Programme Assistant (Training & Sensitization) (SC5 – Aden)
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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.
General Information
- Title of Post: Programme Assistant (Training & Sensitization)
- Grade: SC5
- Supervisor: To be confirmed
- Unit: Registration and Beneficiary Registry
- Division/Country Office: Yemen CO
- Duty Station: Aden
- Duration of Contract: 12 months
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. We are the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace and stability for populations impacted by conflict, disasters and climate change.
WFP’s emergency response in Yemen is one of the agency’s largest anywhere in the world, and this year aims to provide lifesaving food assistance to more than 13 million people in need. WFP also aims to provide nutrition support to more than 4 million children and women, school feeding to more than 3 million schoolchildren, and livelihoods support to 2 million people.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
These jobs are found in Regional Bureaux (RBs), Country Offices (COs), Area/Field Offices (AOs/FOs). The job holders typically report to a Programme Policy Officer or the designate. At this level, job holders are responsible for the completion of a range of specialized and/or standardized processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines and practices. Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff. They work under minimum supervision, perform basic analyses and compile reports to support information consistency and smooth implementation of programmes/projects.
JOB PURPOSE
To perform specialized and/or standardized policy and programme-related processes and activities to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.
Background information
Identity management is a core component of the design and implementation of effective and efficient Programme activities, this includes the processes of beneficiary identification, registration, and beneficiary data update, up to ensuring the readiness of quality data for enrolment and prioritization when needed.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
The training and Sensitization assistant will technically and administratively report to the Training and Sensitization Associate in the Registration & Registry unit at the area office level. At this level, the incumbent is expected to demonstrate responsibility and initiative to support on delivering different trainings and provide input to sensitization campaign.
The incumbent will be responsible for the following:
- Implement and deliver high-quality Standard Operating Procedures and training manuals for the registration and data updates exercises in the southern governorates.
- Deliver the training sessions in beneficiaries registration aligned with registration strategies and propose new fashioned methodologies, as well as apply data quality assurance procedures during registration exercises.
- Translating complex and technical information into an intuitive and clear format that will be used in the field by different registration and targeting teams.
- Participate and engage with concerned units (communication unit) and specialized contracted vendor to ensure the multimedia contents is related to the importance of registration and data collection.
- Make sure the created Diagrams, Drawings and Charts are best understood and deployed in the workshops to explain the objective of registration & targeting business process
- Plan for regular field visits to deliver advanced & update training sessions to internal and external stakeholders to deliver latest project information.
- Assist in evaluation of the trainees/enumerator’s work, based on data quality reports received from the database team.
- Provide on ground technical advice and support to registration teams during the registration and data collection.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Results Expected:
- WFP staff at Country and Area Offices including external stakeholders involved in registration and targeting are adequately trained and given guidance on relevant business procedures.
- Deliver a high-quality training & sensitization session to the field Offices staff and cooperating partners teams.
- A full set of documentation (SOP, User Manual, frequent asked questions (FAQ), sensitization packages etc…) that defines the approach, methodologies and tools being used for registration and database updates
Critical Success Factors:
- Skilled at developing and delivering training programs.
- Understanding of the goals of the functional unit and how the corporate training program enables the area Office to achieve its strategic objectives. Understanding of the policies and procedures that govern the delivery of the corporate training program and other functional units’ services
- Good knowledge and practical experience in use of information technology tools for the reporting, graphics, and visualizations.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in Information Technology, Social Science, or another relevant field is desirable.
Language: Proficiency (read/ write/ speak) in English & Arabic
Experience: At least five years of postgraduate progressively relevant professional experience.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
- Extensive experience on building capacities and developing communication materials.
- Demonstrated high level of professionalism and an ability to work independently and in high pressure situations under tight deadlines.
- Excellent inter-personal communication skills including experience of facilitation of trainings/workshops and presentation.
- Proven and demonstrated broad knowledge of and ability to utilize principles, methods, techniques.
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. |
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- By submitting your application, you have read the Terms of Reference for this position and agree that any false, wrong or incomplete information might lead to your disqualification in this recruitment process
- WFP staff who are still under probation period are not eligible to apply for another FT position.
- The applicant should be a Yemeni national or having work/residency permit.
- Only candidates who are short-listed will be contacted.
- Applications must be submitted online with:
- Use English language only.
- Indicate all your job TOR.
- Indicate clear years of experience with each job (month/year)
- (NB: Successful candidates vetted as viable candidates through the application process will be retained on internal roster for a two-year period and may be given further consideration for future similar specific position advertised in the duty station.)
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
05.08.2023
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WFP never uses external recruitment agencies and recruitment is always is free of charge. WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. The selection of staff are made on a competitive basis and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance. Only applicants whose profiles meet the advertised job requirements will be considered and only within the announced deadline.
لا يقوم برنامج الأغذية العالمي بالاستعانة ابداً بأشخاص او بوكالات خارجية في التوظيف، علماً بان عملية التوظيف دائماً مجانية. يبحث برنامج الأغذية العالمي عن مرشحين من أعلى درجات النزاهة والكفاءة المهنية والذين يتقاسمون مبادئنا الإنسانية.
يتم اختيار الموظفين على أساس تنافسي ونحن ملتزمون بتعزيز التنوع والتوازن بين الجنسين. سيتم النظر فقط للمتقدمين الذين تفي ملفاتهم الشخصية بمتطلبات الوظيفة المعلن عنها، وفقط خلال الموعد النهائي المعلن.
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.
To report any technical issues while applying, please drop us a line at yemen.recruitment@wfp.org
