To provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food systems goals. The incumbent is expected to work under minimal supervision and produce organised, accurate work and analytical reports including providing guidance to partners on standard WFP delivery assistance.

Key Accountabilities:

The incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

• Participate in annual activity planning and review.
• Program operations: support the AMS team in Kampala to coordinate and document meetings, trainings, and events; pre-commit funds, initiate procurement requests, and monitor expenditures in Kampala and the field vis-à-vis costed annual performance plans.
• Liaise with the Finance Unit in financial reporting to the donors.
• Coordinate with the Partnership Unit and the field to select CPs.
• Contribute to programme design discussion and document writing.
• Support in the synthesis of programme results and provide input into analysis.
• Provide programme operational support e.g. procurement and partnership management
• Focal Point for operational inquiries within the Head Office vis-a-vis field offices and partners.
• Assist in the organisation of meetings and workshops.
• Organize/participate in public events for WFP programmes.
• Conduct quarterly activity monitoring field visits.
• Contribute to the documentation of programme achievements and lessons learnt
• Manage physical and electronic filing systems

Organisational Capabilities:

Purpose:

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
• Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People:

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
• Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance:

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
• Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
• Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership:

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
• Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

Desired Experiences For Entry Into The Role:

• At least five (5) or more years of progressive responsible work experience of implementing livelihoods, food security, agricultural development, or market systems development.
• Experience in livelihoods programming in emergency and complex contexts e.g., refugee or disaster-prone contexts.
• Demonstrated understanding of the livelihood conceptual frameworks, market systems development or pro-poor market concepts,
• Experience in humanitarian and development project implementation
• Experience in monitoring of humanitarian and development projects.
• Computer knowledge and skills in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Power point.

Standard Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, social sciences, development studies, or related field from a recognized institution.

Language:

• Fluency in both oral and written communication in the UN language in use at the duty station and in the duty station’s language