Programme Associate - Nutrition

Programme Associate - Nutrition, Hot Meals, SBP- Gaza SC L6

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

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.

WFP, through its dual mandate in humanitarian and development, provides life-saving food assistance to the most vulnerable and food insecure non-refugee Palestinians and works to safeguard livelihoods, build resilience, and reconstitute food systems in vulnerable areas. WFP also lends its technical expertise to support national institutions by strengthening their capacities in responding to shocks and building an inclusive social safety net.

To further strengthen the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, WFP is providing climate-smart agricultural assets such as hydroponics and wicking beds to households to increase their calorie intake and enable them to generate income. WFP also scaled up its resilience-building activities to include greenhouses, vegetable farms, sheep, poultry, and technical and vocational trainings for youth and people with disabilities. These projects reduce people’s vulnerability to external shocks, serve as a safety net, and support livelihoods. 

In response to the urgent needs of Palestine, where protracted conflict and economic stagnation have led to widespread food insecurity, WFP delivers life-saving food assistance to the most vulnerable non-refugee Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. To address the ongoing crisis, WFP also focuses on strengthening livelihoods through resilience-building projects such as climate-smart agriculture and vocational training. Additionally, WFP supports national institutions by enhancing their capacity to respond to shocks and build inclusive social safety nets. By extending its systems to humanitarian and development partners, WFP contributes to broader efforts within the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

This position is based in Gaza and reports to the  Programme Policy Officer.

 JOB PURPOSE: 

To provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Represent WFP at the Gaza nutrition and education cluster coordination meetings and contribute to strategic and technical discussions, communicate on WFP interventions, exchange experiences, advocate for efficient delivery of interventions and identify areas of potential collaboration.
• Coordinate and supervise the implementation of nutrition, hot meals and school-based feeding programme/interventions in Gaza, ensuring that they are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
• Perform programme planning exercises, and contribute to reviews, technical design discussions, and support the development of strengthened activity and intervention approaches.
• Support the identification of potential partners and partnership negotiations to ensure a collaborative and holistic approach to meeting nutrition needs.
• Conduct regular support supervision to programme sites to assess adherence to protocols/take corrective measures and identify challenges faced for action to ensure smooth running of the activity
• Track and analyze data on programme status, coverage and performance and highlight trends/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to WFP corporate standards and quality control.
• Work and exchange information with internal units (CO nutrition team, monitoring, supply chain, CP management, etc..) to support effective collaboration, implementation, and monitoring of ongoing activities.
• Organize capacity building activities for WFP staff (as well as Third party monitors) and implementing partners on the technical as well as administrative procedures to be adhered to within the nutrition/hot meals/school feeding interventions
• Oversee and/or review the work of other staff as required, providing practical advice and guidance, to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP can quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Perform any other related duties, as required

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Job Requirements;

Education: 

Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, public health or other related field. Advanced degree is an asset.
Language: 

Proficiency in English and Arabic both oral and written.

Experience:

Six or more years of experience working in the field of Programme implementation and management.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Strong technical knowledge and expertise in the field nutrition, and/or public health and related fields; additional knowledge of the education field an advantage.
• Demonstrated programme planning experience, and contributions to technical design and policy discussions.
• Good working experience with Government and various other sectors in the humanitarian field.
• Good working experience at the community level.
• Knowledge of the context and cultural considerations
• Experience leading the implementation and the monitoring of programmes and activities.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Strong organizational skills, time -management and ability to carry out multiple tasks successfully.
• Solid-interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate easily with technical teams (e.g. nutrition, monitoring and evaluation  etc.).
• Ability to contribute to the implementation of programmes.
•  Good knowledge and practical experience in data record keeping, reporting, and data analysis.
  
  

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).

• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.

• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language

• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter

• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time

• Please contact us at [email protected] in case you face any challenges with submitting your application

• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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.