WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourage qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity, and disability.

JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Monitoring Assistant
Grade:  SC4
Type of contract: Service Contract
Duration:  12 months
Duty Station: Bamyan
Vacancy Number: 830912
Date of Publication: 14 Jan 2024
Deadline of Application: 25 Jan 2024

This vacancy announcement is for Afghan nationals only and WFP encourages especially Afghan females and Afghans with disabilities to apply.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The hunger crisis in Afghanistan is unfolding at a rapid pace, with 15 million of the population now facing acute food insecurity. Work opportunities are shrinking, with most households now reporting just one day of work per week. This comes on top of the worst drought in years, which is especially concerning for the 85 percent of the population who rely on agriculture for livelihood. Preventing and mitigating a drastic increase in hunger and malnutrition is the aim of WFP in Afghanistan which can only be achieved through the scaled-up and sustained complementary food security and nutrition interventions, combined with a scale-up of resilience interventions to safeguard gains. WFP has embarked on a significant month-on-month scale-up of its crisis response and resilience programs across the country, ensuring that the program is delivered at the right scale and time, and targeted to the right areas. WFP is also actively following up on evolving trends to pre-empt hotspots while guaranteeing quality and maximum impact of the program through monitoring these hotspots to support continued donor advocacy.

JOB PURPOSE

To perform monitoring activities within a specific coverage area and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Monitoring of WFP projects/activities and provide reports:

• Monitor food and cash distributions under UCSS projects by 100%.
• Monitor WFP project activities under AC, VST, and TSFP per the AO M&E plan.
• Conduct PDM interviews and provide reports via KOBO.
• Prepare reports (checklists) for each Activity Monitoring (AM) and Distribution Monitoring (DM) via MODA and narrative.
• Track project findings and share them with SO Managers daily for necessary and timely action.

Assessment of WFP projects and verification of beneficiaries:

• Conduct pre-project assessments as per the AO IP and project planning under the SO2 unit.
• Conduct beneficiary verifications under UCSS projects jointly with CP, TPM, line departments, and CP staff.
• Conduct needs assessments of IDPs and national disaster-affected populations (NDPs).

Attend meetings and provide the job pieces of training for CP staff and communities:

• Attend all internal staff meetings, M&E, and ad-hoc meetings.
• Attend coordination meetings with line departments, CPs, and communities.
• Provide training to CPs staff implementing WFP projects and community representatives on coordination, beneficiary selection criteria, and food/cash distribution mechanism.

Verification of compliance cases and other tasks achieved:

• Verify compliance and hotline cases and provide feedback to the program unit for action and closure of the cases in the system.
• Accomplish any other tasks and activities related to M&E and the program given by HAO and the head of M&E.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Completion of secondary school education.

Higher education instead of work experience

Relevant, completed university degrees may be considered instead of experience with the following conversions:

• Completed Master’s degree: Equal to 1 year of work experience.
• Completed Bachelor’s degree: Equal to 2 year’s work experience.
• For female applicants, 1 or 2 years’ experience may be granted for partly completed studies before 2022.

Minimum Work Experience:

• At least 4 years of relevant work experience out of which at least 1 year in monitoring and evaluation.

Desired Work Experience:

• Has experience analyzing program output and outcome data.
• General knowledge of monitoring and evaluation systems and standards.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of budgeting best practices, techniques, and processes.

Language:

• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and local languages (Pashto/Dari)

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We want to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible. Please get in touch with us at afg.hrrecruitment@wfp.org to advise us of any accessibility needs you may have.

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation, 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 payment requests should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.