Company Name : World Food Program - Other locations

Consultant – Programme Advisor (Early Recovery, Self-Resilience and Systems Thinking)

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Job Description

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

  1. In coordination with Activity Managers, and Field Office counterparts, lead the strengthening and roll out of the implementation plan for early recovery and self-resilience.
  2. Develop programme documentation to oversee programme cycle management, including results frameworks and associated reporting formats, budgetary tracking tools, risk mitigation frameworks, and programmatic overviews that can be used for both internal and external communications purposes.
  3. Support the integration of cross-cutting expertise, such as conflict sensitivity, gender, protection, and inclusion considerations into programme design and implementation.
  4. In coordination with the RAM team ensure that appropriate evidence and targeting measures inform the quality of the programme design, and establish appropriate monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks, and ensure that programme milestones and successes are shared with the relevant teams for both internal and external communications and advocacy.
  5. Coordinate with a range of stakeholders to ensure that the programme portfolio leverages opportunities external to WFP’s activities, notably private sector opportunities as well as national and sub-national government programmes, and other UN Agencies.
  6. Support the country offices’ management to describe efforts of WFP’s Turkey country office’s contribution to systems through early recovery and self-resilience resilience activities. This could include through developing a simple overview of the strategic approach that the country office is taking, and how this links to WFP’s corporate priorities, the country strategic plan, and the needs of the country.
  7. Support country office management to adhere to corporate reporting progress, including inputting into the annual country report or necessary budget revisions.
  8. Work with DCD and Partnership on private sector engagement and cooperation.

Skills

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in Economics, International Development, Social Sciences or other related field, or First University degree with additional 5-8+ years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

  • Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
  •  Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
  •  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
  •  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

  • Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
  •  Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
  •  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
  •  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios).

Performance

  • Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
  •  Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
  •  Make commitments and make good on commitments Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
  •  Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

  • Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning.
  •  Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships.
  •  Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations.
  •  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

  1. Solid experience in programme cycle management in a range of technical areas including Food Security, integrated resilience and livelihood programmes, capacity strengthening, and systems approaches.
  2. Solid understanding of WFP’s corporate processes.
  3. Experience in participatory planning at the community level and facilitation of multi-stakeholder consultations.
  4. Ability to establish and maintain partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
  5. Ability to lead, build capacity and foster an inclusive team.
  6. Ability to initiate and lead innovation that strives for continuous improvement.
  7. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  8. Ability to effectively work and successfully communicate within a multicultural working environment.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

  • The ability to establish and maintain partnerships with internal and external partners and stakeholders.
  • Provided and coordinated input into policy discussions and decision-making processes.
  • Proven leadership capacity to build and foster an inclusive team.
  • Proven capacity to initiate and lead innovation that strives for continuous improvements.
  • Good coordination skills
  • Strong motivation to make a difference and to contribute to WFP’s mandate.
  • Proven effective cognitive abilities, analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Learning agility and thirst for constant growth.
  • Openness and passion for new experiences and multicultural environments.
  • The ability to communicate effectively and compellingly, orally and in writing.

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