Job description
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the
world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are seeking
to fill the position of Programme Officer (Safety Nets & Resilence) at the
P3 level, based in our Country Office in Kampala, Uganda.
world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are seeking
to fill the position of Programme Officer (Safety Nets & Resilence) at the
P3 level, based in our Country Office in Kampala, Uganda.
The objective of WFP’s Safety Nets and Resilience
(SNR) programming is to ensure the food and nutrition security of vulnerable
populations in Uganda. SNR activities are primarily focused on livelihoods and
resilience programming in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. This includes
asset construction and income generation activities for households with labour
capacity, targeted food assistance for extremely vulnerable households,
supplementary food assistance to address malnutrition, and a school meals
programme. The SNR Unit coordinates with the Emergency Humanitaria
(SNR) programming is to ensure the food and nutrition security of vulnerable
populations in Uganda. SNR activities are primarily focused on livelihoods and
resilience programming in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. This includes
asset construction and income generation activities for households with labour
capacity, targeted food assistance for extremely vulnerable households,
supplementary food assistance to address malnutrition, and a school meals
programme. The SNR Unit coordinates with the Emergency Humanitaria
n Action
(EHA), Agriculture Market Support (AMS), and Nutrition sub-units within the WFP
Programme Unit to implement these activities. Field-based activities are
managed from the Country Office in Kampala and implemented through support and
coordination at Sub-Office level. In addition, the SNR Unit is substantially
involved in policy dialogue and advocacy on social protection and school
feeding initiatives in Uganda.
Under the supervision of the Head of Programme, the
Programme Officer will deliver the programming and partnership components of
WFP’s SNR activities through the following responsibilities:
Programme Officer will deliver the programming and partnership components of
WFP’s SNR activities through the following responsibilities:
- Plan and manage WFP’s livelihoods/resilience
activities in the Karamoja region, implemented primarily through WFP’s
Food For Asset (FFA) programming approach; - Develop and maintain key partnerships with local
and national government counterparts, cooperating partners, and technical
agencies for delivery of the livelihoods/resilience activities; - Maintain regular and systematic liaison between
the Country Office and Sub-Offices to ensure delivery, monitoring and
oversight of SNR activities in the Karamoja region; - Represent WFP in inter-agency, government, and
donor policy and budget forums to advocate for inclusive social protection
systems in Uganda and a national school meals programme; - Collaborate with WFP’s Assessment, Monitoring and
Evaluation (AME) Unit to ensure monitoring and oversight for SNR outputs
and outcomes is useful and accurate for accountability and management
purposes; - Manage contractual agreements with cooperating
NGOs and partnerships with Government and research institutions; - Provide leadership and direction in proposal
development and donor reporting for SNR activities; - Provide substantive inputs to national policy
dialogue on social protection for vulnerable households, resilience
strategies, and for the transition to a government led school feeding
programme; - Provide technical input to WFP’s monitoring tools
and ensure relevant assessments, reviews, and evaluations of WFP’s
livelihoods/resilience work are planned and implemented; - Manage SNR’s annual plan of work within the
Programme Unit (planning, budgeting, forecasting, pipeline); - Provide supervision and guidance to programme
staff within the SNR Unit; - Liaison with WFP senior management, logistics,
communication and administrative units in order to implement the SNR
programme of work; - Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications & Experience Required
Education:
- University degree, preferably at an advanced
level, in Social Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Rural Development or
other related fields.
Experience:
- At least five years (of which 3 international) of
progressively responsible professional experience with development
projects in the areas of food assistance programming, local level planning
and community development; - Practical experience with government/donor
liaison, project fund and NGO partnership management; - Experience in managing teams in a cross-cultural
setting and achieving results through collaboration and partnership
building; - Proven experience in development context,
preferably in Africa; - Experience with Food For Asset (FFA) programming
and school feeding programmes is considered an asset; - Experience with projects in Arid and Semi-Arid
Land (ASAL) regions is desirable; - Experience in preparing donor proposals and
writing reports is an advantage.
Technical Skills & Knowledge:
- Knowledge of current approaches to livelihoods
activities in a post-conflict, transition, or development context; - Familiarity with national level policy dialogue
(government, donors, UN agencies).
Competencies:
- Excellent written and verbal communication
skills; - Effective action management to plan, coordinate
and prioritize multiple tasks; - Excellent cognitive capacity and problem solving
skills; - Outstanding teamwork and interpersonal skills
with ability to work patiently and tactfully with people of different
national and cultural backgrounds; - Excellent partnership skills to build strategic
relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Language:
- Fluency in oral and written English with an
intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese,
French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working
languages).
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Deadline for applications: 6 October 2014