Programme Associate – School Feeding -SC-6 Embedded in DepEd (Manila)

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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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area or as an added advantage a Graduate of Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the field of International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Food Science, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Education, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance.
Language: Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Filipino, other languages commonly spoken in Philippines would be additional asset.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

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The Government of the Philippines has an established School-based Feeding Programme (SBFP) and has signed on to the School Meals Coalition, being the first country in Asia-Pacific to do so. The SBFP aims to address undernutrition among Filipino children, where they are provided with nutritious meals for a period of not less than 120 days. The programme is implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) and Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) in the Philippines and aims to provide hot, nutritious meals to school children in public elementary and secondary schools across the country.

In recent years, there have been efforts and interest by the Government to expand and improve school feeding programmes in the Philippines, including introduction of the home-grown school feeding model (HGSF). To support the Government’s vision and commitment to the School Meals Coalition in adopting the HGSF programme in the country, WFP is providing technical assistance through evidence generation and advocacy to amend policies, enhance programme design, and build capacity of partners. WFP jointly with the Government is planning to launch a five-year project aimed at further enhancing and elaborating a HGSF implementation model, generating evidence and establishing groundwork on how to create sustainable and scalable programmes.

JOB PURPOSE

TTo support the Government of Philippine’s vision, mission on the School-based Feeding Programme, WFP is seeking to hire a committed, innovative, and dynamic individuals to join its Philippine Country Office. The incumbent will be embedded in the Department of Education with the aim of supporting WFP and the DepEd in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of school feeding programme by providing technical and administrative support to the programme.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

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• Providing technical and administrative support to WFP and DepEd in the implementation of the Home-Grown School Feeding programme and capacity strengthening activities.
• Liaise actively with WFP and DepEd to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
• Support the WFP School Feeding team in maintaining and strengthening relations with Government counterparts.
• Support coordination and communication with local partners, agencies, NGOs/CSOs/POs and non-education sector government institutions.
• Support multi-sectorial collaboration between WFP, DepEd and other Government entities, including supporting secretariat functions for the technical working group on SBFP.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (Continued)

• Act as a point of contact within DepEd for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems within the WFP-supported school feeding activities.
• Support WFP and DepEd in evidence-generation (including monitoring), as well as accurate, timely recording of data related to implementation of HGSF and capacity strengthening.
• Support WFP and DepEd in planning and organizing advocacy activities.
• Prepare a range of reports and data analysis and highlight trends/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
• Provide support to WFP and DepEd in the design of funding proposals and specific donor reporting as required.
• Perform other related responsibilities as required.

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

• Strong knowledge of programme cycle and project management skills
• Technical knowledge and expertise in nutrition-sensitive programming, food safety, and dietary diversity, with a focus on school meals.
• Ability to work in unpredictable and sensitive situations and familiarity with the UNDSS system an asset.
• Strong partnership, negotiation and advocacy skills.
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong analytical and report writing skills.
• Familiarity with WFP's school meals programming approaches and best practices is highly desirable.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Some 3 years of experience in project management, coordination and strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation systems for social protection or other related programmes, desired.
• Experience in implementing technical programmes/projects.
• Experience in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of school meals or related nutrition and education programmes.
• Experience of work with Government organizations is preferred.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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.

Request for Disability related Reasonable Accommodations:

It is important to WFP to create an accessible and inclusive workplace for everyone. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection and hiring process, please direct your request and inquiries to the Diversity and Inclusion team on: [email protected], cc’ing [email protected]. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to confidentially discuss your needs.

This email is only to be used for any disability related accessibility requirements, and not for sending the application itself. Due to volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered as a formal application and will not receive a reply from WFP.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Vacancy Announcement closes on 21 June 2023 at 11:59 PM, Manila Time.

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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.

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