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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: Completion of a degree in statistics or a related field.

Experience: At least 4 years’ work experience in monitoring and evaluation of development/humanitarian projects
Language: Fluency in both English and Sesotho.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The job holder reports to a VAM/M&E Officer or the designate.
At this level, job holders are responsible for the completion of a range of specialized and/or standardized processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines and practices. Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff. They work under minimum supervision, perform basic analyses and compile reports to support information consistency and smooth implementation of programmes/projects.

JOB PURPOSE

To perform monitoring and evaluation -related processes and activities to support the effective delivery of project activities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Prepare detailed monthly calendar of M&E activities for CSP activities.

2. Provide support to the Field Offices to ensure that the database for the beneficiary lists for both activities are up to date; the lists are validated with the partners.

3. In liaison with Field Offices, prepare Output Monitoring Report against the project output indicators; provide analysis of achievement against each output indicator on monthly basis and share it with the Head of VAM/M&E Unit.

4. Ensure that the Project MRE Plan is followed both at the country office and field level; ensure that data collection tools are complaint with the exisiting M&E logframe and are programmed on odk/MODA; make timely preparations for baselines and post monitoring activities of the project.

5. Coordinate COMET activities and ensure that output data is entered timely in the system.

6. Provide training of the enumerators on monitoring data collection tools for outcome process monitoring.

7. Support activities that aim to strengthen the capacity of the government on monitoring and evaluation of CSP activities.

8. Follow up with FOs on complaints and feedback mechanism; follow up on issues that require further assessment and report on them.

9. Conduct process monitoring and ensure the achievements of Output Indicators.

10. Assist Communication and Reporting Officer to follow up with FOs on timely submission of stories worth telling and pictures for visibility.

11. Report on operational bottlenecks related to M&E and share progress reports at the weekly Programme meetings.

12. Prepare monthly reports and share the monitoring findings with Programme on monthly basis; ensure that recommendations are included in the Recommendation Matrix and are tracked regularly.

13. Regularly liaise with GIS team to update maps of WFP operations.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
• Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
• Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
• Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
• Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has facilitated communication with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

29 February 2024

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.