Requisition ID 827543 – Posted 06/06/2023 – Fixed Term – Middle East – Jordan – Amman – Working Job Language (2) – PROGRAMME & POLICY
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.
WHY TO WORK AT WFP?
Join us to make a difference!
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE APPOINTMENT:
Within the framework of the Country Strategic Plan 2023-2027, WFP will provide integrated support to enable climate change adaptation and more resilient livelihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers and pastoralist communities and work towards minimizing the negative impact of climate change on natural resources and the overall food security of the country. In parallel, WFP aims to enhance the sustainable management of natural resources through land reclamation, water conservation, rangeland rehabilitation and forestry. The incumbent of this position is expected to support in the project implementation planning and take lead on management and monitoring of activities at the field level. The incumbent will work under the field operations and will have close technical coordination with WFP Country office programme , M&E units and other relevant units.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
1. Provide technical support and assist in the planning and implementation of various activities and processes within the natural resources management and climate change adaptation portfolio and support the alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
2. Provide specialized project management support to the natural resources management and climate change adaptation programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
3. Travel to field sites, as needed, to conduct fieldwork including focus group discussions, interviews, meetings, training or gather primary information and perform project oversight.
4. Lead on evidence generation by proposing indicators and monitoring their achievements.
5. Prepare a range of reports and data analysis and highlight trends/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
6. Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within area of responsibility as well as consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
7. Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
8. Coordinate and communicate with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions to perform and deliver on the planned activities and to ensure efficient delivery.
9. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government counterparts.
10. Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems that may arise within the programme.
11. Lead on constructive coordination between field office and programme and support other functions within WFP.
12. Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis (if needed).
13. Contribute to development and updates of Standard Operating Procedures necessary for smooth and compliant programme implementation.
14. Other tasks as requested by Supervisor.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in one or more of the following disciplines: International Affairs, Social Protection, Social Sciences, Nutrition, or Project Management. University degree is desirable.
Experience: At least six years of progressively responsible work experience in livelihoods and resilience building projects, or agricultural development, water management, climate change adaptation, food security related programmes. Working experience in project management and project cycle will be an added advantage.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in Arabic and English.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
• Strong analytical, reporting, and writing skills.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong interpersonal and coordination skills, ability to work in a team and to communicate clearly and diplomatically with a wide range of stakeholders from diverse backgrounds. Ability to prepare and present reports.
• Sound judgement.
• Ability to lead and work within team.
• Ability to work positively under pressure.
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 implement, under guidance, food assistance programmes deploying the full range of transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding modality selection and implementation. |
| Broad Knowledge of Specialized Areas | Understands basic technical concepts and data and their relevance to food assistance programmes. |
| 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. |
EXPECTED BENEFITS:
WFP Offers a diverse range of benefits and entitlements including annual, sick and parental leaves, allowance for the eligible spouse and children and UN Joint pension Funds. In addition to a life Changing experience that save and change lives.
WFP is following the UN salary scale in Jordan; the expected net pensionable salary ranges between 20,280 and 25,920 JOD per year; depending on the years of experience exceeding the minimum requirements.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Applications must be submitted online through WFP e-Recruitment System
- Internal WFP staff can access the VA through the internal WFP CAREER page via the link: http://newgo.wfp.org/services/e-recruitment
- External applicants are kindly requested to follow the link: http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings
Make sure that you answer all mandatory questions accurately and to attach your updated CV in English.
- Join WFP to be part of saving lives and changing lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4rFCbNDXiw&feature=youtu.behttp://ar.wfp.org/videos/recruitment-video-ar
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
19 June 2023
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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment
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.
