Programme Officer at United Nations World Food Programme

Post Grade: FT NOA

Duty Station: Nairobi

Duration: 1 year (initial)

Date of issue: 31st January 2018

Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer and the overall supervision of the Senior Programme Policy Officer, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

• Manage and review the partnership proposals in compliance with WFP corporate rules and Country Office specific Standard
• Operating Procedures;
• Monitor the Cooperating Partner profiling, capacity assessment and evaluation based on WFP guidelines including maintaining data and records on evaluation;
• Ensure Cooperating partners invoice processing is done including Purchase Order creation, review, approve Service Outline Agreements, and post Service Entry Sheet in WFP corporate system (WINGS).
• Ensure that funds for implementing WFP activities are analyzed and tracked to ensure that WFP has available resources to carry
  out its operations any time;
• Ensure food and voucher distributions plan are timely submitted by Area Offices, reviewed by the Country Office Distribution plan
  focal point and sent for approval to Head of Programme.
• Ensure WFP’s Field Level Agreements (FLAs) are captured in COMET, follow up reconciliation of WFP dispatch data from LESS
  and receipts from partners’ distribution reports;
• Ensure in kind partner distribution reports and Cash based Transfer data is up to date and captured in COMET;
• Ensure that Non Food Items (NFIs) are procured in a timely manner for the smooth implementation of projects and inventory of
  NFIs is maintained;
• Oversee preparation and dissemination of all actions to maintain a clear audit trail of actions taken;
• Supervisor, training and provide technical support to junior staff;
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, Development Studies or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
• Atleast one year of postgraduate professional experience in development work.
• Strong experience in finance, implementing technical Programme, providing input into designing operations and contribute to policy discussions and decisions.
• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English is a requirement.

Knowledge and skills

• Training and/or experience utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet.
• Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and
  programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality Programme design or re-design.
• Demonstrates ability to analyses and consolidate quantitate and qualitative information from different sources.
• Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic date in the context of WFP specialized fields to contribute to technical Programme design, implementation and monitoring.
• Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality
  emergency programmes.