Career Opportunities: Field Monitoring Assistant

Duty station: Monrovia, Montserrado Liberia

🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°: 805224

📢 Job Title:FieldMonitoring Assistant

📢 Number of Openings:2

📢 Job Grade:SC-4

📌Type of Contract:Service Contract (SC)

📌Post holder reports to :Head of the RAM Unit

➡️ Unit / Division:Programme & Policy

📍 Duty Station: Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia

➡️ Duration:1 year (Renewable based on funding & Operational need)

⏰ Closing date: 28 April 2023, midnight (Liberia Time)

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.

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Background and Purpose of the Assignment

The job purpose of the position is to perform monitoring activities within a specific coverage area and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance packages. Selected candidates will report directly to Head of RAM Unit with below mentioned key responsibilities.

What will you do in this position?

• Monitor the implementation of various assistance activities in close collaboration with partners and the community.
• Enter all monitoring data collected (General Distribution /School Feeding/Asset Creation and Livelihood, Nutrition activity questionnaires) in the MODA platform using tablets.
• Document good operational practices and any concerns regarding gender and environmental implications observed on the ground.
• Arrange for regular meetings with community leaders and cooperating partners on commodity pipeline, distribution arrangements, food entitlements and other relevant issues to support effective communication flow and efficient operations.
• Liaise with cooperating partners and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support programme reviews and improve services.
• Provide standard trainings for cooperating partners on WFP operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to independently self-monitor and to contribute to the visibility of WFP in the coverage areas.
• Contribute to missions, market assessments, donor’s missions, rapid need assessments, Food security assessment and nutrition surveys.
• Report monthly on concerns and comments from beneficiaries and cooperating partners to support identifying programmatic issues.
• Suggest improvements to field monitoring processes and procedures for efficient implementation of the assistance programmes.
• Follow set emergency response processes and procedures for emergency food assistance.
• Follow up closely with the feedback received through hotline under CFM platform
• Coordinate with beneficiaries, CP, and other relevant stakeholders to get the response against complain received under CFM platform.
• Coordinate with program activity manager to get their response on the CFM and initiate the process to close it in line with SOP.
• Perform any other monitoring tasks as needed.

Why work with us?

➡️Meaningful and impactful careers:

Our day-to-day work makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve

➡️Continuous learning and training:

We provide learning tools for our staff to continually develop their careers

➡️Multicultural and stimulating work environment:

We encourage gender and cultural diversity to make our teams stronger

Join us to make a difference in Liberia!!

To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have for…

Education:

• Completion of secondary school education.

Experience & Knowledge:

• • Minimum of 4 years of experience collecting programme output and outcome data, conducting process monitoring including quantitative and qualitative analysis and reporting.
  • General knowledge of WFP monitoring and evaluation systems and standards.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

Before you apply…

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 an inclusive work environment in which diversity is valued and where no form of discrimination is tolerated. We aim to achieve parity in our teams in Liberia. Qualified female applicants and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.

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.