Vacancy at World Food Programme - Bhutan

Job Vacancy Announcement

Position: Programme Associate, Food Systems and Resilience
Company: World Food Programme (WFP)
Contact No: 17520756
Email: ceo@centerforadvancedresearch.bt

Location: Babesa, Thimphu Thim Throm, Thimphu
Designation: Scientific Officer
Salary Expectation: Nu. 20000.00

Job Description:

Objective: To proficiently manage health information systems and data, ensuring their accuracy, integrity, and adherence to regulatory standards, thereby facilitating informed healthcare decision-making and reporting.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes within food systems and resilience, supporting alignment with wider WFP programme policies and guidelines.
Provide specialized project management support to the technical assistance component of the “Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture” (BRECSA) project and/or other food system and resilience programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
Within the specific area of food systems and resilience, support preparation of a range of reports and data analysis, e.g., technical assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status, performance and highlight trends/issues ensuring programme deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of food systems and resilience and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation, and monitoring of ongoing BRECSA and other project activities.
Coordinate and communicate with RGoB counterparts, local partners, agencies, CSOs and government institutions to carry out programme analyses and to ensure efficient delivery of WFP technical assistance.
Support the capacity strengthening of WFP staff, implementing partners and national government within the specific technical area of food systems and resilience.
Act as a point of contact for the resolution of a range of operational queries and problems within food systems and resilience.
Collaborate with support staff to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines.
In the event of a crisis, follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP can quickly respond and deploy needed support to affected areas.
Others as required.

Requirements:

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in a relevant area such as agriculture, nutrition, food security, project management, or related field.
Experience: Six or more years of progressively responsible work experience in a related functional area.

Knowledge & Skills:

Good knowledge and skills in implementing and managing technical programmes, supporting and providing capacity-strengthening services.
Experience working in collaboration with a diverse array of development stakeholders, including government, UN, development partners, civil society, etc.
Experience working with technical teams, e.g., agriculture, nutrition, food security, school feeding would be an asset.
Skills in capacity strengthening of farmer groups and cooperatives in agriculture marketing and rural business development would be an asset.
Experience in procurement and budgeting processes would be an asset.
Good communication skills in order to provide specialized business support services to a wide range of individuals.
Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and monitor budgets.
Ability to build relationships with a variety of individuals across functions.
Experience in coordinating the work of others and self and training and supporting others.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Languages: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English (Level C) and Dzongkha