Programme Associate (Cash-Based Transfers) SC6 | Dnipro, Ukraine

Career Opportunities: Programme Associate (Cash-Based Transfers) SC6 | Dnipro, Ukraine.

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🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°: 827621

📢 Job Title: Programme Associate (Cash-Based Transfers) SC6

📌Type of Contract: Service Contract

➡️ Unit / Division: Programme Unit / WFP Ukraine

📍   Duty Station: Dnipro, Ukraine

➡️ Duration: 12 months (renewable)

⏰ Closing date: 22 June, midnight (Central European Time)

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do, and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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What will you do in this position?

You will be responsible for the day-to-day operational support of WFP’s operations under the Dnipro Field Office, with a particular focus on interventions utilizing cash-based transfer modality.

Why work with us? 

The war in Ukraine has had drastic consequences, both for people inside the country and for those around the world dependent on its huge grain supplies. It has caused one of the fastest forced population movements since the Second World War. Close to 8 million Ukrainians are living as refugees across Europe, and another 5.3 million are internally displaced. Many are destitute, having lost their homes and livelihoods. As food production and supply lines are disrupted by fighting, many families in the east and south do not have reliable access to nutritious food.

WFP uses a flexible mix of food and cash assistance to support vulnerable Ukrainians wherever they are. This includes working with local partners to distribute food rations in areas near the frontline and providing cash transfers wherever people have access to banks and markets to buy food. WFP reaches between 2 to 3 million Ukrainians every month with this critical assistance.

➡️ WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

➡️ WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse and multicultural working environment.

➡️ WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of trainings, accreditation, coaching, mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

➡️ A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

➡️ WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, leave plus a medical insurance.

How can you make a difference?

• Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of WFP programme operations under Dnipro Field Office Area of Responsibility with a particular focus on cash-based transfers, supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
• Provide specialized project management support to all WFP interventions (including both CBT and in-kind modality) to ensure that the programme activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
• Within the Dnipro Field Office programme operations (with focus on Cash-Based Transfers), prepare a range of reports and data analysis (e.g., assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status, performance) and highlight trends/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
• Participate in market assessments and needs assessments for cash-based transfers, in coordination with WFP Research Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) staff.
• Participate in regular field monitoring mission, as required, with a particular focus on interventions using cash-based transfers.
• Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work (e.g., Cash-Based Transfers assistance programmes, needs as well as market and vulnerability assessments) and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Liaise with internal WFP counterparts in the Dnipro Field Office and the technical teams at the WFP Country Office to support effective collaboration, implementation, and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
• Coordinate and communicate with local partners including UN agencies, NGO Cooperating Partners, and local social policy officers and other government institutions to perform accurate needs analysis, develop targeting criteria, and data collection mechanisms for the efficient delivery of Cash-Based Transfers modality.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, NGO cooperating partners and local social policy officers on the implementation of interventions using cash-based transfer modality.
• Act as the CBT focal point and point of contact for the WFP field office and country office, Cooperating Partners, and local social policy officers, to support the resolution of a range of operational and CBT-related queries and problems.
• Support the work of the Dnipro Programme Operations staff, providing practical advice and guidance, to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines, with a particular focus on cash-based transfers.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed cash-based transfer assistance to affected areas at the onset of sudden displacements and affected populations

To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have:

Experience: Six (06) years of relevant experience. Experience in project and operations management. Part of the experience can be compensated by an education degree.

Knowledge & Skills: Excellent communication skills, a clear and friendly attitude, the ability to follow instructions. Demonstrated attention to detail, solid data management and analysis skills, reporting skills, solid IT skills (including working on multiple platforms simultaneously), problem-solving skills, ability to work under pressure and multi-task in a professional manner while meeting targets in a high-pressure environment. Excellent time management and language skills, as well as information management skills.

Languages: Oral and written working knowledge of English and Ukrainian languages.

Standards of behaviour: The WFP Leadership Framework describes the common standards of behaviour that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

Different expectations of behaviour are defined depending on your grade and role/responsibilities within WFP. Candidates’ alignment with these behaviours is assessed in our selection process.

Before you apply…

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. 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.

We aim to achieve parity in our teams in Ukraine. Qualified women applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

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.

How do you apply…

To be considered, you are invited to apply via WFP’s recruitment portal. CV and cover letter must be submitted in English language.

Only those who are short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next steps of our recruitment process.

We also encourage you to create your candidate profile and set up WFP job alerts to learn more about all the opportunities available to join us and make a difference in the lives of the people we serve.

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