World Food Programme recruits 01 Emergency Telecommunications Sector Coordinator (ETS) Consultant
World Food Programme
Tripoli, Libye
Humanitaire (ONG, Associations, …), Projet/programme de développement
Opportunités de carrière : Emergency Telecommunications Sector Coordinator (ETS) Consultant (141588)
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 WFPThe 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.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSAdvanced university degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, International Relations, Social Science or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience
Fluency in oral and written English with an intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages) is desirable
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTThe 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.
In its capacity of global lead agency of the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), WFP Libya Country Office was requested to lead the Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) in Libya in 2018 to provide vital communications and technology services, coordinate the ICT response in collaboration with local actors and support sector initiatives to increase accountability towards affected communities. Since then, the ETS provided shared Internet and security communications services in common operational hubs and in 2020, launched a common feedback mechanism platform in the form of an inter-agency call centre, also used as the national COVID-19 information channel
JOB PURPOSEThe Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) Coordinator will lead and implement the ETS activities through the engagement with partners and by serving as an active member of the Inter-Sector Coordination Work Group (ISWG) Team
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive) • Lead the identification/assessment and prioritization of bottlenecks and gaps impeding delivery of essential assistance by the humanitarian community and affected communities in support of the HRP priorities. • Recommend to partners standard operation procedures, alternative ET solutions and a cost/benefit analysis for each solution. • Manage the relationship with technology service providers in coordination with other sector members. • Articulate clearly and concisely project requirements, budget and plans to stakeholders such as Sector Coordinators and Heads of Organizations. • Ensure ETS activities are reflected in inter-agency documentation such as the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and Cluster performance reports. • Identify funding requirements for Libya ETS projects, prepare the ETS budget and track ETS expenditure against forecast. • In coordination with WFP Country Office, advocate for funding with donors as well as brief them on the ETS activities in the country. • Identify sensible ETS country preparedness activities to strengthen response readiness and local capacity.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIESPurpose • 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 fulfill the needs of internal and external partners.
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES • Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, transforming technical terminology into easily understood language. • Ability to work under pressure. • Ability to use Technology Innovation. • Ability to work with minimum supervision under own initiative. • Good analytical skills, resourcefulness, initiative. • Demonstrated problem-solving skills ability to conceptualize issues, think in abstract terms, and analyze numerical data. • Ability to think outside the box and explore context-based innovative solutions and opportunities. • Ability to plan and organize work and multitask
OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS • Understand Key concepts of access to information and two-way communications (i..e Common Feedback Mechanism), Community engagement. • Good understanding / experience of the Humanitarian reform and the Cluster Approach • Good understanding / experience in the use of Technology to support humanitarian programme. • Sound knowledge of Microsoft Windows, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and other related software
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONSPlease visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WFP.http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations
Deadline to receive applications is Friday 30 April, 2021
Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
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.POSTULER