International Consultant, Programme Officer (Resilience) CSTII |N’Djamena| Chad
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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
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.
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.
WFP CHAD CONTEXT
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization with a dual mandate to save lives and change lives. In Chad, WFP works with the Government of Chad through various interventions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2-Zero hunger.
One of WFP interventions in Chad is the integrated resilience building programme consisting of Nutrition Sensitive, School meals, Food for Asset creation and livelihood, and Small Agricultural market support at household, community, and institutional levels.
In 2022 WFP will receive funding to implement a multi-year project on Building Resilience and Social Cohesion in the Eastern part of Chad. Hence, WFP is looking to recruit a resilience coordinator to oversee the implementation of this project and other WFP resilience initiatives.
This role will be based in the Chad Country Office in N’Djamena and the consultant will report to the Head of Resilience. The consultant will operate in large and complex programme environments. Such environments can be characterized by challenging political, operational or security situations, access restrictions, large and varied programme portfolios requiring a range of approaches, or cutting edge, globally reaching, high profile and strategically important policies and programmes requiring advanced technical, leadership, coordination, and management skills.
The consultant will be expected to operate with high independence in his/her specialties to manage the integrated resilience projects in the locations identified through the project.
JOB PURPOSE
To lead the development and implementation of resilience, food assistance and livelihoods programmes that effectively meet food assistance needs in the targeted locations. To provide technical advice and oversight on the development and implementation of strategies related to resilience, food for assets and livelihoods as well as develop and provide programmatic and technical guidance on these three areas of work and integration aspects. To forge strategic and operational partnerships with Government UN and non-UN actors and guide scaling up operations and support to Sub offices, including reporting on major achievements and advocacy.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
- Oversee and coordinate the implementation of the funded integrated resilience programmes in the selected locations and foster synergies between activities supporting people, communities, systems, to become more resilient to shocks.
- Provide technical support, as relevant, to programmes focusing on individual, household, and community livelihood assets creation through watershed/landscape-based approaches by adopting and promoting nature-based solutions, soil and water conservation, water infrastructure, individual skills development, climate adaptation, and foster programme synergies in line with both organizational strategy and the practical realities of operating in the field.
- Engage with government stakeholders and partners to provide support and technical expertise for the planning, formulation, and implementation of integrated resilience programmes, and to strengthen government and community ownership and programmes at project sites.
- Produce project reports for internal and external consumption; manage the reporting calendar and coordinate inputs from other units to ensure quality and timeliness of reports.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES CONTINUED
- Support technical field-based missions and Steering Committee meetings—organize missions and meetings, prepare the agenda, provide background material, and draft minutes.
- Advise and support the development and implementation of functional training sessions to enhance the capacity of partners enable them to deliver the needed service smoothly
- Ensure that the assigned financial resources are put to best use for achievement of set objectives.
- Take responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives in all areas of this work to ensure meaningful participation of women and men and the empowerment of women and youth and other marginalized groups including disability.
- Closely work with the partnership unit at the CO to liaise, as required, with the relevant regional and capital level donor counterparts.
STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Advanced University degree, preferably in International Affairs, Development, Economics, Agriculture, Forestry, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or other fields, or First University Degree with additional years of relevant professional work experience and/or trainings/courses.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT
- At least five (05) years of postgraduate relevant professional level work experience in humanitarian food assistance, resilience, development, agriculture, livelihoods, natural resource management, agro ecology, and/or other relevant field, demonstrating high performance and leadership capacity or first degree eight (8) years with similar experience.
- Experience in overseeing, designing, setting up, implementing, monitoring, complex resilience, food assistance for assets, livelihood programming and/or other relevant programmes.
- Experience in building partnerships, in coordinating resilience, food assistance for assets and livelihoods programs with national and local government and various partners (UN, NGOs, local communities, etc.).
- Experience working with a diverse team (national/international).
- Experience in developing and organizing training of field staff (e.g., Government, NGOs, etc.), and monitoring of good practices and support to advocacy to government and/or donors.
- Working experience and knowledge of the Sahel and the central African region is an asset.
- Knowledge of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and its processes.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
- Fluency (level C) in the French language.
- Fluency (level C) in the English language.
- Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic) is an asset.
- Knowledge of the Korean language is an asset.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
- Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
- Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
- Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
- Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.
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People
- Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
- Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
- Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
- Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios).
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Performance
- Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
- Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
- Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
- Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.
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Partnership
- Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning.
- Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships.
- Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations.
- Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will determined by the contract type and selected candidate's qualifications and experience. Please, visit the following websites for detailed informations on working with WFP
http://www.wfp.org Click on: "Our work" and "Countries" to learn more about WFP's operations
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
January 18th,2023
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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.
