Monitoring Assistant-SSA4-Muzaffarabad & Bhimber
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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. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.
ABOUT JOB
Job Title: Monitoring Assistant
Grade: SSA-4
Type of contract: Special Service Agreement
Duration: Till 31st March 2023
Duty Station: Muzaffarabad & Bhimber, District AJK
Vacancy Number: 171602
Date of Publication: 29th August, 2022
Deadline of Application: 11th September, 2022
This vacancy announcement is for Pakistani Nationals only.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, pension, leave plus a medical insurance.
*Remote work if applicable or/FWA until return to office or travel is possible due to covid-19 restrictions.
JOB PURPOSE
At this level work is carried out under minimum supervision. The job holders are expected to produce organized and accurate technical work and reports.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
1. Regular field visits in the villages where WFP is implementing the FFA/livelihoods activities, in close collaboration with the cooperating partner.
2. Validation of selected beneficiaries, verification of communal schemes at field level
3. Activity Implementation Monitoring: To ensure planned activities have been executed as per the agreed implementation plan.
4. Distribution Monitoring: To ensure that assisted population is receiving its full entitlements in a transparent and dignified manner.
5. Post-Distribution Monitoring: Data collection from household level from the assisted population as per the WFP standard checklists to assess how WFP provided assistance is utilized and how WFP support is helping communities to cover their food security needs, and helping to mitigate the disasters at local levels.
6. Perform purposive monitoring visits to follow-up on critical issues surfaced through internal and external sources.
7. Ensure inquiry into CFM complaints through field visits or follow-up with the cooperating partner as per task assigned by supervisor.
8. Collate assistance programme(s) data in accordance with clear direction, in order to support programme reviews and informative decision-making.
9. Liaise with cooperating partners, district authorities and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support programme reviews and improve services.
10. Ensure activity progress is as per technical advice from CO and PO and keep track of beneficiary attendance and dropouts if any
11. To support social mobilisation and keep beneficiaries engaged and support and participate in various sensitisation activities
12. Follow up on action points related to partner performance assessment
13. Provide guidance to cooperating partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to complete self-monitoring tasks and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas
14. Represent WFP at district level coordination foram and accordingly keep WFP provincial office updated
15. Regularly uploading monitoring checklists to the WFP online M&E system.
16. Any other duties assigned by the supervisor to complement the above.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Completion of higher secondary school education.Completion of higher secondary school education. Completion of bachelor's degree is desirable.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
Four years of experience in the relevant field is desirable
Knowledge & Skills: Proficiency in the usage of ICT applications and software on mobile devices and computers.
Data collection & analysing skills.
Data base management. Development of data & monitoring tools.
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.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
This Job is for WFP assisted district AJK. The monitoring Assistant will report directly to Programme Associate M&E at PO level under the overall guidance of Head of Provincial office AJK.
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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.
