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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 113253

POSITION TITLE: PROGRAMME POLICY CONSULTANT (VAM & FSCL)

POSITION GRADE: CST I

CONTRACT TYPE: CONSULTANT

CONTRACT DURATION: 6 MONTHS RENEWABLE

DUTY STATION: JUBA

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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, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in Economics, Food Security, Statistics, Data Science, Public Health/Nutrition, Geography or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The food security and livelihood (FSL) cluster is co-led by both WFP and FAO and plays a key role in the coordination of FSLC partner activities, sharing information, needs assessment, strategy development, capacity building, ensuring technical standards, advocacy and promoting greater accountability to affected person (elements of the cluster core functions). This position plays a crucial role in supporting good quality food security & livelihood assessments requiring capacity building, quantitative and qualitative survey methods, working closely with the WFP VAM unit and the FAO AFIS unit on supporting IPC and the Food Security & Nutrition Monitoring System (FSNMS) and feeding into the cluster advocacy (based on field level findings) and information management and dissemination.

WFP’s Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) unit in South Sudan is recognized as a key source of food security and related information in the country. It is thus engaged in numerous activities including food security and nutrition monitoring system IFSNMS), market assessments, rapid assessments, baseline studies, integrated food security phase classification, and various interagency assessments.

JOB PURPOSE

The Food Security Assessment Officer’s role aims to: support the FSL cluster (WFP, FAO and NGO partners) and WFP/ VAM Unit to provide good quality food security information that can assist in supporting a more effective humanitarian response.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Support and lead quality needs assessments that are IPC compatible and that inform more appropriate responses
• Supporting the bi annual Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analyses
• Supporting the bi annual Food Security & Nutrition Monitoring System (FSNMS)
• Supporting the fortnightly Needs Analysis Working Group
• Providing data analysis support to FSLC partners
• Training & capacity building: formal sessions, in-field coaching, mentoring of teams going to the field etc.
• Support and engagement with state and county level sub clusters
• Advocacy through detailed and informative report writing & presentations

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

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.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Food Security Analysis Demonstrates ability to conduct structured food security analysis-Identify underlying macro and micro factors impacting food security of communities and countries. Provides findings and recommendations for the programmatic response.

Food Security Monitoring Manages the implementation of food security monitoring systems. Investigates any observed anomalies in the datasets and informs program management for operational response.

Technical Specialized Knowledge (e.g., Economics, Statistics, Public Health, Remote Sensing, GIS, etc.) Provides managerial and technical guidance for designing and conducting analyses, including computation, interpretation, and presentation of results for food security surveys and key indicators (comprehensive food security and vulnerability surveys, food security monitoring, implementing mobile surveys, market analysis, food consumption scores, coping strategies indices. data disaggregation, etc.)

Food Security Assessment Leads all aspects of surveys including design, implementation, analysis, findings and reporting. Ensures that assessment findings are easily translated into operational programmatic response.

Strategic Operational Understanding Demonstrates strong understanding of country operations to participate in response analysis exercises to improve the cohesion between analytical findings and programmatic response. Constructs evidence base underlying technical and policy advice given to stakeholders.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Experience working in international humanitarian and/ or development field
• Experience in designing and conducting quantitative and qualitative food security & livelihood assessments in developing countries
• 5 years or more of relevant and progressive experience in food security analysis including IPC

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Experience conducting field work in emergency contexts especially in South Sudan;
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of several statistical tools and methods for food security analysis.
• Developed practical expertise in food security analysis and mapping by participating in multiple assessments in countries, including the design, data collection and analysis.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and understanding of WFP vulnerability mapping systems and emergency assessment standards.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WFP IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYER. QUALIFIED FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. WFP DOES NOT CHARGE ANY FEE AT ANY STAGE OF RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

29TH JANUARY 2020

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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.