Monitoring Assistant (Vulnerability Needs Review) SC4 – South Area Office VA012-2023
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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, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
All applications should be received no later than 30 March 2023
CONTRACT TYPE
Contract Type: Service Contract – SC4
Duration: 12 months
Duty Station: Damascus – South Area Office
Number of required employees: 1
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 lifetime. 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 2020, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger globally, including its work during the coronavirus pandemic.
In Syria, WFP provides food assistance to more than 4.6 million people each month. This includes families who require emergency assistance when affected by conflict and displacement and also those who need help to improve their nutrition and food security. WFP supports children across Syria with healthy meals and snacks at school, mothers with nutritious diets, and families and communities with sustainable livelihood projects.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The Field Monitoring Assistant for the Vulnerability Needs Review (FMA – VNR) will work in the South Area Office and in collaboration with other units in WFP.
Supervision received:
This post is based in Damascus and falls under the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer in WFP Syria South Area Office in Damascus.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Within delegated authority, the FMA – VNR will be responsible for the following duties: (These duties are not all-inclusive nor exhaustive)
• Prepare and facilitate trainings to cooperating partner (CP) staff on the VNR (Vulnerability Needs Review);
• Coordinate with CPs on all other tasks associated with the VNR exercise;
• Support CPs in coordinating and planning data collection for the second phase of the VNR;
• Monitor VNR data collection by CPs and follw up on any arising issues to ensure data collection is completed within the planned timeline;
• Verify data reliability and support cooperating partners in data collection;
• Do spot checks on CP staff during data collection in the field;
• Liaise with Country Office VAM Unit on all VNR tasks to ensure completion of VNR withing the planned timeline;
• Support with the roll-out of the VNR;
• Any other tasks as required.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Completion of secondary school education.
Experience: At least four years of progressively responsible field experience in humanitarian assistance including at least one year experience in Vulnerability Needs Review (VNR) implementation and field of statistics
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in Arabic and English.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please upload your professional CV in English in PDF format making sure to include the following in terms of “Experience”:
- Company/Organization name and scope of work of the organization
- Exact Position Title
- Contract type: part-time, full-time, volunteer, consultant, or freelancer
- Start and End date of Employment for each position: From (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy)
- Responsibilities: To mention the main responsibilities that highlight your gained skills and experience
- A proof of your experience will be required in the final stage of recruitment.
Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to the next stage of the selection process.
Candidates must get an auto confirmation email once application is submitted.
HOW TO APPLY
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Qualified female applicants 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.
