The 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.
These jobs are found in Country Offices (COs) and job holders report to a more senior Programme Policy Officer. Job holders are likely to be working under the close support and guidance of a more experienced professional staff member receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. They are typically involved in programme or policy activities or similar nature and analytical work of limited complexity.
Job Purpose:
Under the overall supervision of the Head of WFP Country Capacity Strengthening Unit and reporting to the WFP School Meals Programme Policy Officer, the incumbent will work closely with other team members of the Country Capacity Strengthening Unit (CCS) to support implementation of the national school meals programme. The incumbent will support capacity building activities aimed at strengthening both national and county institutions.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Support planning and delivery of capacity strengthening to national and county government institutions for school meals to primary and pre-primary school children in line with identified capacity needs and agreed strategies; and participate in and support capacity needs assessments.
- Coordinate with and support WFP Field Offices in capacity strengthening and monitoring of primary and pre-primary school meals activities.
- Build and maintain partnerships and represent WFP in relevant coordination forums, including UNDAF.
- Co-ordinate the implementation of the quarterly monitoring for the school meals activities, in close collaboration with MOE and WFP Field Offices.
- Participate in and coordinate outcome, output and process monitoring for capacity strengthening activities related to school meals, including consolidation of data, monitoring visits, baseline surveys, mid-term and final evaluations, as needed.
- Draft various reports/briefs including Annual Country Report (ACR), donor reports, monitoring reports, monthly reports and any other reports as well as funding proposals as may be required.
- Review field office reports and field visit monitoring reports and follow up on identified problem areas, including in collaboration with the MOE, Field Offices and WFP Complaints and Feedback Mechanism, and propose remedies or improvements.
- Support and coordinate donor missions in collaboration with Communications and Field Offices.
- Perform any other related duties, as required.
Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have a University Degree in Agriculture, Social Sciences, Rural Development, Economics, Anthropology, Nutrition or related field.
Experience and Skills:
A minimum of Two Years’ of professional experience in the field of education/education sector programs in humanitarian and/or development context is required. Additional experience in education sector policy and general programming as well as working with the government institutions will be considered an asset. Skills that the ideal candidate will have include: ability to plan and organise work to meet deadlines; resourcefulness, initiative, maturity of judgement, tact, negotiating skills; ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing; experience and ability to establish and maintain effective and constructive working relations with government officials, community leaders and partners. Willingness to travel within Kenya and work under difficult conditions..
National Professional: English language
- Experience in implementation of food assistance and school meals programmes both at national and county levels; participation in policy discussions and formulation; good data management and report writing skills.
Purpose
- 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.
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