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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.

JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Programme Associate (VAME)
Grade: G6
Type of contract: Fixed Term
Duration: 12 Months (Extendable)
Duty Station: Jalalabad
Vacancy Number: 829026
Date of Publication: 29 August 2023
Deadline of Application: 12 September 2023
This vacancy announcement is for Afghan nationals only and WFP encourages especially Afghan females and Afghans with disabilities to apply.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The hunger crisis in Afghanistan is unfolding at a rapidly, with over half the country’s population of 15 million now facing acute food insecurity—the highest number the humanitarian community has ever seen in Afghanistan. Work opportunities are shrinking, with most households now reporting just one day of work per week. This comes on top of the worst drought in years, which is especially concerning for the 85 percent of the population who rely on agriculture for livelihoods.

Preventing and mitigating a drastic increase in hunger and malnutrition is the aim of WFP in Afghanistan which can only be achieved through the scaled up and sustained complementary food security and nutrition interventions, combined with a scale-up of resilience interventions to safeguard gains. WFP has embarked on a significant month on month scale-up of its crisis response and resilience programmes across the country, ensuring that the programme is delivered at the right scale and time, targeted to the right areas. WFP is also actively following up on evolving trends to pre-empt hotspots, while guaranteeing quality and maximum impact of the programme through the monitoring of these hotspots to be able to support continued donor advocacy.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes within the specific area of work supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
2. Supervising the M&E and VAM unit and assure that projects are monitored timely and accurately in accordance with WFP country office’s Sampling Strategic Data collection by deploying PAT and WFP field monitors. And manage corporate platform are updated and actions are taken on monitoring findings.
3. Proper M&E planning and data management using COMET, Process Monitoring Tracker, MODA, KOBO, Centralized Field Monitoring tools.
4. Management of Third-party monitoring teams in the region, Meetings with TPM Senior management Team at country level, conducting performance evaluations under third party monitoring services provider company, Providing practical advice, guidance, and trainings over quality of reports / field issues / feedback & comments.
5. Providing Support to regional FSAC meetings, MFI Surveys, regional Pre-Lean Survey, regional SFSA Assessment, attending and representing the region in IPC Acute workshops and other food security related meetings including SLP sessions, including collection of regular market prices for analyses to support programme in decision making.
6. Provide specialized project management support to specific and/or defined programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures. Follow and verification of CFM cases on regular bases.
7. Within the specific area of responsibility, prepare a range of reports and data analysis (e.g., food assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status, performance) and highlight trends/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
8. Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work (e.g., assistance programmes, food security and vulnerability assessments) and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
9. Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation, and monitoring of ongoing project activities. Work closely with FSAC partners to know their plan, share update to FSAC chairs.
10. Coordinate and communicate with local partners, agencies, NGOs, and government institutions to perform accurate food security analyses and to ensure efficient delivery of food assistance.
11. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government within the specific technical area on M&E and Food security.
12. Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems within a specific technical area of responsibility.
13. Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy Monitors and TPM to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in B.Sc, B.A in Economics, Agriculture or other relevant field.

Experience:

• Six years of experience working in programme unit with humanitarian sectors.
• Has worked with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.

Language:

• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English, Pashto and/or Dari.

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings).Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We want to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible. Please contact us at afg.hrrecruitment@wfp.org to advise us of any accessibility needs you may have.

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.