Senior Programme Associate (School Feeding) G7

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World Food Programme

Vacancy Announcement

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.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

Contract Type

Fixed Term GS-7

Post Title

Senior Programme Associate (School Feeding)

Number of Post

One

Duty Station

Nay Pyi Taw

Report To

Programme Policy Officer (School Feeding)

Duration of Service

12 months (Extendable)

Opening Date for Application

08 December 2020

Deadline for Application

22 December 2020

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.

In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 75 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to nutritious food and contribute to the lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been presented in Myanmar since 1994 and is now focusing on helping the Government reach its national Zero Hunger Challenge by 2025. WFP’s work in the country is guided by three priorities: emergency preparedness and response; nutrition; and provision of social safety nets.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP’s mission is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 as per the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2. It works to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

The Myanmar CSP 2018-2022 approved by the WFP Executive Board in November 2017 and it aims to contribute to three Strategic Outcomes that are aligned to four Strategic Results of SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for Development). A total of eight Activities are planned to be implemented to achieve the contributions to the three Strategic Outcomes.

Under the Integrated Road Map (IRM) WFP has committed to a new way of working, linking not only all activities to the defined Strategic Outcomes, but also linking the resources used for implementing the activities to the results achieved.

The three strategic outcomes are:

SO 1: “Crisis-affected people in food insecure areas meet their food and nutrition needs all year round.” Lifesaving food and/or cash will be provided to women, men, girls and boys affected by natural disasters, armed conflict, and inter-communal violence.

SO 2: “Vulnerable people in states and regions with high food insecurity and/or malnutrition have access to food all year round.” WFP will provide food/cash assistance to vulnerable populations, while providing technical assistance to support the government in strengthening its social protection programmes, food systems and emergency preparedness capacity.

SO 3: “Children under 5 in Myanmar have improved nutrition in line with national targets by 2022.” WFP will contribute to increasing the availability and access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable and affected populations in crisis and non-crisis situations to enhance their nutrition and resilience. WFP will also support the government in implementing national nutrition actions, including SBCC, preventive nutrition specific and sensitive interventions, and scale-up of management of acute malnutrition.

JOB PURPOSE

This job is located in WFP Myanmar office in Nay Pyi Taw.

Job holders are likely to be working under the close support and guidance of a more experienced professional staff member receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. They are typically involved in programme or policy activities or similar nature and analytical work of limited complexity. The purpose of this job is to provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direct supervision of Programme Policy Officer (School Feeding) and the overall supervision of Deputy Head of Programme, Senior Programme Associate (School Feeding) will be responsible for the following duties:-

• Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes within the school feeding area of work, supporting alignment with wider WFP programme policies and guidelines.
• Provide specialized project management support to school feeding programe to ensure that the activities are performed within the established targets following WFP's policies and procedures.
• Within the specific area of responsibility, prepare a range of reports and data analysis, identifying needs, resource utilization, program status, performance and highlight trends/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standard and quality control.
• Coordinate and collaborate with internal and external counterparts including development partners, UN agencies, NGOs, private sectors and government Ministries to support effective implementation and monitoring of the National School Feeding Programme (NSFP).
• Support regular communication with the MoHS and MOE on operational matters and participate in NSFP policy level discussions.
• Provide technical support to MoHS/MoE and relevant Ministries for implementation of school meal programme for the NSFP, including development of national guidelines.
• Establish monitoring mechanism for NSFP in line with SFP guidelines and national priorities to measure the output and outcome of the SFP systematically.
• Support capacity strengthening of WFP staff and government in the area of school feeding; including trainings to the TEOs and schoolteachers for the implementation of NSFP.
• Liaise with Field Offices and Country Office (CO) units for targeting, identifying needs, resource utilization, ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standard and quality control; Design IEC materials and advocacy campaign for awareness raising for the SFP;
• Maintain accuracy and timeliness of data for the SFP to ensure consistency of information across the program;
• Act as a focal point for resolution of a range of operational queries and issues within the technical area of school feeding;
• Conduct field visits, including assessment missions to support programme implementation and ensure follow up actions are taken.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis perform any other appropriate duties as requested by the supervisors.
• Perform any other appropriate duties as requested by the supervisors.

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.

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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Advanced University degree in Nutrition/Health, Child Development, Public Administration, Development Studies, Social Sciences, International Affairs, Economics, or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Knowledge & Skill:

Preferable to have strong organizational skills with an ability to work independently, as part of a diverse team, work and to take an idea from theory to practice.

Training and/or experience utilising computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other standard WFP software packages and systems. General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing administration.

Language:

Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Myanmar.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

Preferable to have at least six years of progressively responsible experience of which at least one year closely related to operations, food aid related work or other related field. Has participated in implementing technical programs (i.e. nutrition, etc.). Has implemented programmes with increased level of responsibility. Has provided input to policy discussions.

Experience in the field within the international development or Education management/coordination, preferably in a field of humanitarian setting, will be an added advantage.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This post is opened for Myanmar Nationals Only.

Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.

Female applicants and qualified applicants 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.