Recrutement d’un associé principal de programme (genre) SC-7 – Maputo (107102)

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.

Organizational context :

WFP recognizes that gender equality and women’s empowerment are key to fulfilling its mandate of ending global hunger and saving lives during humanitarian crises. The lack of gender equality and women’s empowerment exacerbate and reinforce the underlying cause and effects of food and nutrition insecurity. The WFP Gender Policy (2015-2020) provides overall direction and guidance for integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) in all WFP work to ensure that diverse food security and nutrition need of women, me, boys and girls are addressed.

WFP in Mozambique CO is proud to be among the first countries to embrace Gender Transformation Program (GTP) and the first one in Southern Africa to complete the GTP in December 2018. The GTP is key to WFP delivering on this commitment and to successful implementation of the Integrated Road Map and the Country Strategic Plan. Grounded in leadership and accountability, gender-transformative programming and organisational change, the GTP supports and strengthens WFP Country Offices to deliver gender equality outcomes in food security and nutrition.

Job purpose :

In order to ensure the legacy of the GTP initiative and build on ongoing commitments to strengthen the mainstreaming of gender and incorporating gender transformative activities in the COs programming, WFP is seeking to hire a National Gender Associate. The Gender Associate is expected to support the COs gender actions generally as well as providing ongoing technical support to a number of new gender transformative development programmes, namely for nutrition and school feeding.

Standard minimum qualifications :

Education : Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.
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.

Key accountabilities (not all-inclusive) :

• Contribute to the development of programme activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with gender policies and guidance
• Undertake gender analysis of food and cash assistance programmes (School Feeding, Post-harvest Loss, nutrition, FFA) ;
• Support the capacity building of WFP and partner staff by developing training materials, designing and overseeing the delivery of gender training activities ;
• Develop and coordinate gender data gathering and analysis in coordination with M&E staff ;
• Support the Reporting Unit in ensuring reports and funding proposals include relevant gender information ;
• Produce operational research and analytical products of relevance to gender ;
• Liaise with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration in the area of gender ;
• Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships in the area of gender ;
• Support implementation of the Gender Action Plan.

Purpose :

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field ;
• Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity ;
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact ;
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People :

• Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports ;
• Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit ;
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team ;
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance :

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work ;
• Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately ;
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team ;
• Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership :

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
• Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners ;
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives ;
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

Functional capabilities :

Other specific job requirements :

• Support all the gender-related aspects of the implementation of a five-year school feeding programme in five districts in Tete (Cahora Bassa, Changara, Doa, Marara and Mutarara), including ;
• Gender Analysis and Gender Baseline in consultation with relevant stakeholders ;
• Deliver trainings local leaders and community members on gender equality issues ;
• Capacity building f MINEDH’s district and provincial structures to mainstream gender aspects of a school feeding programme ;
• Work with local farmer’s associations, especially those involving women, to enhance quality and production ;
• Plan, prepare and distribute dignity kits to 6th and 7th grade girls ;
• Cordinate with partners on the implementation of gender programmes ;
• Support the Gender Transformation and SBCC components of a three-year nutrition programme with the core aim to prevent stunting in the district of Chemba in Sofala ;
• Other activities as required by supervisor

Desired experiences for entry into the role :

• Has participated in implementing technical programs (i.e. nutrition, etc.) ;
• Has implemented programmes with increased level of responsibility ;
• Has provided input to policy discussions.

Terms and conditions :

Type of Contract : Service Contract (SC-7) 

Duration : 12 (Twelve) months with possibility of renewal

No later than  19.09.2019

Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

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.