Immediate Vacancy: Field Monitoring Assistant

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• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

Job Title: Filed Monitoring Assistant

Grade: SC-4T

ype of Contract: Service Contract

Unit: RAM

Duty Station (City, Country): Semera, Ethiopia

Duration: Twelve (12) Months

Number of positions: Two (2)

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These jobs are found in the Sub Office Program Unit in the M&E Section. S/he report to M&E team leader under the overall technical guidance of WFP’s Head of Program. The job holder is typically responsible for the overall monitoring activities of the school feeding program and resilience. Job holders operate with a high degree of independence to ensure that program and WFP policy objectives are achieved in full. S/he usually involved in a wide variety of program and analytical work, some of which may be of considerable complexity.

JOB PURPOSE:

To perform school feeding monitoring activities within the specified coverage area, ensuring that program generate quality evidence on the outcomes and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

• Coordinate and monitor the implementation of the school feeding at the sub-office /field level, in close collaboration with the Government counter.
• Assist the sub-office in the development allocation plan and prepare monthly field mission report to document programme implementation.
• Under the direct supervision of sub office head of programme, participate in sub-office led partner capacity
• Assist in the coordination of regular meetings with local authorities on the commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements and other relevant issues;
• Assist in consolidating sub-office level activity monitoring issues and follow-up whether
• flagged issues have been addressed;
• Liaise with Government counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support programme reviews and improve services
• Participate effectively in missions, assessments, donor’s missions, rapid need assessments, nutrition surveys, as well as trainings.
• Provide guidance to the schools on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to complete self-monitoring tasks and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the schools.
• Report to the Sub Office Head of Programme on relevant events regarding food management and other related issues;
• Ensure satisfactorily any additional duties, as required by his/her supervisor

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Secondary school certificate. A post-secondary certificate in social sciences, Development Studies, Agriculture, Nutrition, or a related field.

Experience: At least four (4) years of relevant professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, or programme implementation, preferably in humanitarian or development contexts.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Capability Name Description of the behavior expected for the proficiency level Strategic Management Displays basic understanding of WFP’s policies and strategies to perform monitoring and/or evaluation activities and their inter-relationship.
• Performance Management Applies knowledge of WFP’s performance management system to manage resources and relationships to undertake monitoring actions or deliver straightforward evaluations of operations, programmes, or processes to WFP monitoring and/or evaluation quality standards.
• Qualitative/Quantitative Methodology Understand and applies an appropriate mix of established methods and data collection tools to monitoring, reviews or straightforward evaluations, in line with WFP’s strategic and operational results frameworks (metrics), WFP guidance and technical standards. Data Analytics and Visualization Collects and summarizes programme data, including information on shipments, distribution site logistics, the status of personas in need, and beneficiaries planned and reached for all programme assistance modalities and activities. Programme Monitoring and Review Gathers, organizes, and provides data on programme outputs, processes, and outcomes, including distribution plans and the status, quantity, and quality of food and cash distributed and technical assistance provided.

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

Skills Required:

• Agricultural / Studies
• Education / Teaching / Training
• Social / Science / Project / Management / Development