WFP recruits a Monitoring Associate (COMET) G6 (106308) – Cairo / Egypte

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.

Organisationel context :

The Regional Monitoring team is providing technical support and oversight to 17 countries during their implementation of the Country Strategic Plans (CSP). The team guides and ensures that the CSP Monitoring, Review and Evaluation plans will provide the most relevant and strategic information toward achieving expected results while being compliant with WFP corporate monitoring and evaluation requirements.

COMET (Country Office Tool for Managing Effectively) is WFP’s comprehensive online tool to design, implement and monitor programmes and to improve organizational performance. COMET enables WFP Country Offices to capture all operational data in one platform including planned and actual distribution figures by partners, locations and beneficiary groups, programme outcome data, and partnership agreements. COMET is the backbone for monthly operational management and also feeds into WFP reports, including the annual country report (ACR).

COMET is part of the regional monitoring team, led by the Regional Monitoring Advisor. The Monitoring Associate (COMET) will work under the direct supervision of the National Monitoring Officer (COMET)

Standard minimum qualifications :

Key accountabilities :

1. Provide technical support and assist in the implementation of various activities and processes within the specific area of work supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines ;
2. Oversee and/or review the work of other support staff, providing practical advice and guidance, to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines ;
3. Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities ;
4. Collect and summarize assistance programme(s) data, collaborating with CO focal points where required, conduct analysis and prepare reports in order to support programme reviews and informative decision-making ;
5. Provide standard training for COs and stakeholders on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to independently self-monitor and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas.

Specific Tasks for COMET function :

1. Ensure accurate, timely recording of data in WFP corporate system (e.g. amount of cash and tonnage of food distributed, food release notes and partnerships)  ;
2. Support and review any data requested for audits, corporate and donor reporting ;
3. Guide and support COs’ resource migration exercise to migrate stocks from one Country strategic operation to another ;
4. Follow up on the availability and quality of the data required for COs’ annual country reports (ACR) and help in reviewing ACR documents ;
5. Analyze and report on COs’ planned number of people assisted, distribution of food, and commodity movements, help provide guidance, resolve issues and escalate where appropriate, to ensure that the quantity of commodities distributed and handed over, and the quality of the operation is in line with WFP standards ;
6. Develop and regularly update regional interactive dashboards, storyboards and other visualized information packages using data available in WFP corporate system (COMET) to be used by relevant staff at regional and country level ;
7. Provide administrative support to COMET team workshops, online training, and other kinds of capacity building ;
8. Upon demand, conduct in-country missions and help in providing face-to-face and online training to support country-level focal point capacity for higher performance ;
9. Any other duties as required .

4Ps Core organisational capabilities :

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 :

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 and gender balance.

Terms and conditions :

Job title :  Monitoring Associate (COMET)
Type and level of contract : Fixed term / G-6
Duration and start date : 1 Year – Renewable
Unit/Division : Programme – Monitoring
Duty station : Cairo, Egypt
Reports to : Monitoring officer

Deadline for applications :

Interested applicants can apply until 3rd August 2019

Apply here