WFP is seeking for a qualified individual for the position of Programme Assistant (Data Analysis)
About WFP
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) 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. In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.
Brief description of WFP in Uganda
WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies and work with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. WFP provides life-saving food assistance and livelihood opportunities to refugees in Uganda. In addition, WFP assists the most vulnerable people in Karamoja with food and nutrition assistance. Finally, WFP works with smallholder farmers and links them to markets.
As Uganda strives to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and become a middle-income country by 2040, WFP is also assessing its relevance and repositioning its role in Uganda.
Are you up to the challenge?
We are seeking a qualified individual for the position of Programme Assistant (Data Analysis), SSA5 to be based in Kampala. The selected candidate will be employed on Special Service Agreement.
Organizational context
The incumbent will be based at WFP Uganda Head Office – Kampala. At this level, job holders are responsible for the completion of a range of specialized and/or standardized processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines and practices. He/She will work under minimum supervision, perform basic analyses and compile reports to support information consistency and smooth implementation of programmes/projects.
Job purpose
To perform specialized and/or standardized policy and programme-related processes and activities to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.
Key accountabilities (not all-inclusive)
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation) with oversight from the Head of Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation, the incumbent will undertake the following job responsibilities:
- Maintain a functional database for Monitoring and Evaluation related to indicators of food and nutrition security and general WFP corporate reporting requirements;
- Ensure the Country Office databse is appropriately aligned to respond to Monitoring and Evaluation needs of WFP Uganda;
- In liaison with ICT unit, ensure that the databse is running on a sfe and robust platform and the backup of the database is done regularly and an appropriate disaster recovery mechanis is in place;
- Ensure entry of cooperating partners distribution reportss into ProMIS or other WFP corporate tools for data managment;
- Organise refresher trainingss on database management and monitoring for Uganda Country Office, sub office and partner staff;
- Provide required inputs for all corporarte reporting requirements like special project reports/ad-hoc- reports. Serve as focal person for data entry into COMET or any other WFP Corporate system for reporting;
- track, very and reconcile beneficiary, food or cash movement and distribution data;
- Provide timely feedback to sub offices and partners on reports submitted and
- any other rlated duty.
4Ps Core organisational capabilities
Purpose
- Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
- Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
- Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
- Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.
People
- Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
- Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
- Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
- Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.
Performance
- Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
- Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
- Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
- Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.
Partnership
- Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
- Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
- Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
- Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.
Functional capabilities
| Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
| Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance | Can facilitate implementation of food assistance programmes under guidance using basic understanding of principles and good practices of programme design, implementation and monitoring. |
| Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers) | Demonstrates ability to facilitate, under guidance, food assistance programme implementation that deploys full range of transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding modality selection and implementation. |
| Knowledge of Specialized Areas | Understands basic technical concepts and data andtheir relevance to food assistance programmes. |
| Emergency Programming | Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes. |
| Strategic Policy Engagement w/Govt | Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level. |
Standard minimum qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Univeersity degree in any of the following areas: Statistics, Agricultural Economics, Social Sciences, Development Economics or any other related field obtained from a reputable education institution;
- Fours years of progressive professional experience two of which must be in databse management or related functions;
- Knowledge of PHP, MySQL, SQL, HTML and JavaScript for management of the database;
- Good commandof both oral and written English.
Desired experiences for entry into the role
- Has facilitated communication with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).
- Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
- Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.
