Programme Associate (FLA & Partnerships) (El Obied) – WFP

Job Description

Organization	United Nations World Food Programme
Job Title	Programme Associate (FLA & Partnerships) FT G6, El Obied Area Office (173324)
Requisition ID	173324
Location	Sudan – El Obeid
Posted Date	18 September 2022
Closing date	02 October 2022

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 & gender balance and encourage qualified female candidates to apply.

Would you like to join WFP Sudan’s Programme team and enable the delivery of professional, client-focused programme services? Are you ready to partner with managers to deliver effective programme management solutions that will change and save the lives of the most vulnerable people in Sudan? If yes, this opportunity is for you.

At WFP, we are looking for an experienced Programme Associate (FLA & Partnerships) FT G6 Level to support  our programme team in El Obeid Area Office, Sudan.

ABOUT WFP:

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.

WFP Sudan has the potential to reach millions of food insecure people across Sudan – with a total of 4 million people assisted in 2018. WFP Sudan, one of the largest and complex operations for WFP globally,  is currently rolling out its five-year Country Strategic Plan (2019-2023), which aims to provide emergency assistance through a hybrid approach (Cash, food and vouchers), along with life-changing types of programmes (Nutrition, Resilience and School Feeding).

JOB PURPOSE:

SCOPE is WFP’s beneficiary identity and benefit management system (cloud-based digital solution) that helps WFP know better the people we serve, so the assistance we provide can be more targeted and appropriate. SCOPE is used to register people, calibrate entitlements, deliver the assistance, and subsequently manage the operational data coming in providing a responsive information system to guide effective programming across all transfer modalities (food or cash)

To purpose of this position is to provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food or cash assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: (not all-inclusive)

• Fully responsible of performing all WINGS transactions supporting the FLA business including POs and SOAs for all partnerships signed under El Obeid AO
• Monitoring of all Partnerships’ POs and make the necessary revision/top up whenever is needed.
• Facilitate the LCPC at FO level and process the docs for submission to CO.
• Close follow-up with all FOs to ensure proper transactions are performed on COMET as per the shared guidance with the Area Office
• Perform routine with CO and AOs Finance units and coordinate the grants’ closure process to ensure adherence donors agreements and WFP internal procedures.
• Within the specific area of responsibility, compile data and support analysis and preparation of reports (e.g. POs commitments, SESs, funds consumptions, etc ) and preparing a wider range of reports supporting operational decision-making.
• Support communication and activities with partners, agencies, NGOs .

ADDITIONAL KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Liaise with the budget and programming and Supply Chain to ensure resources availability for El Obeid partnerships.
• Facilitate and support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners within the specific technical area.
• Contributes to donors reports by providing expenditure reports for the concerned donors/ grants to the External Relations and SO/activity managers.
• Participating in all Reginal and Global meetings concerning partnerships and cooperating partners management.
• Liaising with CO Supply Chain, FOs  and Finance to ensure WFP vendor master data is fully integrated and aligned and up to date.
• Facilitating the EOI upon AO/ technical unit request and sharing its results with AOs/activity mangers.
• When required: Tracking the FLA process from the time of forwarding it to management for signature to the time it is countersigned by the partner.
• When required, preparing the documents for signature by the Cooperating Partner Committee.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in project management, database management or related fields is required.

Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible related work experience in programme or project management, database systems, business administration or other related fields is required.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written English and Arabic.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

The desired candidate should have the following experiences

• Has worked with technical teams in programming 
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes and programme activities.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions that facilitate delivery of programmes to beneficiaries.

HOW TO APPLY:

• To apply, please create a personal account and fill out the profile form with your personal information at http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openingsIf you are an internal applicant, apply through your E-Recruitment profile.
• In the application form, ensure filling the mandatory sections, attaching your CV, answering the pre-screening questions and agreeing on the legal statement before submitting your application.
• Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis on account of potential and performance. All applicants will undergo a rigorous process which includes screening against job requirements, a technical test, and a panel interview.

TALENTED WOMEN ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY:
We look for applicants with the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian values. We commit to promote diversity, gender parity and equality between men and women.
WFP strives to build a work environment that is safe and respectful, and free of sexual harassment and abuse of authority. We believe in open communication, and every individual at WFP is treated with respect regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religious and political beliefs, etc.
In this pursuit, WFP assists women to balance work exigencies with personal and family responsibilities by providing an attractive compensation package, including fully paid maternity leave for 16 weeks, breastfeeding time off, and the possibility to avail of flexible working.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Closing date: 02 October 2022

• Qualified female candidates are especially encouraged to apply
• WFP does not charge any fee at any stage of its recruitment process
• WFP has zero tolerance with discrimination and does not discriminate to HIV/AIDS status.
• This position is open to ONLY Sudanese nationals.

Competencies

1. Interview Opening question

3. Competency Question 1

3. Competency Question 2

3. Competency Question 3

2. Technical Question 1