Programme Assistant - School Feeding Transition, SC5

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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.

This post is open to Cambodian Nationality only.

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

WFP’s mission is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 as per 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.

Through the Country Strategic Plan 2019-23 (CSP), WFP Cambodia is contributing to achieving Zero Hunger through a combination of direct implementation and systems capacity strengthening at national sub-national level. Through the CSP, WFP promotes access to nutritious diets through home grown school feeding and improving climate smart food production and transformation capacities of small holder farming communities, whilst strengthening standards and guidelines for food transformation to satisfy the increasing demand for nutritious processed and convenient foods. WFP supports national and subnational disaster and climate change risk management and to the national strategic direction and coordination on food security, nutrition and social protection through enhanced information systems, knowledge management, and public-private and south-south partnerships. WFP also responds to the acute food security and early recovery needs of vulnerable women, men, girls and boys impacted by recurrent disasters.

The CSP aims to contribute to six Strategic Outcomes that are aligned to four Strategic Results of SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for Development). These are:

Strategic Outcome 1: Vulnerable communities in Cambodia have access to nutritious, safe, diverse, convenient, affordable and preferred foods by 2025.

Strategic Outcome 2: Poor and vulnerable communities in Cambodia are more resilient to shocks and stresses in the food system by 2023.

Strategic Outcome 3: National and subnational institutions have strengthened capacities to mitigate risks and lead coordinated shock preparedness and response efforts by 2025.

Strategic Outcome 4: National and subnational institutions in Cambodia have strengthened capacities to develop, coordinate and implement well-informed, effective and equitable actions for achieving food security and nutrition targets by 2030.

Strategic Outcome 5: Development and humanitarian partners in Cambodia have access to common supply chain services throughout the year.

Strategic Outcome 6: Vulnerable people affected by crisis in Cambodia have access to nutrition-sensitive food assistance during and after the crisis

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT

WFP is seeking to recruit a dynamic and experienced Programme Associate to support National School Feeding Programme. This position will be based in WFP’s Country Office (CO) as part of WFP’s school feeding team - whilst working across units including programme, monitoring and evaluation, nutrition, reporting and communication – as well as engaging regularly with WFP’s government and NGO partners.

Position Title:          Programme Assistant   - School Feeding transition

Type of Contract:    WFP Service Contract

Grade:                      SC-5

Duration:                  12 months (renewable)

Duty Station:           WFP Country Office

Reporting Line:       Under overall supervision of the International Programme Policy Officer (SO Manager), this position will report directly to the Programme Policy Officer (Education).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Perform specialized and/or standardised processes and activities within the specific technical area of work supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
2. Provide project management and/or general office support following established targets and WFP’s policies and procedures.
3. Within the specific area of responsibility, compile data and support analysis and preparation of reports (e.g. food assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status, performance) in order to support operational decision-making.
4. Perform accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work (e.g. food security and vulnerability assessments) following corporate standards and guidelines.
5.  Work and exchange information with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
6. Support communication and activities with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions.
7.  Act as a point of contact for resolution of general operational queries requesting assistance where necessary.
8. 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.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

1. Support the documentation of the government’s Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) transition process and track progress of recommendations, actions and milestones.
2. Assist in the preparation, execution and follow up of meetings, workshop and missions relevant to the national HGSF development.
3. Work with MoEYS/WFP to update or develop training tools and disseminate to relevant stakeholders on HGSF programme, including contributing to HGSF operational guidance, tools and systems; school environment components including  WASH,  food safety and nutrition activities;  and ensuring these are incorporated in the handover implementation package on the ground for both WFP and national programme.
4. Participate in operational learning activities through field visits and back to office reports, including engaging in joint discussions, and supporting taking forward key lessons learnt from the field operations to assist in national programme implementation and management.
5. In collaboration with relevant WFP and MoEYS staff, prepare and disseminate advocacy and communications publications (posters, leaflets, briefs, factsheets, etc.) to support school feeding implementation and strategy.
6. Ensure gender is considered throughout all areas of work under the post.
7. Perform other duties as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:   Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.

Language:    Fluency in both oral and written communication in English language.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
•  Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
•  Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
•  Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.
   

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has a minimum of 4 years in the field of education, social protection or development sectors including project management.
• Has experience utilizing computers, including Microsoft Office package (e.g. Word, Excel) and other standard software packages and systems
• Has familiarity working with programme monitoring and evaluation processes.
• Has experience working with different types of external stakeholders at national and sub-national levels.
• Knowledge of the UN rules, procedures and regulations would be an asset.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Create an account on the WFP Career Website: http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings
• Under Filter By “Country”, type “Cambodia” and select the position you want to apply to.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

The vacancy will be closed on Tuesday, 11th May 2021 at 17:00 GMT+7

• WFP recognizes the positive potential of flexible working arrangements to enable staff members the opportunity to select and alter their work schedules to better fit personal needs and help balance work, personal, and family responsibilities whenever operationally possible.
• WFP is committed to gender equality and parity (50% women and 50% men) and to diversity more generally, among employees across all grades, functions and contract modalities.
• WFP offers an attractive salary and other benefits, including annual leave, parental leave and health insurance for staff and eligible dependents.
• WFP Work Environment: WFP is committed to ensuring that all its workplaces are free from abuse, offensive behaviour, harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. WFP does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS and disability status. WFP is also committed to promoting a work culture in which every employee understands, and is able to carry out, his/her personal responsibilities for maintaining the dignity of work colleagues. WFP seeks to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. We believe our mission of fighting global hunger worldwide can only be achieved if women, men, girls and boys are offered equal opportunities in terms of access to resources and services, and participation in decision making roles.

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Female applicants and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

WFP is committed to an inclusive working environment which values diversity

and has zero tolerance for discrimination, harassment and abuse of any kind.