WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of
equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified
candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or
social background, genetic information, gender, religion or belief, or
disability.
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.
WFP 's Global Strategic Plan 2017-2021 aligns WFP with the 2030 Sustainable
Development Agenda and Goals (SDGs). It focuses on ending hunger and
contributing to a revitalized global partnership to
implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Further extensive
consultation with the
Government and other development partners in Egypt during the second half of
2017 to allow informing and formulating the WFP Egypt Country Strategic Plan
for the next 5 years until mid-2023 in line with Egypt's development
priorities, the WFP Egypt Country Office has started implementing the Country
Strategic Plan (CSP). The focus of the CSP remains on support to school meals
and nutrition support for Pregnant and Lactating Women as integrated part of
the national social protection scheme, food assistance for assets and
resilience-promotion for smallholder farmers and support to vulnerable Syrian
refugees and migrants. To sustain those planned interventions, WFP will be
conducting joint monitoring activities with Government representatives of key
line Ministries to enforce the concepts of participation, transparency and
accountability to its partners. In addition, capacity development activities
will be provided to national counterparts and cooperating partners to ensure
efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability and raising their capacity to
conduct monitoring at the local level.
To provide support to programme and policy activities of WFP Egypt nutrition
unit effectively contributing to food assistance, food and nutrition security,
food safety, social safety nets, education, information and data management.
Contribute towards the development of nutrition implementation plans and
processes, including monitoring plans, ensuring alignment with wider nutrition
programme goals and objectives, and in line with the country strategic plan.
Support the development and implementation of nutrition plans and processes,
including working with small groups teams, ensuring a coordinated approach
with wider programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
Lead effectively operational implementation of food and/or cash based
programmes, including reporting and analysis of operational issues in
coordination with concerned units to support informing nutrition programmes
and activities.
Lead the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on all nutrition
programmes and activities and ensure consistency of information and data
across all nutrition activities. Ensure data gathering and monitoring
activities follow rigorous quality standards are maintained, while goals and
results are achieved.
Liaise with internal counterparts and units for the coordination and
implementation of cross cutting activities to ensure effective collaboration
and monitoring of joint results.
Support the development and implementation of capacity building programmes for
WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to food
assistance and nutrition needs.
Contribute to efficient coordination with partners, government counterparts,
for the implementation of joint nutrition programmes and including efficient
information sharing and communication.
Support the implementation and monitoring of food safety, food quality
assurance and quality control standards, as part of overall WFP operations.
Contribute to the development and implementation of nutrition and health
social behavioral change communication activities, including development of
material, capacity strengthening, and awareness raising campaigns,
contributing to digital learning and platforms, in alignment with nutrition
programme goals.
Provide support to technical input for nutritional requirements/needs of the
different target groups supported by WFP, nutrition and food security
assessments under the supervision of head of nutrition programme.
Education:* Advanced University degree in Nutrition/Health and or
Public Health, Economics, Social Sciences, international development, public
policy, or other field relevant.
Experience :
At least three years of progressively responsible professional experience (for
a Master's degree) and an additional (3 Years) for a First University Degree
in nutrition, public health, international development or other related
fields.
Language:* Fluency (level C) oral and written in English and Arabic
languages.
Purpose
* Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP's Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
* Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
* Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP's mission.
* Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP's overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
People
* Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
* Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
* Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
* Create an "I will"/"We will" spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.
Performance
* Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
* Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
* Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
* Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.
Partnership
* Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams' priorities and preferred working styles.
* Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
* Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
* Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP's unique value as a partner.
Capability Name
Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Knowledge of Nutrients
Utilizes knowledge of vitamins and nutrients to understand the causes of
malnutrition, the relationships between the different types of malnutrition,
and is able to articulate the UNICEF conceptual model.
Situation Analysis and Evidence Assessment
Able to appropriately interpret the nutrition situation, analyze primary
causes of malnutrition, define limitations to the analysis (e.g. seasonality)
and prepare an overview of the food security and nutrition situation in
country.
Knowledge of Public Health
Has foundational knowledge of the core public health sciences (i.e.,
biostatistics, epidemiology, social science, environmental health, and
prevention of chronic and infectious disease and injury) in order to assess a
country's/region's health situation.
Knowledge of Food System
Ability to analyze how food systems influence the diets of vulnerable groups
and identify how and where food systems may contribute to specific nutrient
gaps.
Applying Programme & Policy Standards
Leverages nutrition knowledge to provide technical advice to governments to
design and implement country nutrition programmes that follow international
and WFP agency standards and guidance.
Fixed-term Appointment : an appointment for a continuous period of one
year and shall have a specified expiration date and be subject to a
probationary period of one year, which may be extended to 18 months.
Annual Net Pay Salary : as per the established salary scale with then the
country
Staff Assessment A staff assessment, comparable to national income tax,
shall be applied to the gross salaries and such other payments as are computed
on the basis of salary, The assessment shall be calculated at rates set forth
in the FAO Administrative Manual.
Dependency allowances : applicable to children up to 18 years of age, or
up to 21 years in full-time school attendance
United Nations Joint pension fund a deduction of 7.9% from the pensionable
remuneration will be made from the net salary, the WFP will contribute of
15.8%
Medical Insurance : mandatory for the staff member and can be extended to
dependents in a cost-sharing
Annual leave : 2.5 days a month and Sick leave : 2 days per month
Official Holiday : 10 days as officially established for each duty station
13 February 2023
WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual
exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and
discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP 's
standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background
verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will
also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification
exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment
process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment
WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process
including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and
reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.
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## **.** **WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender ident…
## **.** **WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender ident…