Programme Policy Officer NOA (Nutrition)

San Salvador

Organization: WFP - World Food Programme
Location: San Salvador
Grade: Junior level - NO-A, National Professional Officer - Locally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
- Legal - Broad
- Political Affairs
- Nutrition
- Project and Programme Management
- Malaria, Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases
Closing Date: Closed

TERMS OF REFERENCE

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

Job Title: Programme Policy Officer NOA (Nutrition)

Area of work: Nutrition, Social Protection, Capacity Strengthening

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Grade: NOA (National Officer Level A)

Contract Duration: 1 year as a probatory period.

Duty Station: El Salvador/San Salvador.

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:

This position is based in Country Office El Salvador, and report directly to the Deputy Country Director or the designate. 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.

In El Salvador, WFP supports national efforts to improve food and nutrition security and reduce the impact of emerging crises, natural disasters, and climate change among vulnerable populations.

JOB PURPOSE: To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food and nutrition assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Contribute towards the development of a limited number of projects, plans and processes, particularly in the area of nutrition,

ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.

Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects of small to moderate size that are relatively straight forward in nature, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
Follow data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
Research and analyse policy and operational issues to support senior colleagues in the

development of policies, programmes and activities.

Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities

that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.

Liaise with internal counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing projects.
Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to

collaborative working leading to improved food assistance packages.

Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs, e.g. through project management support of learning initiatives.
Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and assisting them with analysis and queries.

10. Other as required.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS (details to be determined by Post Managers):

The person in this position provides oversight, guidance and advise to WFP’s own nutrition interventions, but also works closely with a wide range of partners from other United Nations’ agencies, non-governmental organizations, private sector and public institutions. Strategic thinking and planning, as well as ability to coordinate and build relationships is crucial.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES:

Theme

Capability Name

Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

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 solution

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.

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.

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC 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 language and the duty station’s

language, if different.

Please visit the following website for detailed information on working with WFP: https://www.wfp.org/ Click on: “Our work” to learn more about WFP’s operations.

Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate based on HIV/AIDS status.

Deadline for applications: 21 September 2020

This vacancy is now closed.
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