Senior Programme Associate G7

Programme & Policy

Overview

Provide effective coordination for policy and programme activities.

You have:

• 7 years of work experience in relevant fields.
• Fluency in oral and written communication in English.
• Completion of secondary school education and a post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.
• Experience in implementing technical programs such as school feeding, cash-based transfers, or nutrition assistance.
• Ability to analyze and consolidate qualitative and quantitative data from different sources.

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO GAMBIAN NATIONALS ONLY

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Title of post: Senior Programme Associate G7

Type of contract: Fixed Term

Unit/ division: Programme

Duty Station Banjul, The Gambia

Duration: 12 months

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PROFILE AND CONTEXT

At this level, job holder is responsible for supporting technical work including the planning, implementation and co-ordination of activities that require thorough understanding of programme/project context, issues, and ability to apply a range of guidelines/practices. The job holder will support a wide range of specialized programme or policy support activities and may be involved in analytical work. Work performed typically has a substantial impact affecting other parts of the programme. The job holder demonstrates initiative in the identification and resolution of a wide range of issues/problems, and effectively handles unforeseen situations.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide effective coordination and process support to a full range of policy and programme activities that effectively meet cash, food and nutrition assistance needs.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

1. Under the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer (CBT), the Senior Programme Associate shall perform the following duties:

2. Support the coordination and implementation of programme activities including food distributions, cash transfer, school feeding and prevention and treatment of malnutrition.

3. Support capacity strengthening of NGO partners and government counterparts in the areas of data collection and reporting, assessments, targeting, protections and gender.

4. Coordinate with cooperating partners for the accurate timely submission of data for timely recording into COMET before the corporate deadlines.

5. Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting (through data analysis, consolidation) on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.

6. Preparation and review of budgets received from cooperating partners to make sure it is in line with the project activities and also in accordance with the approve payment rates.

7. Participate in joint supervision visits with other stakeholders to monitor programme implementation at the regions and make recommendations for improvement.

8. Ensure tracking of commodity deliveries, stocks and their best before use dates to avoid losses including and enforcement of adherence to the feeding protocols at facility level.

9. Coordinate and liaise with internal counterparts for proper planning to enable effective collaboration, implementation, and monitoring of ongoing project activities.

10. Support capacity building of programme colleagues in the use of corporate tools like WINGs, COMET, SCOPE and on the job training especially for new staff members.

11. Forster relationship and support partnership building with local partners, agencies, NGOs, and government institutions to perform accurate food security analyses and to ensure efficient delivery of food assistance.

12. Manage a team of support staff providing advice, guidance, and training, to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered to agree standards and deadlines.

13. Follow standard emergency preparedness to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crises.

14. Verify request for funds from partners, assist in the process of payments (WINGs) and make a follow up on retirements before any other payment requests.

15. Perform other related duties as may be required from time to time.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR

Leads by Example with

Integrity

Upholds WFP values, principles, and standards

Demonstrates and encourages others to uphold the WFP values, principles and standards

Respects others and values diversity

Values diversity using respectful and inclusive language, and encourages others to do the same

Stays focused and calm under pressure

Stays focused and calm when under pressure and encourages others to do the same

Demonstrates humility and a willingness to learn

Shows humility and a willingness to learn and share knowledge, frequently seeking and acting on feedback, and taking up opportunities to develop

Drives Results and Delivers on

Commitments

Delivers results for maximum impact

Holds self and/or others accountable for the delivery of results

Delegates appropriately

Delivers results against delegated tasks and seeks guidance and support where needed

Adapts readily to change

Responds readily to change adjusting work as needed

Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative

Is inclusive and collaborative

Promotes inclusive teamwork and psychological safety by sharing ideas and openly raising issues

Gives timely and constructive feedback

Supports development for others by giving timely and constructive feedback

Builds and shares new perspectives

Listens attentively to others to capture, learn, build and share new perspectives

Applies Strategic

Thinking

Communicates and

fulfils WFP’s vision

Fulfils WFP’s vision and is able to explain how their objectives support the vision

Embraces curiosity and new ways of doing things

Demonstrates curiosity, and proposes new ways of doing things when relevant

Analyses and evaluates data

Gathers data and shares knowledge to inform team decision making

Considers the impact of decisions

Implements decisions and asks questions to understand the impact for wider objectives

Builds and

Maintains

Sustainable

Partnerships

Builds partnerships

Builds partnerships by seeking out opportunities to work with others

Collaborates to

deliver common objectives

Collaborates with partners by sharing information and working together to deliver common goals

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES:

Capability Name

Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Programme Lifecycle & Food

Assistance

Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design.

Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash,

Vouchers)

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

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 capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes.

Strategic Policy Engagement w/Government

Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

• Have a minimum of 7 years work experience.
• Participated in implementing technical programs (i.e., school feeding, CBT, nutrition, etc.).
• Implemented programmes with increased level of responsibility.
• Provided input to policy discussions.
• Provided guidance to other colleagues when faced with challenges at work
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and consolidate qualitative and quantitative data information from different sources.

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMICS QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.

Language:

General Service (Field): Fluency in oral and written communication in English

• • • Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
  • Closing date for this advertisement is 21st July 2023
  • -------- WFP has zero tolerance for any form of discrimination …….

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