SENIOR PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE – ACT 3

United Nations World Food Programme

Looking to hire:

Senior Programme Associate – Act 3

1. Provide specialized expertise and contribute towards the development of project activities, plans and processes within Activity 3, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
2. Provide efficient coordination and specialized project management support to a range of specific and/or defined initiatives to ensure that Activity 3 is performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
3. Within the specific area of responsibility, prepare a variety of elaborated reports and substantial data analysis (e.g. food assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status, performance) and make recommendations to supervisors, ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
4. In coordination with M&E team, ensure accurate timely recording of data with gender consideration, within the specific technical area of work and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
5. Coordinate and liaise with internal (WFP functional units, WFP Regional bureau and Head Quarter) and external counterparts, (the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology, UN Agencies, and others), on a range of complex matters to enable effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of Activity 3.
6. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government in issues related to small holder farmers production and sustainable food systems, integrating a gender perspective.
7. Advise management on issues of sustainable food systems and other related topics
8. Participate in inter-agency meetings, with the government and NGOs on related topics
9. Act as an escalation point for complex query resolution on all matters within the area of responsibility.
10. Manage a team of support staff, providing advice, guidance and training, to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered to agreed standards and deadlines.
11. Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
12. Other as required.

The main duties, qualifications, and professional experience required are described in Job Requisition # 122790 found at the following link:

https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=122790&company=C0000168410P&username=

Only those applications received at the address above and that fully meet the required qualifications will be reviewed. / Application Deadline: June 30th, 2020