WFP Voluntary Assistant / Administration Unit

Preamble:The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 75 countries each year.

WFP has been present in Armenia since late 1993. WFP/Armenia is currently seeking a Volunteer to support the Country Office (CO), in the framework of WFP Voluntary Assistance Programme, with the recent scaled-up administration-related activities.

Brief Project Description:

The WFP School Feeding Project in Armenia began in 2010 providing school meals in the most food insecure areas, gradually increasing the coverage throughout all provinces in Armenia to support the Government of Armenia in mitigating the severe economic and social impacts of the global financial crisis. During 2015-2017, WFP handed over the programme in four provinces to the Government of Armenia. Currently the WFP-administered programme provides hot school meals to 60,000 primary schoolchildren in six provinces comprising 40 percent of the primary student population in Armenia. The programme also distributes take-home food rations to 1,700 kitchen helpers in the 571 target schools. 

The Government-led programme covers around 30,000 schoolchildren in all 340 schools of these four provinces and operates exclusively through cash transfers (CBT) to school administrators. 

In Armenia, school feeding has two objectives:

1. To support the food security and education of children through the provision of school meals, and

2. To support the Government of Armenia in developing and operationalizing a sustainable national school feeding programme embedded in national policies and budgets.

Organizational Context:

1. Functional Unit: Administration

2. Type of Assignment: WFP Voluntary Assistant

3. Project Title: WFP/Armenia School Meals Programme

4. Duration: 3 months (with possible extension)

5. Location, Country: Yerevan, Armenia

Description of tasks: 

Under the direct supervision of the Business Support Assistant, the WFP Volunteer will perform the following tasks:

• Translate and proofread documents from English into Armenian and vice versa;
• Take minutes of meetings with different stakeholders;
• Support the Country Office with organizing different events, meetings and trainings and prepare proceedings of these events;
• Contribute to the production of various reports;
• Support the Country Office with reviewing, editing, and formatting programme-related documents;
• Contribute to the development of various communication materials, when needed;
• Maintain electronic records of the Country Office library in the Country Director’s office;
• Perform other related tasks as required by supervisor.

Requirements:

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Power Point, particularly in Excel);
• Fluent in both oral and written communication in English and Armenian;
• Ability to write in a concise and effective way;
• Having completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in English Linguistics; Communications/PR, Journalism, International Affairs, Social Sciences or other area relevant to international development;
• Previous experience in the development / humanitarian sector would be an asset.

Terms and Conditions of WFP Voluntary Assistance Programme:

WFP Volunteers are individuals who donate their services to the Programme and contribute to the objectives of the Programme. They have no relationship to the United Nations Volunteer (UNV), nor to the WFP Intern Programme. There is no compensation for such volunteer services, however the Programme provides:

• Insurance for service-incurred accident/illness/death;
• Travel expenses should travel be required during the assignment;
• Coverage under the WFP war risks/malicious acts policy.

Please attach your updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) to your application.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 31 March 2018