Antecedentes

Deberes y responsabilidades

Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Contribute towards the development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
  2. Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects of considerable size/complexity, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
  3. Develop and coordinate data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
  4. Research and analyse a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of policies, programmes and activities.
  5. Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
  6. Liaise with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing projects and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
  7. Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved food assistance packages.
  8. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs, e.g. through providing inputs into training materials.
  9. Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
  10. Other as required.

 

Results Expected:

  1. Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
  2. Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
  3. Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
  4. Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
  5. Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
  6. Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment
  7. Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
  8. Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances
  9. Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
  10. Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
  11. Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
  12. Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.
  13. Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
  14. Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
  15. Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
  16. Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.
  17. Displays ability to identify the main hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full range of food assistance tools.
  18. Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.
  19. Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.
  20. Displays ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches.
  21. Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.

Competencias

  1. Action Management
  2. Communications
  3. Ethics & Values
  4. Teamwork
  5. Behavioral Flexibility
  6. Client Orientation
  7. Initiative
  8. Interpersonal Relations
  9. Judgment

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Education:

Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

 Experience:

At least three years of postgraduate professional experience in commerce, business administration, development, or food aid support.  

Desired experiences for entry into the role:

  1. Has deepened technical knowledge through exposure to technical teams.
  2. Has taken leadership of implementing programmes.
  3. Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions.

Language:

Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic.  

Others:

The applicant should be either an Iraqi national or have a valid Iraqi residence/ work permit at the time of application.

Applications should be in English