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.

Posting Dates

Opening Date: 28th February 2022 Closing Date: 13th March 2022

About WFP?

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.

This position is open to qualified Somali candidates. Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply.

What will you do?

•  Ensure that the Safety Net Locust Response (SNLR) geographical and beneficiary targeting criteria is discussed with all stakeholders, and is adhered to during the selection processes
•  Follow up with partners to ensure that the set targets for the SNLR are achieved within the set timelines
•  Provide registration support to partners, and on job training whenever needed
•  Crosscheck the SCOPE registration data submitted by partners, share with Transfer Management Team (TMT) for dedup analysis and enroll cleared households’ data into SCOPE. Follow up with partners where necessary to make corrections on households with errors.
•  Support in the preparation of distribution cycles and lists. For the cleared households
•  Receive from TMT, phone number validation results for the cleared households, share with cooperating partners those not validated, for sim card equipping, keep all records of Simard’s equipping and share with supervisor, WFP Country Office social protection and TMT Focal Points on a weekly basis
•  Coordinate with cooperating partners and Food Security Partners (FSP) at field level to ensure that those households in need of Sim equipping are supported timely to ensure timely assistance as per the agreed SNLR timelines
•  Together with Sub Office Field Monitors conduct monitoring of the SNLR project activities and follow up on monitoring findings and Open M&E cases from the call center requiring resolution by WFP. c8vV3Zx Dgn9V5
•  Support in periodic CP assessments/evaluations and project surveys.
•  Support in the review and submission of the CP invoices to LO payment processing unit
•  Support in the preparation of the weekly SNLR reports
•  Any other task requested to undertake

Do you meet the Minimum Requirements?

•  Completion of Secondary School Education. A Post -secondary school certificate in the following fields is desirable: Development Studies, International Affairs, Economics, Social Sciences, or any other field relevant to international development Assistance
•  Four or more year of experience in programme implementation and monitoring
•  Fluency in oral and written communication in English & Somali is a requirement

Are you Competent for this Job? Do you have?

•  Knowledge and experience of the use of SCOPE is desirable
•  Experience in Safety Net programming is desirable.
•  Proven experience and ability to work under pressure and independently on technical matters with minimum supervision
•  Understanding of Cash based Programme in humanitarian context

Application Instructions

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications through E-Recruitment.

Applications that do not meet the above requirements will be disregarded. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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.