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Programme Policy Officer (School Meals Specialist), SC-8

Kathmandu

  • Organization: WFP - World Food Programme
  • Location: Kathmandu
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Political Affairs
    • Legal - Broad
    • Education, Learning and Training
    • Children's rights (health and protection)
    • Project and Programme Management
  • Closing Date: Closed

 

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"Qualified FEMALE candidates and candidates from minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply."

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

As part of WFP’s technical assistance to the Government of Nepal for the School Meals Programme, it was discussed and agreed that WFP will second a Programme Policy Officer (School Meals Specialist) to be positioned will be based in Ministry of Education (MoE) systems/Department of Education (DoE) to support the five core pillars within the Systems Approach for Better Education Result (SABER) framework- 1.  Policy Framework 2. Financial Capacity 3. Institutional Capacity and Coordination 4. Design and Implementation and 5. Community Roles- Reaching Beyond Schools. Through extensive national consultations with stakeholders, the MoE developed a road map to strengthen and scale up the National School Meals Programme in Nepal.

With reference to the overall ToR for the School Health and Nutrition component of the School Sector Development Plan (SSDP), the Programme Policy Officer (School Meals Specialist) will work with key school health and nutrition focal persons at the NPC, the MoE and relevant sectoral agencies to translate the SABER road map into actionable tasks and achieve the targets by the proposed timeline.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the overall guidance and supervison of WFP Country Director and Head of Programme and direct supervision of Head of Education Support and to the School Health and Nutrition focal person at the Ministry of Education/Department of Education the incumbent is responsible for the following duties;

  • Coordinate with school meals focal persons within the government (Education, Health and Agriculture and others) and manage related tasks;
  • Provide technical assistance in developing and managing overall strategic plan and annual workplan for a national school meals agenda; 
  • Provide overall strategic guidance on school meals programme planning and coordination;
  • Provide management support to the MoE in all School Meals related matters and other sectors and stakeholders on strategic and coordinated planning;
  • Provide specific liaison between the Government and Development Partners where appropriate;
  • Provide feedback and suggestions for policies, strategies, guidelines and other related documents that will be developed for a sustainable National School Meals Programme within the federal structure;
  • Liaise various platforms/networks and other stakeholders on School Health and Nutrition agenda, specifically school meals to achieve Sustainable Development Goal:2 Zero Hunger; (ToR continues in long description)

Long Description

Technical and Operational

  • Assist to maintain regular communication between the School Health and Nutrition unit (DoE) and School Meals Programme team (WFP) to update the progress of the project implementation;
  • Assist in facilitating the WFP support to the government for school meals including administrative, logistical, financial and technical support for the project implementation;
  • Provide technical inputs, guidance and support to the GoN in developing an integrated National Home Grown School Meal Programme aligned with the National Social Protection Framework, the Multi-Sector Nutrition Plan II and the School Sector Development Plan;
  • Support the GoN in the transition plans of Food for Education Project in accordance with the federal structure;  
  • Support with comprehensive joint monitoring and follow up;
  • To strengthen control mechanism for implementation of cash based school meals programme;
  • To support with collation of data and report from local level and prepare consolidated reports;

    Coordination

  • Convene the regular meeting with school meals focal persons;
  • Prepare meeting agenda, take minutes of meeting and follow up with required persons on outstanding agendas;
  • Coordinate the activities of HGSMP with various level government agencies for effective implementation of the project;
  • Prepare appropriate briefing material;

    Capacity Strengthening Support

  • Assess the need of capacity strengthening for relevant institutions and staff in context of decentralized government structure for effective implementation of HGSMP;
  • Coordinate and facilitate the school meals menu planner trainings;
  • Share the best practices and lesson learnt from global and national innovations including school meals modality and nutrition sensitive education;
  • Comparative analysis of education achievements through school meals;
  • Other as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Public Health, 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.

National Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

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

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, Voucher) 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 (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.) 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 Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

  • Has gained experience in implementing technical programs (i.e. nutrition, etc.);
  • Has implemented programmes and provided input into designing operations;
  • Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions;
  • Minimum 5 years working directly with government on policies and programmes on school health and nutrition;
  • Expertise in school meals programme design, operations and policies;
  • Strong knowledge in child development and education desirable;
  • Experience working in partnership with UN, NGOs, government and civil society;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Nepali;
  • Strong analytical and interpersonal skills;
  • Highly organized and professional;
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Post: Programme Policy Officer (School Meals Specialist)

Contract Type: Service Contract (SC)

Grade: SC-8 (Equivalent to NO-A)

Contract Duration: 12 months (Renewable)

Duty Station: Kathmandu, Nepal (Seconded to the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Education/Department of Education, School Health and Nutrition)

Nationality: Nepalese only

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Only candidates meeting the above requirements are requested to submit an online application by 21 March 2018.

To apply, please visit http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings

Candidates are requested to Create an account in system before applying. Candidate's UN Personal Histoty Form (P11) and applications will be registered allowing profile updates, apply for a job through wfp career website.curriculum vitae,

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

 The organization reserves the right to cancel or postpone the whole recruitment process without providing any reasons whatsoever.

No telephone enquiries will be entertained.

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries 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.

 
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