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.
This post is a Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme sponsored by the Government of The United States of America for exclusively Nationals of United States eligible for the US JPO Programme.
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.
In Mali, humanitarian actors implement projects in a complex and challenging context marked by high vulnerability to food insecurity and malnutrition, as well as difficult humanitarian access due to increased insecurity in the northern and, more recently, central regions of Mali. The highly volatile insecurity in the northern and central regions of Mali where humanitarian needs are the most important prevents WFP as well as other UN agencies, government, and more and more international NGOs to access communities and vulnerable populations.
In this challenging context, WFP adapted its modus operandi and its information system to ensure its access in insecure areas to vulnerable communities. In particular, WFP developed a set of mechanisms and tools to improve its food security and nutrition information systems as well as monitoring system to be functional, flexible and reliable in conflict affected areas to improve its response.
Under the direct supervision of the M&E and VAM Officer, the JPO will have the following responsibilities:
To perform the wide range of tasks and excel in this position, the ideal candidate would also possess:
The JPO will be directly supervised by the M&E and VAM Officer, who will provide on-the-job coaching and mentoring. The Head of Programme will act as second-level supervisor.
The JPO will also receive on the job training in the Country Office and through field visits to WFP project sites and WFP sub-offices. Some areas may be out of bounds for non-essential staff. Any in-country duty travel may be restricted based on updated security assessment.
The direct supervisors will assist the JPO in identifying appropriate trainings in line with his/her career development goals, and the JPO may attend trainings in work-related fields depending on work commitments and availability.
At the end of the two-year assignment, the JPO should have obtained:
31Â August, 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.
Tagged as: Evaluation, Monitoring
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