Programme Assistant (Financial Inclusion) Service Contract 5 - Tete

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These jobs are found in Regional Bureaux (RBs), Country Offices (COs), Area/Field Offices (AOs/FOs). The job holders typically report to a Programme Policy Officer or the designate.
At this level, job holders are responsible for the completion of a range of specialized and/or standardized processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines and practices. Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff. They work under minimum supervision, perform basic analyses and compile reports to support information consistency and smooth implementation of programmes/projects.

JOB PURPOSE

The World Food Programme (WFP) in Mozambique made the transition to the Country Strategic Plan (CSP) in 2017. Through the CSP, WFP Mozambique established a long-term commitment to build resilience against climate shocks for greater food security and nutrition. This is in line with Government commitments and priorities on Zero Hunger and the 2030 Agenda. To this end, following extensive assessments and project design, WFP started implementation of its multi-year, climate resilience initiative in the provinces of Tete, Gaza, Nampula, Zambezia, and Sofala. This integrated approach to climate risk management (ICRM) brings together the different programming approaches implemented by the Country office (CO), including Food Assistance for Assets, the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (Conservation agriculture, Village savings and loans, Micro-insurance, Watershed management, Climate services), joining efforts with the work under Shock-responsive Social Protection, and Disaster Risk Financing. In addition, it aims to establish linkages with other on-going Activities, such as emergency response, nutrition, Smallholder farmers Agricultural Market Support,  and School Feeding. The Programme Assistant will support the financial inclusion component of this portfolio, focusing on the promotion of village saving and loan groups, financial literacy, integration with the insurance component, and overall the support to strengthening livelihoods and resilience of smallholder farmers.. The position, based in Tete Field Office, will provide support to other field offices implementing ICRM activities, mainly Gaza and Sofala. This work is to be conducted with WFP internal units, at CO and FO levels, as well as external partners, including government counterparts, UN agencies, NGO partners, and the relevant private sector organizations.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Minimum Completed Secondary School, preferable undergoing or completed University degree in Social sciences, Finance, Economics, Development, or relevant field of study.
Language: Portuguese is mandatory, working level English is required.

Experience: Four years of relevant working experience with a background and interest in Agri-business, and Financial Inclusion.

Knowledge & Skills: 

•    Knowledge and experience of financial services, including working with ASCAs and Savings and Loans groups 
•    Sound understanding of risk reserves, prudent risk taking and risk transfer measures
•    Sound knowledge of project cycle, programme and resource management, humanitarian principles and tools, programmes and transfer modalities;
•    Ability to explain projects and operations to counterparts and to communicate   with Government and partners clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing;
•  Ability to translate understanding of programme principles into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches;
•   General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direct supervision of the Resilience and Climate Change Programme Policy Officer and the Head of Field Office, the programme assistant for Financial inclusion will be responsible for the following:

•    Provide guidance on financial services, especially financial inclusion and literacy for smallholder farmers, and other members of the involved communities, under the integrated climate risk management approach (ICRM).
•    Operational backstop and technical support for the prudent risk taking and risk reserves components (saving and credit), including working closely with the private sector and relevant stakeholders to create suitable partnership with financial institutions.
•    Support the Field Offices in the coordination and management of partnerships with implementing partners, subnational stakeholders, and private sector.
•    Supervise and guide service providers of financial services (financial literacy, insurance provider, etc.), monitoring their work, interaction with beneficiaries and with other stakeholders 
•    Build a network and enhance the capacity of key financial inclusion stakeholders, bringing together stakeholders at local level from public and private sector.
•    Ensure the documentation of the saving and credit components and contribute to the preparation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for relevant stakeholders.
•    Develop, manage and maintain a database of all key information related to farmers engaged.
•    Support regularly reporting progress of activities to the Country office, according to internal and external requirements.
•    Support the development of reporting and communications materials focusing on integrated climate risk management and financial services components.
•    Perform any other activity as required.
 

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
•  Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
•  Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
•  Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.
   

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has facilitated communication with technical teams (i.e. nutrition, VAM, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy discussions.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contract Type: Service Contract 5

Duty Station: Tete

Contract Duration: 12 months 

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

6th October 2021

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Female applicants and qualified applicants are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

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.