World Food Programme recruits 01 Project Coordinator
World Food Programme
Ouganda
Humanitaire (ONG, Associations, …), Projet/programme de développement
Opportunités de carrière : Project Coordinator (143112)
NOTE : WFP DOES NOT SOLICIT FOR FEES OR ANY FORM OF PAYMENT FROM JOB APPLICANTS
WFP is looking for talented people who are committed to joining our efforts to eradicate hunger. It offers unlimited opportunities to grow your professionalism, talent, and expertise. Start your journey to be a member of the world-wide effort to eradicate hunger. WFP has a policy of affirmative action for women.
ABOUT WFPUnited Nations World Food Programme (WFP) 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. In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.
Brief description of WFP in Uganda
WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies and work with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. WFP provides life-saving food assistance and livelihood opportunities to refugees in Uganda. In addition, WFP assists the most vulnerable people in Karamoja with food and nutrition assistance. Finally, WFP works with smallholder farmers and links them to markets.
As Uganda strives to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and become a middle-income country by 2040, WFP is also assessing its relevance and repositioning its role in Uganda.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTThese jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or Country Offices (COs) and job holders report to a more senior Programme Policy Officer.
Job holders operate with a high degree of independence, manage more junior staff to ensure that programme and policy objectives are achieved in full. They are usually involved in a wide variety of programme and policy activities and analytical work, some of which may be of a considerable complexity. At this level job holders are expected to contribute to performance improvement.
JOB PURPOSEUganda is one of the seven countries selected by the global BMGF initiative on Digital Financial Inclusion (DFI) and Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) and has been allocated USD 500,000 for a period over two years (2021/22). UGCO will be applying the D3 (Design, Digitize, Direct) framework on WFP cash programmes to come up with financial inclusion approaches that can be sources of learning for improved self-reliance programming and for streamlining gender transformative programming across the portfolio. Project-specific staff will be required to support with unique expertise and/or additional manpower to ensure efficient and effective grant implementation.
The project coordinator will work in close collaboration with the recruited project staff under the head of Mbarara area office, with supervision from the head of Isingiro satellite office and cross-reporting to the overall project manager, to ensure that the project is completed on time and within the set activity and budget scope.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (1/2)In collaboration with existing partners, support the selection and linkage of women receiving WFP digital cash assistance with Village savings and loans association (VSLAs) and livelihoods organizations in Nakivale refugee settlement and follow them specifically on developed DFI and WEE indicators throughout the project.In collaboration with the Financial Literacy Cooperating Partner, take lead in the selection of financial literacy trainees and provide field oversight for the Roll out the Financial literacy trainings (advanced course and extended foundational course) developed by the Uganda WFP and UNCDF Country offices for additional women, men, and selected teenage women groups and digital cash beneficiaries.Support and oversee the roll out of the digital literacy course in Nakivale, working with contracted partners and ensure that the same is incorporated within systems put in place through the financial literacy course.Scope for and recommend interested and/or active female retailers, VSLAs, and entrepreneurs to Financial service providers and Mobile network operators for vetting as potential digital merchants & bank/mobile money agents. Ensure that biometric Point of Sale devices, merchants’ terminals, and visibility materials are subsequently delivered in their shops to serve refugees in and around the settlements.Scope for linkages and synergies to WFP’s BMGF work with national programmes with consideration for supporting national gender, resilience, and social protection plans where possible.Support protection (mitigating risks of abuse of power), gender and disability inclusion in project activities with technical support from the protection partner and documenting findings and milestones achieved.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 2/2Investigate and document specific digital financial products that women are interested in and advocate for support at different forums.Scope and map available financial and digital financial products that are available to refugees in Nakivale settlement and their product offerings and characteristics.Support sensitization efforts for women to increase their use of digital financial products that are appropriate to their needs.Organize and document FGDs with refugees and host population men and women to understand and come up with adequate measures to involve men in their spouse’s journey to digital financial inclusion and women economic empowerment.Actively participate in the cash technical working groups in the settlement and organize virtual and/or physical forums with Financial service providers (FSPs), FSPs agents, merchants, fintechs, refugee users and stakeholders to find solutions to decrease the need for Cash in and Cash outs and increase the use of e-money in the settlement to stimulate the journey towards a cashless economy.In liaison with the monitoring and evaluation team, develop a theory of change in line with the project outcomes.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSA minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Development studies, Project Management, Business administration or any related field. Master’s degree is an added advantage.At least 5 years’ professional experience of which 3 years should have been in a substantive role in supporting savings groups implementation, financial inclusion projects, digital finance, gender programming, and women economic empowerment among poor rural households.Ability to collect and analyse programme output and outcome data and preparing various reports for management and stakeholdersAbility to work with rural communities, good communication and Interpersonal skills especially for dealingwith WFP partners; high sense of responsibility.IT literate with proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Power point and online collaborative working tools.Proficiency in English language.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIESPurpose
• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives. • Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners). • Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission. • Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
People
• Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs. • Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment. • Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills. • Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.
Performance
• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work. • Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors. • Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities. • Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction. Partnership
• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles. • Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners. • Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders. • Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner. FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIESCapability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency levelProgramme Lifecycle & Food Assistance Displays ability to identify the main hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full range of food assistance tools.Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher) Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.) Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.Emergency Programming Displays ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches.Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE • Experience facilitating training modules and focus group discussions using adult education/participatory methods. • Experience developing, managing, and implementing multi-party projects with defined objectives, deliverables, monitoring and evaluation of results. • Experience working in cross functional and cross organizational reporting structures. • Ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm, and diplomacy both individually and as part of a team effort. • A motivated and proactive individual who can work with minimal supervision, adhering to deadlines and used to meeting targets. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS15th July 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