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JOB TITLE: Program Assistant /Resilience
Contract Type/Grade: Service Contract/SC5
UNIT/DIVISION: Program
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Dessie, Ethiopia
Duration: 12 Months with possibility of extension
Job Description
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
This job is found in WFP Ethiopia Country Office, Dessie SO. Job holder reports to Dessie SO Programme Head under the general guidance of the Head of SO. S/he will work closely with the WFP Bahir Dar Area Office activity five (Activity 5 -Provide nutrition-sensitive social protection, climate risk management services, and capacity strengthening support for smallholder farmers, pastoralists, refugees, and returnees most vulnerable to climate shocks) technical staff for the day-to-day operational matters. At this level, the job holder demonstrates responsibility and initiative to respond independently to queries with the general guidance of the Head of programmes. There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen problems on a daily basis. The job holder typically is responsible to manage and effective implementation of all activity five components in areas under the responsibility of Dessie SO.
JOB PURPOSE
To provide effective coordination and specialized/technical support/ to a full range of policy and programme activities that effectively meet the objectives’ of rural resilience and livelihood interventions.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Under the general supervision of Dessie SO head of programs and technical support by Bahir Dar Area Office Activity 5 (Provide nutrition-sensitive social protection, climate risk management services and capacity strengthening support for smallholder farmers, pastoralists, refugees and returnees most vulnerable to climate shocks) technical staff, the program assistant will be responsible for the following activities:
• Serve as a focal point for WFP Dessie SO for all initiatives under Activity 5 in the Eastern part of Amhara region;
• Liaise with government counterparts, CPs, FSPs, and other stakeholders on all technical aspects related to Activity 5 initiatives;
• Coordinate on-ground implementation of Activity 5 actions in the Eastern part of Amhara region;
• Support capacity strengthening activities at regional and local level falling under Activity 5;
• Coordinates the establishment of various local partnership forums to facilitate learning and scaling up of good practices relevant to WFP and activity 5;
• Maintain up to date information and provide timely information as required;
• Coordinate needs assessment missions and data analysis;
• Identifies good practices related to Activity 5 for further program quality improvement;
• Collect, document, and share lessons learned and results of Activity 5 actions implementation;
• Supervise field monitors for strengthening/building their technical and functional capacities on thematic areas related to Activity 5 (climate change adaptation, resilience building, DRR/DRM, etc.);
• Organize missions for WFP ETCO, donors, and other partners;
• Assist in the design of new Activity 5 initiatives for the Amhara region; and
• Perform additional works assigned by WFP Dessie SO.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Completion of secondary school education. University degree in International Development, Development Studies, Agricultural Economics, Economics, Natural Resource Management, Cooperative Studies, Social science or other relevant fields.
Experience: Five years of work experience in food security, resilience building, climate change adaptation, or other relevant fields
Language: Proficiency in both oral and written communication in English and the local language is a requirement.
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.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
23 January 2023
WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action