UN World Food Programme – Somalia
JOB ADVERTISEMENT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NO. VA-049/2010
______________________________Post Title: Senior Program Assistant (Monitoring &Evaluation) Post Grade: SC 6
Duty Station: Nairobi
Contract type: Service Contract Closing date: 31.08.2010
Organizational background
The World Food Programme Somalia activities include food assistance relief, emergency school feeding, humanitarian air and logistics services, food coordination and emergency rehabilitation projects.
This position is open to both male and female candidates. Qualified candidates and Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of the Programme Officer, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:
- Collect all monthly monitoring checklist and reports/ monthly AOR reports from areas of responsibilities (AORs),follow up on incomplete and inconsistent data, request clarifications and corrections if necessary
- Analyse monitoring findings and obtain reasons from AORs for each issue found and corrective measures applied for each issue
- Report this information on a monthly basis in the monthly M&E report, and present monthly in front of WFP staff
- Bring unresolved issues to the attention of supervisor and follow up on corrective measures applied to all issues tracked over time
- Assist in managing the beneficiary feedback desk. This includes the reception of emails and phone calls, entry of issues in the beneficiary feedback issues database, tracking of follow up missions and corrective measures undertaken related to each issue. This is a responsibility for which staff member will be acting as an alternate to the National Programme Officer, usually from the 1st until the 10th of each month
- Undertake missions to sub-office and final delivery points when necessary in order to address monitoring checklist/ data entry issues and follow up on issues identified and corrective measures applied
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimal Qualifications:
| Education: | Secondary school education, preferably supplemented by courses in a field related to WFP programmatic activities. A degree in Social Sciences, accounting, transport, insurance, statistics, operations, agriculture, international affairs, business administration, international development or fields related to food assistance and food security or other related field will be an added advantage. |
| Experience: | At least 5 years of progressive responsible experience of which at least 1 year was closely related to the programme functions. At least 1 year at the G5 level or equivalent. Professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, reporting and/or performance measurement; familiarity with WFP monitoring data and process is an asset. |
| Language: | Fluency in both written and spoken English and Somali language is an added asset. |
| Knowledge: | Training and/or experience utilizing computers including word processing, spreadsheet and other software packages. |
| Competencies: | Strategic thinking and analytical skills; good written, presentation and oral communication skills; initiative and problem solving approach; inter-personal competencies, resourcefulness, maturity of judgment and tact; multi-cultural sensitivity; team membership skills; ability to develop and maintain effective work relationships with partners and bodies within and outside the organization; ability to monitor own/unit work plans; and willingness to travel to Sub Offices on missions. |
You are encouraged to apply online by completing the Personal History Form P11 available on the following link http://www.unon.org/docs/P11.
- E-mail: Somalia.Hr@wfp.org
- For applicants inside Somalia only, a sealed envelope addressed to The Human Resources Officer, to be dropped at the reception of the nearest WFP office in Somalia.
- Hand –delivered applications are no longer accepted at the Nairobi office
NB: Applications received later that the deadline and those that are not clearly showing the VA No. indicated above will not be short-listed. Only short listed candidates will be contacted
