Organization: UN World Food
Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Project Manager,
Special Operations
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline
agency against world hunger. It is the largest and longest serving humanitarian
agency in Uganda. Currently WFP focuses on three priority areas namely:
Emergency Humanitarian Action (EHA); Food & Nutrition Security (FNS); and
Agriculture & Market Support (AMS). WFP has operations in various parts of
the Country.
Job Summary: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Knowledge Management Officer will be responsible for steering or providing
support to monitoring and evaluation activities within a country of field
office, ensuring that WFP programmes generate quality evidence on the outcomes
and effects of WFP’s special operations activities (post-harvest loss
reduction) on the lives of beneficiaries, contributing to operational decision
making and strategic reorientation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan and implement Monitoring and
Evaluation (M&E) activities on effectiveness of the Post-harvest Loss
Minimisation (PHLM) project (e.g. beneficiary needs and status, food
security status, programme modalities, implementation challenges, etc.); - Produce regular detailed project updates
to major Donors; - Technically support the development of
appropriate log-frame indicators to measure outputs and outcomes; - In charge of the analysis of output data
and recommend improvements to programme interventions; - Produce frequent monitoring and evaluation
progress reports with status of results; - Follow up monitoring and evaluation of
findings to ensure that corrective action is taken; - Offer technical support and coaching as
required to other Country Offices engaging in PHLM; - Regularly review and give technical
feedback on monitoring and evaluation plans for new programmes and budget
revisions to ensure that plans are risk-based and focus on measuring
results (e.g. checking monitoring and evaluation budgets are allocated and
appropriate log-frame indicators and outcome targets are documented); - Contribute to the analysis of outcome data
and recommend improvements to programme interventions and to enhance WFPs
ability to demonstrate outcome focused results; - Represent WFP (e.g. at inter-agency
meetings with other NGOs and government agencies) to exchange knowledge
and experience, promote the importance of monitoring and evaluation and
build partnerships that enhance inter-agency monitoring and evaluation
activities; - Mentor and supervise junior staff members
providing guidance as required to ensure appropriate development and
enable high performance; - Train national and partner staff in
appropriate monitoring and evaluation techniques to build capacity of
staff, increase awareness on the importance of monitoring and evaluation
and encourage accountability for demonstrating results; - Work in liaison with internal counterparts
and external partners to strengthen the quality and consistency of
monitoring and evaluation activities in the field; - Work in close collaboration with internal
counterparts and external partners to strengthen the data quality,
accuracy and consistency to build credible performance evidence; - Provide monitoring and evaluation findings
and recommendations to support performance planning and risk analysis,
emergency preparedness, security risk management and risk mitigation
activities; - Perform any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations
World Food Programme (WFP) Knowledge Management Officer career placement
should possess an advanced University degree in Sociology, Social
Development, Development Economics or Performance Management or other
relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of
relevant work experience and/or training/courses. - A minimum of five years of postgraduate
progressively responsible professional experience in leading effective
monitoring and evaluation processes across multiple countries or at the
global level. - Proven performance in developing a
high-performing team and managing effective monitoring and evaluation
operations at a country level. - Detailed working knowledge of
results-based management principles and practices; - Comprehensive knowledge of monitoring and
evaluation methods, metrics, statistical applications and reporting
systems; - In-depth knowledge of programme design,
implementation and operational challenges in food assistance; - Practical knowledge on how monitoring data
is collected, compiled, analyzed and presented for management decisions,
programme adjustment and donor reporting; - Strong statistical analysis (both
qualitative and quantitative) skills to assess food and nutrition
security; - Gather and use information available from
assessment, analysis and consultations to make informed programme
intervention choices; - Possess the ability to work with relevant
technology and procedures (e.g: web-based databases and other statistical
applications) to collect, organize, share and use information. - Language: Fluency in oral and
written English; Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language
(Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s
working languages).
- Effective action management skills with
ability to establish priorities and plan based on work objectives; manage
and measure the performance of own work and those under his/her
supervision; - Excellent cognitive capacity with ability
to make sound decisions based on thorough analysis to select, recommend or
design appropriate food assistance interventions for the right audience; - Excellent teamwork skills with ability to
develop and maintain effective work relationships with members within and
outside the organization; - Partnership skills to build strategic
relationships with a wide range of external stakeholders (WFP donors, host
population, NGOs and other UN agencies) to advocate for the wider impact
of WFP’s programmes.
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) should follow the procedures below to
Apply Online:
Step 1: Register and create your online CV (if you have not done
so before)
Step 2: Click on Description to read the position requirements
and Apply to submit your application.
NOTE: You must complete Step 1 and 2 in order for your
application to be considered for this vacancy.
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