Why join WFP Somalia?

In Somalia, the World Food Programme provides food assistance for nutrition, livelihoods, and relief through the hard work of more than 500 employees who contribute to make Somalia hunger free in close partnership with local partners.

What will you do?

Verify the planned movements and distribution of food, cash or non-food items, reporting issues or discrepancies to the supervisor for timely resolution of problems and to ensure that the quantity distributed, and the quality of the operation is in line with WFP standards.
Maintain information records and monitoring plan documentation, such as records of commodity movements and programme checklists, in order to assist in the effective delivery and distribution of food items or non-food items.
Collate assistance programme(s) data in accordance with clear direction, in order to support programme reviews and informative decision-making.
Directy engage and contribute to beneficiary identification, registration, data cleaning and enrolment processes
Liaise with cooperating partners, local government and community structures, and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support programme reviews and improve services.
Receive and collate comments and feedback from cooperating partners, beneficiaries, and beneficiaries to support identifying programmatic issues with a view to fostering efficient operations. 
Provide guidance for cooperating partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to complete self-monitoring tasks and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas
Prepare field mission, monitoring reports and impact/success stories to document programme implementation. 
Follow set emergency response processes and procedures for emergency food assistance.
Follow up on the risk issues at the field levels and provide feedback to the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) officer and head of the programme 
Monitor the scope registration for different activities and provide a report as required 
Support on CP data entry in COMET, beneficiaries’ enrolment in scope as required 
Perform any other duty as requested by the supervisor.

Do you meet the minimum requirements?

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area is desirable.

Experience: Three years of progressively responsible support experience in emergency assistance and humanitarian programme with at least two years working in the field of monitoring. Experience working with INGOs, and Humanitarian organizations is an added advantage. 

Language: Proficiency in both oral and written communication in English is a requirement.

Are you competent for this job? Do you have

• Has experience in analysing programme output and outcome data.

• General knowledge of WFP monitoring and evaluation systems and standards.

• Willingness to work in hard conditions, including working in late hours, weekends, and other extra time due to emergency.

• Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision

Terms and Conditions:

Initial 3 months

Deadline for Application:

Apply here: Career Opportunities: Monitoring Assistant, SSA4 (Galkayo, Garowe, Bossaso, Beletweyne, Kismayo, Baidoa and Dolow),Somalia (173120) (successfactors.eu)

14th September 2022

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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.