Programme Policy Officer (Food Security & Nutrition assessment) – World Food Programme (WFP Uganda)

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ABOUT WFP

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) 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. In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

Brief description of WFP in Uganda

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest and longest-serving humanitarian agency in Uganda. Currently, WFP’s work in Uganda focuses on Saving lives in Emergencies; Building Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving Nutrition & Mother-and Child Health and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to Access Markets. WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.

ARE YOU UP TO THE CHALLENGE?

We are seeking a National Consultant for the position of Programme Policy Officer (Food Security & Nutrition assessment) SSA8 to be based in Kampala. The selected candidate will be employed on a short-term contract of 6 months contract.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP is part of the Food Security and Nutrition Assessment Technical Working group (FSNA TWG). The membership of the TWG includes MOH, UBOS, OPM, MAAIF, WFP, UNICEF, UNCHR, district local governments and NGOs. The TWG conducts annual Food Security and Nutrition Assessments (FSNAs) in Karamoja and refugee-hosting areas. The objective of the FSNAs is to assess the extent and severity of malnutrition in different age groups and food security of households as well as monitor selected food security, nutrition, health, water, and sanitation indicators to assess programme performance to generate information for improved programme and policy interventions.

JOB PURPOSE

Under the supervision of the VAM officer, the Programme Policy Officer (Food Security & Nutrition assessment) will provide technical support to the planned Food Security and Nutritional assessment (FSNA) in refugee settlements and host communities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Conduct study design including sampling and development of study tools in line with the research questions of the assessment.
2. Concuct field data collection of both quantitative and qualitative data.
3. Conduct  analysis of data collected in line with SMART data analysis protocols and quality assurance criteria.
4. Report writing of analysis findings and indicators as per the FSNA report template.
5. Creation of Power BI dashboard for FSNA data, annual time series and other analysis
6. Support the TWG in the dissemination of assessment findings and recommendations and develop tailored communication messages and briefs.
7. Document lessons learned and best practices.
8. Provide support to any other assigned actions and activities

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: At least an advanced (masters) university degree in either agriculture, economics, food security, statistics, data science, nutrition, geography, geospatial mapping, rural development, or other related fields.

National Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

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

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• At least 5 years of experience in Food security and nutrition analyses
• Highly knowledgeable in food security, nutrition, and health practices, theories, and emerging concepts.
• Proven experience working in multistakeholder platforms and capacity building of government and development counterparts, mentoring and training.
• Sound understanding and knowledge of nutrition analysis especially SMART nutrition surveys, SPHERE standards among others
• Excellent data analysis capacity and previous experience writing reports of large population-based surveys
• Excellent understanding of the Government and WFP institutional frameworks
• Good knowledge of software Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), SPSS, STATA, Excel, Power BI.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

19 January 2022.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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.

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