School Feeding & Innovation Programme Associate SC6
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STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience: minimum of Three Years – post graduation – experience with introduction and scale up of innovations, preferably related to digitization of programme monitoring/management.
Education: Completion of University Degree: ICT Engineering Degree.
Language: Fluency in Arabic, French and English
Tunisian national or holder of a working permit in Tunisia
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
Tunisia is among the first countries in the MENA to establish a national school feeding programme. Just after the country's independence and following the first reform of the education system in 1958, the school feeding (SF) programme was implemented. The Government’s aim was to ensure that all children, particularly the most vulnerable living in rural areas, received primary education and enhanced their nutrition.
In 2020, the program reached 260,000 school children across 2500 primary schools (25% of children in 50% of primary schools). The programme, fully funded by the government, is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and is implemented in a highly decentralized manner, where all food procurement and management are done at the school level. The budget of the national school feeding programme doubled in 2019, reaching US$16 million per year. The Tunisian Government also invested US$ 1.7 million in the construction and equipment of a pilot central kitchen and the development of a School Food Bank and started the roll out of this innovative modality.
JOB PURPOSE
To provide effective specialized support and technical assistance to the programme activities that effectively meet Tunisia CSP.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
This role includes and is not limited to the following:
1. Design technological solutions and support the implementation of innovative activities facilitating learning and behavior change.
2. Contribute towards the development of a limited number of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance (the Tunisian NSMP).
3. Manage the overall design, modelling, transition plan from previous versions to new and delivery process of LME, working with data and qualitative insights to define the service offer and strategic proposition.
4. Follow the implementation carried out by the partners for the digitization of the national school feeding supply chain ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmers that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
5. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for the roll out of the digital platform, e.g. through project management support of learning initiatives (Digital platform for the local procurement and linked to the school garden production).
6. Create and review budget and project documentation and ensure relevant resource data is recorded in internal systems for reference, in line with WFP standards and procedures for all FLA for Cooperating partners
7. Monitor implementation by partners for the rehabilitation and creation of school gardens.
8. Support the translation and the roll out of the school garden manual at National and regional levels
9. Collect and analyze data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reports, to enable informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to senior management and external stakeholders.
10. Develop digital innovative approach in the implementation of the school feeding activities. Ensure documentation of progress, achievements and lessons learned is in place across the Digital Innovation workstream.
12. Follow the implementation carried out by the partners for the rehabilitation of selected canteens ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmers that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
13. Strategically coordinate and manage collaboration with TEC, Programme Unit, Regional Bureau, the Innovation Accelerator), as well as with other divisions and departments across WFP, to ensure synergies between Digital Innovation initiatives and strategies.
14. Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
Other duties may apply
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
- Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
- Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
- Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
- Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.
People
- Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
- Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
- Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
- Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.
Performance
- Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
- Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
- Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
- Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.
Partnership
- Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
- Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
- Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
- Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.
OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Clear communication skills and the ability to discuss complex topics with a variety of audiences.
- • Strong interpersonal skills for consensus building and collaborative result accomplishment required.
- • Experience working in WFP or another UN agency.
- • Ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders on deadlines required.
- • Ability to work independently and take initiative required.
- • Good planning skills and ability to work well in a team setting required Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) required.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
- Experience with introduction and scale up of innovations, preferably related to digitization of programme monitoring/management.
- Experience in developing project plans and managing tight timelines.
- Experience working on information technology projects including digital product development preferably in an agile environment.
- Experience in digitalization.
- Expertise in Information communication technology (ICT) and innovation/Labs strongly desired.
- Ability to lead and manage projects.
- Strong track record of delivering results in a complex environment.
- Demonstrated capacity for innovative problem-solving and flexibility to undertake new tasks required.
COMPENSATION DATA
Job Title: School Feeding & Innovation Programme Associate ( 1 opening)
Type & Level of Contract: Service Contract- Level 6
Duration: One year (renewable upon availability of funds & Programme needs)
Unit/Division: Programme
Duty Station(City, Country): Tunis, Tunisia
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Interested candidates are invited to submit their application no later than 30th April 2023.
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