Senior Programme Associate (COMET), G7, Nairobi

Manage COMET use and data quality for WFP activities.

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Overview

Manage COMET use and data quality for WFP activities.

You have:

Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in Business Administration, Commerce, Statistics, Economics, social sciences, or development studies.
Six years of progressively responsible professional experience in project management with experience in data management.
Proficiency in both oral and written communication in English is a requirement.
Experience in data analysis and management.
Time management and good communication skills.
Experience in Programme implementations under humanitarian operations.
Experience in Policy formulations/management.
People Management skills.

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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, physical or mental disability.

Posting Dates:

Date of Issue: 3rd February 2022 Closing Date: 16th February 2022

About WFP:

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.

This position is open to qualified Kenyan candidates. Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply.

What will you do?

Manage the day-to-day oversight and support to Area Offices on COMET use and programme data quality.
Manage the data entries and quality in COMET for all relevant data.
Ensure all output and other output data is captured and updated in readiness for the Annual Country Reports and other corporate reports.
Coordinate and facilitate the follow-up actions from joint Monitoring & Evaluation and programme data workstream Area Offices data reviews with the Country Office and Regional Bureau Nairobi (RBN) technical teams.
Collaborate with regional stakeholders’ management, Headquarters COMET, and TEC teams in supporting the rollout of the digital Cooperating Partner Distribution Reports (CPDRs) to enhance the accuracy of data in the corporate systems.
Liaise with the Headquarters COMET team to address identified data flow issues in the corporate systems and advise Area Offices accordingly.
Coordinate meetings with Cooperating Partners and ensure timely follow-up on action points from meetings.
Provide a weekly update on data management.
Ensure COMET users are accorded the right Profile as per the new guidelines.
Guide and supervise junior staff and act as a point of referral and support them with analysis and queries.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in Business Administration, Commerce, Statistics Economics, social sciences, development studies.

Experience: Six years of progressively responsible professional experience in project management with experience in data management.

Languages: Proficiency in both oral and written communication in English is a requirement.

Knowledge & Skills:

Experience in data analysis and management.
Time management and good communication skills.
Experience in Programme implementations under humanitarian operations.
Experience in Policy formulations/management.
People Management skills

Terms and Conditions:

1 Year (Initial)

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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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Describe a situation where you had to manage data quality in a project. What steps did you take?	This question evaluates your experience and strategies in ensuring data integrity.	Provide a specific example highlighting challenges and your approach to maintaining data quality.
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