UN World Food Programme Policy Officer (National Nutrition Officer) Storekeeper Jobs in Tanzania
UN World Food Programme Policy Officer (National Nutrition Officer) Storekeeper Jobs in Tanzania
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.
Background:
In support of the government’s goals in nutrition, WFP nutrition programme activities and targets are fully aligned with the National Multi-sectoral Nutrition Action Plan 1 and 2 (NMNAP). WFP’s activities employ a combined approach, between nutrition specific and sensitive activities.
Nutrition specific interventions couple the provision of specialized nutritious foods with gender focused Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), to treat Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and prevent stunting and micronutrient deficiencies for both women and children in target communities. To this end, WFP implements a Supplementary Feeding Programme (SFP) and Mother/Child Health Nutrition Programme (MCHN) in health facilities in Dodoma and Singida regions.
WFP also endeavors to ensure that all its other programs are nutrition sensitive.
To support the enabling environment, WFP has continued to enhance national capacities for addressing malnutrition by working with the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), President’s Office for Regional and Local Government (PORALG), Prime Ministers officer and district councils to increase technical capacities and programme reach.
Standard Minimum Qualifications
Essential Qualifications & Experience
• Advanced university degree or first level university degree with additional relevant work experience in nutrition, food technology, public health, development studies, project management.
• Five years of relevant working experience in managing or delivering food security and nutrition projects.
• Fluency in both written and oral English.
• Proficiency in Windows MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook).
• Behavioral competencies such as Action Management, Client Orientation, Innovation, Partnering and Teamwork.
Organizational Context
Under the direct supervision of the head of Nutrition, the Programme Policy Officer (National Nutrition Officer) will have the following responsibilities:
Job Purpose
To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.
Key Accountabilities
Assist Country Office (CO) in implementing nutrition programmes (including UN joint programmes) for the reduction on stunting and scaling them up to new areas as per the country strategic plan. This includes the analysis of opportunities for local production of specialized nutritious foods, rolling out a social behavior change communication (SBCC), and implementing nutrition sensitive school feeding programmes.
Ensure WFP interventions are aligned to national multisectoral nutrition action plan and national priorities and provide technical support to national regional and local government.
Provide technical support to and spearhead engagement with national regional and local government in the implementation of the NMNAPII.
Promote, identify and facilitate community ownership and strengthened integration of nutrition and school feeding interventions
Support the generation of reliable data, analysis and evidence to inform programming, and strengthen monitoring of routine data and evaluation of nutrition activities in close collaboration with M&E unit
Act as gender focal point of the nutrition unit overseeing the rollout of gender-transformative actions into WFP nutrition and school feeding operations and ensure their continuous follow-up and documentation.
Contribute to drafting corporate and donors reports in relation to funded activities, and contribute to drafting concept notes and funding proposals as required.
Any other task as required
4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose
Understand and communicate
the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.
People
Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)
Performance
Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.
Partnership
Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships
Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.
Expected Outcomes:
• Quality Roll out of nutrition and school feeding programme in line with the country strategic plan and corporate polices.
• Data, evidence and analysis are available to support and inform WFP nutrition and school feeding operations; best practices and results are adequately documented and reported.
• Key operational synergies are established between nutrition, school feeding small holder farmers and supply chain and innovation thereby increasing their ability to address vulnerabilities and achieve impact.
• A broader portion of the food required for the nutrition and school feeding programme is procured nationally or locally.
• WFP nutrition and school feeding leveraged to their best potential to overcome prevailing gender inequities.
Desired Requirements:
General understanding of WFP overall operations and activities in Tanzania.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UN World Food Programme Policy Officer (National Nutrition Officer) Storekeeper Jobs in Tanzania
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