United Nations World Food Programme Recruitment Application Portal 2022

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. To this effect, United Nations World Food Programme 2022 Application Portal is open and recruiting interested and qualified persons, for the available positions contained below

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.

We invite applications to fill the position below:

 Job Title: Programme Assistant G5, Nutrition

Requisition ID: 170194
Location: Damaturu, Yobe

Organizational Context

• The Job holder is expected to demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to various queries with only general guidance.
• These jobs are found in Regional Bureaux (RBs), Country Offices (COs), Area/Field Offices (AOs/FOs). Job holders typically report to a Programme Policy Officer or Head of Field Office.
• The job holder will be responsible for the completion of a range of Nutrition specialized and/or standardized processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines and practices.
• There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen operational problems on a daily basis.
• Job holder is expected to manage resources and coach and coordinate support staff. He/she will work under the supervision the head of Nutrition Unit and should perform analyses policies, guidelines and reports to support consistency and smooth implementation of programmes/projects.

Job Description

• To provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

Key Responsibilities (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive)
Reporting directly to the Act2 (Nutrition) Lead, the staff member is responsible to:

• Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of Nutrition Specific activities and processes supporting alignment with WFP policies and guidelines.
• Provide support to implement Nutrition Sensitive activities through WFP other programmes (Livelihood, General Food Assistance, School feeding, etc.) with particular emphasis on improving the effects relating to nutrition.
• Ensure supply to CPs/FDPs of essential NFI (communication and demonstration, registers) for the implementation of programmes.
• Provide specialized project management support to Blanket and Targeted Supplementary Feeding programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
• Prepare a range of reports and data analysis (e.g. food assistance needs, programme status, 5Ws, outputs and performance ) and highlight trends/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and State government in Nutrition-related areas.
• Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems within the Nutrition Unit under the supervision of the Head of Unit.
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to support the Nutrition unit quickly respond to a crisis and deploy needed resources to affected areas.
• Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of nutrition data and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
• Communicate with cooperating partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions to ensure efficient delivery of food assistance.
• Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

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Other Post Requirements (details to be determined by Post Managers):
This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

• Assist the program manager in the management of WFP nutrition programmes in the in coordination with the government, the United Nations agencies of other stakeholders.
• Review Narrative reports and CPDRs shared by CPs in a timely manner.
• Provide support to entry of monthly distribution report in COMET.
• Prepare and submit FRNs and liaise with Supply chain to ensure timely delivery of food to CPs and government where appropriate.
• Participate in the analysis of proposals submitted to WFP by CPs and ensure that nutrition interventions and / or nutritional aspects; are in line with country strategies and implementation arrangements, and provide technical advice to ensure compliance with existing guidelines and standards;
• Any other tasks requested.

Requirements to apply for United Nations World Food Programme Recruitment 2022
Standard Minimum Academic Qualifications:

• Completion of Secondary School education. A post-secondary certificate in Health, Nutrition or related discipline.

Desired experiences for entry Into the role:

• Has a minimum of 3 years working experience in implementation of Nutrition activities (BSFP and TSFP) in North East Nigeria.
• General Knowledge of WFP nutrition monitoring and reporting processess.
• Knowledge of the local language and socio-cultural context of the duty station.

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Language:

• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and in the main language used in the North East of Nigeria.

Remuneration
WFP offers an attractive compensation package.

How to Apply for United Nations World Food Programme Recruitment Application 

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

Closing Date United Nations World Food Programme Recruitment Applications

9th August, 2022 at 11:59 Nigerian Time (GMT +1).

Note

• Only Nigerian nationals or holders of valid residence and work permit are eligible to apply for this position.
• Applications are to be submitted and received online and in English language only.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Canvassing is strictly prohibited. Canvassing of any sort will lead to automatic disqualification of the concerned applicant.
• The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year.
• WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability

Job Title: Programme Associate G6, Nutrition

Requisition ID: 170195
Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Department: Nutrition

Organizational Context

• In the Northeast Nigeria states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, ongoing violence is affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people.
• The conflict continues to undermine social stability and economic development due to the scale of displacement, disrupted livelihoods and diminished agricultural production due to the protracted nature of the crisis, which has consequential impact on the food security and nutrition situations.
• More than three million persons are facing hunger and are classified in phase 3-5 of the March 2022 CH Analysis in the BAY states of NE Nigeria, and it is estimated that up to one-million, three hundred children under five years and about one hundred and fifty thousand pregnant and lactating women may be acutely malnourished.
• The United Nations World Food programme (WFP) work in collaboration with government of Nigeria at all levels, other UN agencies and partners to address the need of food insecure house holds and nutritionally vulnerable groups.
• As the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger world-wide. WFP is seeking to fill the post of a programme Associate – Nutrition (G6) level, based in Damaturu Area office.
• If you are a Nigerian national, committed, creative professional and passionate about making a lasting difference for people in need, we would like to hear from you.

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Job Purpose

• To provide support to effective delivery of WFP Nigeria nutrition programmes and activities that contribute to meeting the nutritional needs of WFP beneficiaries.

Key Accountabilities (Not all-inclusive)
Reporting to the Nutrition lead in Damaturu Sub-office, the incumbent should be:

• Able to assess the immediate lifesaving nutrition interventions needed (such as CMAM) in addition to the prevention activities (blanket supplementary feeding programme – BSFP, Social and behavior Change -SBCC etc., that need to be implemented at the same time.
• Assist to coordinate WFP’s nutrition response and recovery activities across a wide range of actors within WFP, donors, host governments, UN, and NGO partners to ensure consistency of programming.
• Consolidate all BSFP distribution plan from all CPs and share with the monitoring unit.
• Liaise with the Sub Office supply chain team to analyze the monthly requirements of the specialized nutritious foods (SNFs) talking into consideration Best Use by Date (BUBD) and Terminal Disbursement Dates (TDD) and make necessary plans to ensure timely utilization of the SNFs.
• With the support of the Nutrition Officer, clearly document success stories that reflects WFP’s impact on beneficiaries.
• Undertake training needs and provide technical assistance to local government units and cooperating partners in the organization of need-based training.
• Support in the implementation of WFP multi-sector nutrition response.
• Undertake regular monitoring visits, if feasible, to review the responses and provide oversight for quality control for partners reporting. Facilitate the identification of information gaps geographically and programmatically, and the rectification of any gaps identified in reporting against the set nutrition indicators of the service delivery (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity, and cost) by regularly communicating and discussing the gaps with nutrition unit members and partners; aim at enhancing timely and quality reporting.
• Maintain monthly collection of reports from partners, identify issues regarding reporting and recommend appropriate solutions to the nutrition team members.

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Functional Capabilities
Capability Name – Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level:

• Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance – Can facilitate implementation of nutrition assistance programmes under guidance using basic understanding of principles and good practices of programme design, implementation and monitoring.
• Emergency Programming – Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes.
• Strategic Policy Engagement w/Government  – Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level.
• Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers) – Demonstrates ability to facilitate, under guidance, nutrition assistance programme implementation that deploys full range of transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding modality selection and implementation.
• Knowledge of Nutrition – Understands basic technical concepts and data and their relevance to nutrition assistance programmes

Minimum Requirements
Education:

• Completion of Secondary School Education. A Post-secondary Certificate in the related functional area.

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years relevant professional experience is required in the following:
• Experience and exposure to implementation of national/international development programmes.
• Experience identifying and defining nutrition issues/problems within a country.
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts in Northeast Nigeria and within the U.N system is an added advantage.
• Experience working in public health/food security/ nutrition related activities (especially BSFP and TSFP activities).

Language:

• Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language, if different.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline  9th August, 2022; 11:59 pm (Nigeria Time)

Terms and Conditions

• Only Nigerian nationals or holders of valid residence and work permits are eligible to apply for this position.
• Applications are to be submitted and received online and in English language only.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  Canvassing is strictly prohibited. Canvassing of any sort will lead to automatic disqualification of the concerned applicant.
• The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year. WFP offers an attractive compensation package

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