Senior Programme Associate (Nutrition/Gender/AAP )

Short Description

Position Title:  Senior Programme Associate G7 (Nutrition/Gender/Accountability to Affected Populations AAP)

Contract Type and Grade level: Fixed Term / G7 

This is a Local National position so only National citizens are eligible to apply

Duty Station: Gaza

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

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

The job holders typically report to a Programme Policy Officer or Head of Field Office.
At this level, job holders are responsible for technical work including the planning, implementation and co-ordination of activities that require thorough understanding of programme/project context, issues and ability to apply a range of guidelines/practices. They independently handle a wide range of specialized programme or policy support activities and may be involved in analytical work. Work performed typically has a substantial impact affecting other parts of the programme. Job holders demonstrate initiative in the identification and resolution of a wide range of issues/problems, and effectively handle unforeseen situations. They may act as technical focal points in the area of vulnerability assessment and analysis. Job holders set objectives, resolve wide-ranging issues and unforeseen problems, supervise and coach a team of support staff within an area of responsibility.  

JOB PURPOSE

To support effective coordination and specialized support to a full range of policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs, with special focus in long-term interventions and joint programmes in the Gaza Strip.

To provide specialized support to the field office and country office to enhance Gender transformation programming and mainstreaming

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer, the incumbent s/m will be responsible for the following:

• Under Social Behaviour Change Communication (under technical supervision of CO Nutrition team):
• In coordination with the Country Office (CO) Programme/Nutrition team, provide technically and programmatically sound contributions towards the expansion of the SBCC interventions in Gaza Strip.
• Provide efficient coordination and specialized project management support to a range of programmes, including the Social Behavior Change SBCC programme at the Gaza Strip level, to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
• Identify areas of alignment with other ongoing and planned interventions that can further enhance the impact of the SBCC programme. Work with relevant field and country office teams to promote complementarities between programmes.
• Lead and ensure accurate, timely recording of data collected by WFP and/or cooperating partners (e.g. assistance programmes, food security and vulnerability assessments), and ensure consistency of the information presented to stakeholders.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government within the programmatic area. Supervise a small team of support staff working on SBCC.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES CONT'D

• Accountability to Affected Population (AAP) (under technical supervision of CO Programme Policy Officer for Gender/Common Feedback Mehcanism (CFM)/AAP):
• Ensure that Gaza field office and its partners are compliant with the standard operating procedures (SOP) on Community/Common Feedback Mechanism (CFM).
• Ensure liaison with cooperating partners and other humanitarian actors as relevant on any issues raised through the CFM to close the feedback loop.
• Work with the AAP officer in the country office, relevant units at CO, and relevant agencies/organizations to support the roll out and strengthening of the Inter-Agency CFM.
• Produce regular reports analyzing trends feeding up through CFM, and raise awareness of the CFM components among affected populations and response partners.
• Follow up on PSEA matters in coordination with CO.
• Work with programmes and the AAP officer in the country office on communications with communities.
• Supervise a small team of support staff working specifically on CFM, providing advice, guidance and training, to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered to agreed standards and deadlines.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES CONT'D

• Gender (under technical supervision of CO Programme Policy Officer for Gender/Protection/AAP):
• Contribute to the development of programme activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with gender policies and guidance. Liaise with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaborationand potential patnerships in the area of gender.
• Support the sensitization and capacity building of WFP staff, partner staff and Government representatives by developing training materials, designing and delivering gender trainings.
• Produce operational research and analytical products of relevance to gender.
• Collaborate closely with the communications team to develop gender sensitive and gender centred communications materials for internal and external purposes.

Lead the implementation of the annual Gender Action Plan in the Gaza Strip.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Nutrition, International Health and Nutrition, Social Behavior Public Health, Family Health Food Technology, or any relevant field of study. Advanced degree is an asset.

Experience:

•  At least seven years of experience working in the field of Programme implementation and management mainly in the field of nutrition/social behavior and public health projects.
• Good Working experience with NGOs, UN Agencies and Government.
• Good Working experience with people at the community level.
• Knowledge of geographical areas.
• Experience supporting capacity strengthening activities. 

 

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
•  Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
•  Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
•  Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

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, Vouchers) 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 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 Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has participated in implementing technical programs (i.e. nutrition, etc.).
• Has implemented programmes with increased level of responsibility.
• Has provided input to policy discussions.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Fixed-term Appointment:  an appointment for a continuous period of one year and shall have a specified expiration date and subject to a probationary period of one year, which may be extended to 18 months.

Staff Assessment A staff assessment, comparable to national income tax, shall be applied to the gross salaries and such other payments as are computed on the basis of salary, The assessment shall be calculated at rates set forth in the FAO Administrative Manual. 

Duty Station: Gaza

Dependency allowances: applicable to children up to 18 years of age, or up to 21 years in full-time school attendance

United Nation Joint pension fund a deduction  of 7.9% from the pensionable remuneration will be made from the net salary, the WFP will contribute of 15.8%

Medical Insurance: mandatory for staff member and can be extended to dependents  in a cost sharing

Annual leave: 2.5 days a month and Sick leave: 2 days per month

Official Holiday: 10 days as officially established for each duty station

 

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

19th August 2022