Programme Assistant (CBT/Resilience/SNL) G5 – Marib

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance

About Wfp

The United Nations World Food Programme is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. We are the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change.

Aiming to feed 13 million of the most vulnerable people with food assistance, WFP’s emergency response in Yemen is the agency’s largest anywhere in the world. WFP also provides nutrition support to 1.7 million children and mothers and delivers school meals to 850,000 children each day.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This job is found in WFP Yemen Country Office, Marib and the incumbent will be reporting to the Programme Policy Officer.

Job holders at this level demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to queries with only general guidance. There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen problems on a daily basis. Job holders manage resources and coach and coordinate a team of security support staff. These jobs may require to report for duty on short notice.

JOB PURPOSE

To perform specialized and/or standardized policy and programme-related processes and activities to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes related to CBT livelihood & resilience activities in line with WFP’s wider programme policies and guidelines.
• Provide necessary support for the targeting & registration process, SCOPE registration
• Provide specialized project management support to the design and implementation of transitional resilience livelihood activities to ensure that the activities are performed within the established and design targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
• Prepare a range of reports and data analysis to understand the food security status of beneficiaries.
• Work as a CBT & resilience focal point for the field office.
• Explore possibilities/innovations for the transition of relief assistance into transitional activities that will integrated food security, livelihood, and resilience approach for Marib Field Office.
• Conduct regular field visits to ensure effective delivery of WFP’s assistance in terms of CBT and livelihood activities.
• Effectively Liaise with CBT, Livelihood & VAM units in the Area Office and the Country Office while implementing school feeding and nutrition activities in the Marib FO’s area of responsibility.
• Regularly coordinate with the Area Office supply chain to ensure timely deliveries of relief commodities, traders warehouse etc.
• Coordinate with WFP’s cooperating partners, local authorities, UN agencies, and NGOs to perform accurate food and nutrition security analyses and to ensure efficient implementation of programme activities

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (Cont’d)

• Support capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners, and local government within the specific technical area.
• Oversee and/or review the work of other support staff, providing practical advice and guidance, to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines.
• 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.
• Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within the field of nutrition and school feeding and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Others as required

Standard Minimum Qualifications

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.

Experience: Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic.

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.

Functional Capabilities

Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance Can facilitate implementation of food assistance programmes under guidance using basic understanding of principles and good practices of programme design, implementation and monitoring.

Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers) Demonstrates ability to facilitate, under guidance, food assistance programme implementation that deploys full range of transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding modality selection and implementation.

Knowledge of Specialized Areas Understands basic technical concepts and data andtheir 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/Govt Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level.

Other Specific Job Requirements

• Support capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners, and local government within the specific technical area.
• Oversee and/or review the work of other support staff, providing practical advice and guidance, to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines.
• 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.
• Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within the field of nutrition and school feeding and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Others as required

Desired Experiences For Entry Into The Role

• Has previous experience in designing and or implementing General Food Assistance, Cash Based Trasnfers & Livelihood activities.
• Has experience working in the field of food secuirty/nutrition sensitive food systems.
• Has experience of conducting nutrition related surveys/ assessments.
• Good communication and writing skills.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• The applicant should be a Yemeni national or having work/residency permit.
• WFP staff who are still under probation period are not eligible to apply for another FT position.
• WFP staff on FT contracts must have completed one year in the current position to be eligible to apply for another FT position.
• WFP is an equal opportunity employer.
• WFP does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
• By submitting your application, you have read the Terms of Reference for this position and agree that any false, wrong or incomplete information might lead to your disqualification in this recruitment process
• Applications must be submitted online:
• Using English language only.
• Indicating all your job TOR.
• Indicating clear years of experience with each job (month/year)
• ( NB: Successful candidates vetted as viable candidates through the application process will be retained on internal roster for a two-year period and may be given further consideration for future similar specific position advertised)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

12 March 2022

WFP never uses external recruitment agencies and recruitment is always is free of charge. WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. The selection of staff are made on a competitive basis and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance. Only applicants whose profiles meet the advertised job requirements will be considered and only within the announced deadline.

لا يقوم برنامج الأغذية العالمي بالاستعانة ابداً بأشخاص او بوكالات خارجية في التوظيف، علماً بان عملية التوظيف دائماً مجانية. يبحث برنامج الأغذية العالمي عن مرشحين من أعلى درجات النزاهة والكفاءة المهنية والذين يتقاسمون مبادئنا الإنسانية

يتم اختيار الموظفين على أساس تنافسي ونحن ملتزمون بتعزيز التنوع والتوازن بين الجنسين. سيتم النظر فقط للمتقدمين الذين تفي ملفاتهم الشخصية بمتطلبات الوظيفة المعلن عنها، وفقط خلال الموعد النهائي المعلن

Female applicants are especially encouraged to apply

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.