National Programme Officer (Voucher)
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
NO. VA-049/2012
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Post Title: National
Programme Officer (Voucher)
Post Grade: NOB
Duty Station: Nairobi
Date
of issue: 27.09.2012
Contract type: Fixed
Term
Closing Date: 10.10.2012
Organizational
background
The World Food Programme Somalia activities include food
assistance for nutrition, livelihoods, relief and emergency school feeding,
while also supporting humanitarian air and logistics services, food security
coordination and infrastructure rehabilitation projects.
This position is open
to qualified Kenyan nationals only. Female candidates in particular, are
encouraged to apply.
Major
Duties and Responsibilities:
Under
the direct supervision of Head of the Cooperating Partners (CP) Coordination
and Support Unit, within the delegated authority the Programme Officer will be responsible for the following duties:-
·
Develop and sustain liaison with WFP Somalia
partners and manage information database;
·
Manage partnership proposals, review and ensure
accuracy of the documents submitted;
·
Manage Project Review Committee(PRC) process and
preparation of Field Level Agreements(FLA);
·
Update Cooperating Partners (CP) profiling, capacity
assessment and evaluation;
·
Design and maintain CP Invoice Processing database;
·
Oversee CP reports collection, entry, analysis and
reporting;
·
Manage CP records ensuring screening against corporate
risk management tools;
·
Oversee preparation and dissemination of timely,
analytical and critical reports;
·
Supervise other programme staff; provide training
and technical guidance in their work;
·
Ensure compliance with WFP’s policies, criteria and
procedures;
·
Perform other related duties as required.
Minimal Qualifications:
Education:
|
University degree in one
or more of the following disciplines: Economics, Agriculture, International
Affairs, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Development Studies or a
relevant field relevant to Development Assistance.
|
Experience:
|
At least three years of postgraduate
professional experience in Commerce, Development Administration or Food Aid
Support.
|
Language:
|
Fluency
in both oral and written communication in English. Somali speaking candidates
are encouraged to apply.
|
Knowledge:
|
Training and/or Experience
utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet or other standard
WFP software packages and systems.
|
|
|
Interested and qualified candidates are
requested to submit online
applications only according to the following procedures:
·
All applications must include an accurately filled in Personal
History Form (P11) available at the
following link http://www.unon.org/docs/P11.doc to be
sent by e-mail to HR-SOM@wfp.org
·
Quote the Vacancy Announcement number,
job title and location of preference;
·
Hand delivered applications will no longer be accepted;
·
Applications that do not meet the above requirements will be
disregarded;
·
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Comments
Post a Comment