburse travel ticket for candidates who are nationals of developing countries and are pursuing their studies in their home country; - WFP will recognize candidates’ educational credentials from recognised institutions that have been certified by competent international or national authorities such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) or Ministries of Education.

APPLICATION PROCESS

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

Request for Disability related Reasonable Accommodations:

It is important to WFP to create an accessible and inclusive workplace for everyone. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection and hiring process, please direct your request and inquiries to the Diversity and Inclusion team on: [email protected], cc’ing [email protected]. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to confidentially discuss your needs.

This email is only to be used for any disability related accessibility requirements, and not for sending the application itself. Due to volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered as a formal application and will not receive a reply from WFP.

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment