Job Description

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.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) is United Nations frontline agency in the fight against hunger, WFP is continually responding to emergencies. We save lives by getting food to the hungry fast. But WFP also works to help prevent hunger in the future. We do this through programmes that use food as a means to build assets, spread knowledge and nurture stronger, more dynamic communities. This helps communities become more food secure. On average, WFP aims to bring food assistance to more than 80 million people in 80 countries.

WFP Ethiopia is working with the Government and humanitarian partners to strengthen the resilience of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable population and to chart a more prosperous and sustainable future for the next generation. The Country Office also supports programmes that use food assistance to empower women, transform areas affected by climate change and keep children in school. It aims to contribute to Ethiopia’s five-year development agenda, the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), through which the Government combats food insecurity.

ABOUT MCGOVERNDOLE PROJECT

WFP School Feeding Unit have received a confirmation from USDA - McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program to undertake school feeding and technical assistance project for four years period to enable the Ethiopian Government to transit towards national ownership of school meals program. The project will be covering around 185,693 primary school children in Afar and Oromia Regions. The regions are mainly pastoralists who live in a marginalized environment and whose livelihood is exposed to the vagaries of climate and harsh environmental conditions and suffers from law participation into schooling and education.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These jobs are found in the Sub Office Programme Unit in the M&E Section. S/he report to M&E team leader under the overall technical guidance of WFP’s Head of Programme. The job holder is typically responsible for the overall monitoring activities of the school feeding programme. Job holders operate with a high degree of independence to ensure that programme and WFP policy objectives are achieved in full. S/he usually involved in a wide variety of programme and analytical work, some of which may be of considerable complexity.

JOB PURPOSE

To perform school feeding monitoring activities within the specified coverage area, ensuring that programme generate quality evidence on the outcomes and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Coordinate and monitor the implementation of the school feeding at the sub-office /field level, in close collaboration with the Government counter;
• Assist the sub-office in the development allocation plan and prepare monthly field mission report to document programme implementation.
• Under the direct supervision of sub office head of programme, participate in sub-office led partner capacity
• Assist in the coordination of regular meetings with local authorities on the commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements and other relevant issues;
• Assist in consolidating sub-office level activity monitoring issues and follow-up whether flagged issues have been addressed;

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Liaise with Government counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support programme reviews and improve services
• Participate effectively in missions, assessments, donor’s missions, rapid need assessments, nutrition surveys, as well as trainings.
• Provide guidance to the schools on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to complete self-monitoring tasks and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the schools.
• Report to the Sub Office Head of Programme on relevant events regarding food management and other related issues;
• Ensure satisfactorily any additional duties, as required by his/her supervisor

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has experience analyzing programme output and outcome data.
• General knowledge of WFP monitoring and evaluation systems and standards
• Has experience in school feeding programmes both Home Grown School Feeding and emergency context will be an added advantage

Job Requirement

Education: A university degree in statistics, economics, international affairs, business administration, social sciences, and development or another related field;

Experience: Three or more years of work experience in Monitoring activities.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of the local language is an added advantage.

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

Capability Name Description of the behavior expected for the proficiency level

Strategic Management Displays basic understanding of WFP’s policies and strategies to perform monitoring and/or evaluation activities and their inter-relationship.

Performance Management Applies knowledge of WFP’s performance management system to manage resources and relationships to undertake monitoring actions or deliver straightforward evaluations of operations, programmes, or processes to WFP monitoring and/or evaluation quality standards.

Qualitative/Quantitative Methodology Understand and applies an appropriate mix of established methods and data collection tools to monitoring, reviews or straightforward evaluations, in line with WFP’s strategic and operational results frameworks (metrics), WFP guidance and technical standards.

Data Analytics and Visualization Collects and summarizes programme data, including information on shipments, distribution site logistics, the status of personas in need, and beneficiaries planned and reached for all programme assistance modalities and activities.

Programme Monitoring and Review Gathers, organizes, and provides data on programme outputs, processes, and outcomes, including distribution plans and the status, quantity, and quality of food and cash distributed and technical assistance provided.

Job Title: Monitoring Assistant - School Feeding

No. of Positions: 5 (Five)

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Grade: GS-4

Duty station: Semera (1), Diredewa (2), and Adama (2)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 10 December 2020