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Job Title: Programme Assistant – Biometrics Team Leader
Organization: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Area Office
About US:
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: Saving lives in Emergencies; Building Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving Nutrition & Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to Access Markets. WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
Job Summary: The Programme Assistant – Biometrics Team Leader will work in a core WFP biometrics project team including: a Project Manager and a Field Roll-out Coordinator
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide support the field roll-out of the Biometrics project into the food collection procedures used by WFP and partners during distributions;.
- Support the test go-live in the first refugee settlement and collect lessons learned to build on the SoPs and iterate in other settlements;
- Support the joint WFP-UNHCR technical Working Group, calling meetings, drafting minutes and ensure follow-up of administration, finance, HR and procurement-related issues;
- Support the establishment of an internal WFP technical working group made up of Communications, Supply chain, Programme, IT, Finance, Admin, HR, AME, calling meetings, drafting minutes and ensuring follow-up on agreed action points;
- Support the area and field offices to establish similar coordination mechanisms at the field level.
- Coordinate with relevant support units (IT, Procurement, Admin and Finance) to ensure equipment and services are procured, inventoried, and delivered to the field offices on time;
- Prepare regular progress reports to the WFP-UNHCR technical working group, area and field offices, and senior management, RBN, HQ, donors, and other partners.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Assistant – Biometrics Team Leader job opportunity should hold a University degree in either Information Technology /Computer Science, electronic engineering or other relevant fields
- At least two years of progressively responsible professional experience, Recent direct experience working with displaced populations (refugees or IDPs), and demonstrated efficiency and effectiveness in implementing new initiatives
- Experience in facilitating communication with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).
- Experience contributing to the implementation of programmes.
- Should have observed or assisted with policy discussions.
- Strong project management experience is a must.
- The candidate must have strong references indicating that s/he has excellent people skills and can lead a diverse, cross-cultural, multi-organizational team to successfully complete a complex and sensitive task.
- Excellent (English) written and oral presentation skills are required.
- High capacity for organization and coordination, as well as an ability to work with a high degree of independence in a team environment;
- A willingness to travel to remote areas; ability to cope with situations which may threaten health or safety;
- Flexibility in accepting work assignments outside normal desk description.
- Language: International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language
Personal Competencies:
- 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.
How to Apply:
All candidates who desire to join the United Nations World Food Programme are encouraged to submit their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 20th February 2018
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