Programme Assistant (CBT) FT, G5, Cairo
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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.
In Egypt, WFP is committed to supporting the Government’s priorities towards the achievement of the SDGs. WFP’s current five-year Country Strategic Plan (CSP) is designed in a way to fully support Egypt’s vision 2030 and ensure food and nutrition security for all
Egyptians, as enshrined in both the Constitution and the country’s commitment to the Global Sustainable Development Agenda.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The CSP focuses on five interrelated thematic areas:
• Support and complement the Government’s social protection programs
• Support the refugees and migrants through food assistance and resilience building
• Improve the nutritional status of Egyptians with a focus on Pregnant and Lactating Women and
infants under two years of age;
• Support resilience of vulnerable smallholder farmers and Bedouin communities in Upper Egypt and
frontier Governorates; and
• Provide capacity strengthening to the Government and support South-South cooperation between
Egypt and neighbouring countries.
WFP Egypt strives to meet the needs of the beneficiaries it serves with the most effective support, be it in-kind food, cash, vouchers, or a combination of all three.
JOB PURPOSE
To perform specialized and/or standardized policy and programme-related processes and activities to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.
Key Accountabilities:
the Data analyst/ architect will work within the Programme Team in WFP Egypt Country Office in support of its Cash-Based Transfers operations by implementing the following:
• Beneficiary data management for all beneficiaries:
• Support the definition and roll out Cash Base Transfer data management for the Egypt
Country Office CBT unit based on:
• Mapping of data flows and existing systems within WFP CO on beneficiary information
(identities, enrollment, payment, reconciliation and monitoring) and with external databases.
• Identify key information for reporting and analysis.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Establish/ advise/maintain secure data repositories and secure data sharing platforms that provide the means to upload and access beneficiary information from various sources and receive reports from partners and FSPs for reconciliation and reporting, including defining
access and user roles.
• Manage a data management process including secure and accurate data flows that can take into account multiple programmes, modalities, distribution cycles, sources of information, and external partners.
• Generate reports including Monthly Payment List Memo, Reload Memo (where relevant), Reconciliation Memo (for all modalities) and any other reports based on programme need.
• Deduplication: based on existing data and processes, assess deduplication needs (for both internal and external/government lists)
• Support with the development of a process/ SOPs for data integration with key external databases.
• Support with technical inputs to the country office digitization strategy, which includes supporting efforts to ensure interoperation ability between WFP MIS (SCOPE), and government owned platforms
• Support in other data analyst tasks for the vulnerability based targeting data collection, data management and data verification exercises
• Support the roll-out of data management initiatives aiming to improve, streamline, and harmonize the flow of EG CO operational information across BI/Tableu dashboards including mapping of data sources and users’ needs
• Troubleshoot integration issues between SAP HANA and DOTS, API Gateway, Tableau and SCOPE systems.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: University degree in Information Management, information systems, Computer science or a related field
Experience: Five (5) years of progressive relevant experience in case of holding a secondary school or diploma certificate, (4) years in case of holding a bachelor’s degree or higher
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic languages
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
- Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
- Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
- Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
- Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.
People
- Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
- Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
- Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
- Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.
Performance
- Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
- Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
- Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
- Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.
Partnership
- Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
- Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
- Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
- Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
| Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
| Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance | Can facilitate implementation of food assistance programmes under guidance using basic understanding of principles and good practices of programme design, implementation and monitoring. |
| Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers) | Demonstrates ability to facilitate, under guidance, food assistance programme implementation that deploys full range of transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding modality selection and implementation. |
| Knowledge of Specialized Areas | Understands basic technical concepts and data andtheir relevance to food assistance programmes. |
| Emergency Programming | Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes. |
| Strategic Policy Engagement w/Govt | Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level. |
OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Good understanding of Data Science.
- Good understanding of operational programme data needs in complex environments.
- Good understanding of Cash Based transfer programming and reporting
- Demonstrated interest and/or experience in humanitarian and development work
- Specific experience in the design, set-up, and implementation of data systems.
- Proven capacity to support data and digital strategies in complex operational environments.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
• Has facilitated communication with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, CBT, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Fixed-term Appointment: an appointment for a continuous period of one year and shall have a specified expiration date and be subject to a probationary period of one year, which may be extended to 18 months.
Annual Net Pay Salary: as per the established salary scale with then the country
Staff Assessment A staff assessment, comparable to national income tax, shall be applied to the gross salaries and such other payments as are computed on the basis of salary, The assessment shall be calculated at rates set forth in the FAO Administrative Manual.
Dependency allowances: applicable to children up to 18 years of age, or up to 21 years in full-time school attendance
United Nations Joint pension fund a deduction of 7.9% from the pensionable remuneration will be made from the net salary, the WFP will contribute of 15.8%
Medical Insurance: mandatory for the staff member and can be extended to dependents in a cost-sharing
Annual leave: 2.5 days a month and Sick leave: 2 days per month
Official Holiday: 10 days as officially established for each duty station
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
28 February 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.
