Senior Programme Associate (M&E) | SSA-7 | Cotabato | Philippines

Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Provide effective coordination and support for policy and programme activities related to food assistance.

You have:

• Advanced University degree in Social Science, Political Science, International Relations or related field.
• Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience, with at least one year closely related to programme functions.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in both English and Filipino.
• Experience utilizing MS Office package and other software packages.
• Preferably five to seven years professional work experience in development issues in the Philippines, particularly in community-based disaster risk reduction field.

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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.

VA DETAILS

Job Title Senior Programme Associate (M&E) Type of Contract Special Service Agreement Job Grade SSA-7 Unit/ Division Programme Unit Duty Station Cotabato, Philippines Duration Six (6) months

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, working in more than 80 countries. WFP is well known for its ability to deliver food assistance rapidly to people in need. The United Nations World Food Programme has also been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

The World Food Programme’s engagement in the Philippines is constantly evolving. Initially commencing operations in the 1960s, WFP officially re-established its presence in 2006 to support the peace process in Mindanao, to provide life-saving food assistance in emergencies and to develop programmes that seek to improve nutrition and the overall quality of life of vulnerable people.

Since 1 July 2018, WFP has been implementing a five-year Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2018-2023) to support the Government of the Philippines to address food insecurity, reduce malnutrition and build the resilience of vulnerable populations. In its strategic plan, WFP identified four outcomes and five main activities:

• Strategic outcome 1: Crisis-affected people in the Philippines are able to meet their food and nutrition needs during and immediately after an emergency.
• Strategic outcome 2: Women, boys and girls in provinces prioritized by the Government have adequate and healthy diets to reduce malnutrition by 2022 in line with government targets.
• Strategic outcome 3: Vulnerable communities in Mindanao have improved food security and nutrition by 2022 in line with government targets.
• Strategic outcome 4: National and local government agencies have enhanced capabilities to reduce vulnerability to shocks by 2022.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Senior Programme Associate for Monitoring and Evaluation who will perform his/her duties under the direct supervision of the Head of Cotabato Sub Office with the overall guidance of the Head of Programme.

JOB PURPOSE

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

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Assist in developing monitoring and reporting tools for the overall tracking of the performance of the project in the Philippines. If possible, localize the forms to minimize wrong interpretation/translation of the questions and ensure that all necessary information to be collected are complete. 2. Support in the analysis in the data generated from the activity monitoring, distribution monitoring and post-distribution monitoring visits. 3. Assist in the creation of report on the analysis done on the monitoring data. 4. Keep track of progress made towards monitoring goals and quality of data collected. Arrange follow-up meetings with support staff to debrief performance and provide corrective supervision as needed. 5. Develop electronic version of monitoring forms to facilitate data capture. 6. Maintain and ensure monitoring data are updated, correct and verified. Follow up focal persons for the submission of necessary information. 7. Assist in organizing M&E-related surveys and evaluation missions and monitor the survey activities at field. 8. Assist in organizing M&E related capacity building training for the WFP field staff and implementing partners. 9. Check the implementation of monitoring plans/targets set for the year, report update, and make recommendation in case the accomplishment is lower than the set plan/target. 10. Support the preparation of the Standard Project Reports (SPRs) for the Annual Reporting Exercise in collaboration with the country office programme, both in Country Office and sub offices. 11. Support in handling the complaints and feedback mechanism ensuring that all issues are recorded, coordinated, and reported. Conduct follow through to ensure that all issues are solved/closed. 12. Undertake any other tasks assigned by the supervisors.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
• Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
• Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
• Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
• Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
• Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in Social Science, Political Science, International Relations or related field, or First University degree with an additional relevant work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience: Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience of which at least one year closely related to programme functions.

Knowledge and Skills: Experienced in utilizing MS Office package and other software packages

Language: Excellent written and oral communications skills in both English and Filipino.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• University with Master’s degree in Social Science, Political Science, International Relations or related field.
• Preferably five to seven years professional work experience in development issues in the Philippines, particularly in community-based disaster risk reduction field. Previous experience with NGOs or UN agencies in the country is essential, with demonstrated ability in partnership building.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline for applications is on 31 October 2021, 1****1:59 PM. Qualified candidates are required to complete an online candidate profile in UN WFP Careers Website (https://www.wfp.org/careers). Only applications received from this website are considered valid and will be processed and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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WFP strongly encourages applications from those that will help us reach gender balance and also from persons with disabilities.

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.

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