Programme Officer (EFSN), SC-8

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.

JOB PURPOSE

As a team leader of EFSN team, and under the supervision by the International Program Officer - livelihoods, the National Officer will:

• Oversee WFP assisted project EFSN, which includes planning, development of guidelines, and timely implementation of activities as per the workplan, management of partnerships, monitoring, reporting and analysis.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Support to Livelihoods Focal:

• Assist to manage WFP’s relationship with national authorities (DC, RRRC and local government counterparts UNO, UP Chairman, DWA, and other line departments) maintaining regular contacts and visits.
• Assist to manage WFP’s relationship with cooperating partners, maintaining regular contacts and providing technical and other forms of assistance.
• Assist to form/maintain partnership with other UN agencies, and NGOs as necessary.
• Assist to liaise with and help facilitate visits and briefings of donors, government delegations and other missions.
• Assist in liasion with various coordination mechanisms like food security, livelihoods working group, etc.
• Provide technical and operational advice on livelihoods

Programme and Operations:

• Manage implementation, monitoring and problem solving of entire EFSN programs related issues.
  • Provide detailed attention to the expansion and effectivity of BCC activities
  • Ensure disability inclusion during the project implementation
  • Update the key project documents- Workplan, SOP, Implementation Guideline, Note-for-Records.
  • Ensure documentation of successful casestories
  • Produce periodic monthly Program reports.
• Manage all payment and beneficiaries’ cash transfer related issues.
• Manage, supervise and provide support to program associates and field monitoring staff, including their capacity building and evaluation.
• Undertake regular field visits to follow-up on the implementation of programme activities and monitoring of Program associates and field based staff.
• Facilitate compiled monitoring reports and work plans (including third parties’) as per schedule, for submission and feedback from Livelihoods Focal and/or M&E focal.
• Support in the WFP database management and operations as necessary.
• Work closely with Dhaka based Cox’s Support unit and other Programmes to ensure monthly resource release, disbursement status, cash pipeline to ensure smooth distribution, hotline issues and other finance/admin related issues.
• To improve efficiency regularly, report to Livelihoods Focal on bottlenecks, new innovative ideas etc.

Other Duties:

• Ongoing coordination with other Programme teams, units, partners, and all stakeholders.
• Work with cooperating partners to build their capacity, ensure timely implementation of program activities and fulfilment of respective agreements (including compliance with documentation and reporting requirements).

Any other duty assigned by Livelihoods Focal.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
•  Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
•  Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English and Bangla.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contract Type:Service Contract
Contract Duration: 12 months
Duty Station: Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Nationality: Bangladeshi only
Monthly Net Salary: BDT 188,945.00 net

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Only candidates meeting the above requirements are requested to submit an online application by 26 February 2018.

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Female 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.