WFP Deputy Food Security Sector Coordinator Jobs 2021 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. WFP Nigeria programme looking for “Deputy Food Security Sector Coordinator“. Applicants with a Postgraduate Master’s degree in Social Sciences may apply on or before 14th July 2021.
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.
WFP Deputy Food Security Sector Coordinator Jobs 2021
The WFP has published a job vacancy announcement on 23 June 2021 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Deputy Food Security Sector Coordinator to be based in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
| Recruiter | World Food Programme (WFP) |
| Position | Deputy Food Security Sector Coordinator |
| Location | Maiduguri, Nigeria |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Total Vacant Post | 01 |
| Qualification | Postgraduate Master’s degree in Social Sciences |
| Experience Required | At least three years |
| Application Deadline | 14th July 2021 |
WFP Job Vacancy 2021
Job Purpose: According to the increasing scale and complexity of food security response operations in North-Eastern Nigeria, the position of Food Security Sector Deputy Coordinator is conceived to strengthen the exiting capacity of the Food Security Sector, providing support to the Sector Coordinator and sector partners in matters of strategic direction and operational coordination, joint assessments, priority setting, gap analysis, monitoring and reporting.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Support the FSS Co-ordinator to ensure strategic direction and operational coordination of partners that are involved in food assistance activities, including Government, especially in setting priorities for intervention, operational response planning, overall food assistance response monitoring, gap analysis and reporting.
- Support the FSS Coordinator in promoting and coordinating joint needs assessments, leading strategic joint analysis of the available information and maintaining a database of all partners’ assessments that can be relevant to food security programming.
- Advise the FSS Coordinator on standards for food assistance interventions (either in-kind or CBT) and promote harmonization of targeting criteria, food baskets/amounts of CBT and distribution modalities.
- Undertake advocacy and resource mobilization for the Food Security Sector.
- In the absence of the FSS Coordinator, represent the Food Security Sector in all relevant meetings and for a.
- Maintain close contact with partners and support reporting including the humanitarian Periodic Monitoring Report, Situation Reports, FSS Bulletins and Dash Boards.
- Support the FSS Coordinator in planning and organising the Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe Food Security Sector Working Group (FSWG) Meetings; and
- Undertake any other duties as requested by the FSS Coordinator.
Qualification:
- Postgraduate Master’s degree in Social Sciences or in a discipline relevant to the mandate of the Organization.
Position Specific Competencies:
- Ability to establish strategic partnerships.
- Ability to work and plan at strategic as well as operational levels.
- Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture, including co-ordination mechanisms, humanitarian reform and action, and funding mechanisms (e.g. Strategic Response Plan process, Central Emergency Response Fund and Flash Appeals).
- Ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders, including government actors and build consensus.
- Coping with pressure: ability to work productively under and to maintain visibly high levels of morale in difficult circumstances.
- Ability to communicate clearly and to adapt to communication style according to audience; and
- Strong experience in Cadre Harmonize/IPC.
Experience:
- in humanitarian response at a mid – or senior level including in the Food Security Sector
Skills
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Good written communication skills, including in emergency settings.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze problems, make appropriate recommendations, effective decisions, including in emergency settings.
- Strong foundation in programme formulation, planning, implementation, management, and evaluation.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Language: Working knowledge of the English Language.
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply WFP Deputy Food Security Sector Coordinator Jobs 2021
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The Closing Date: 14th July 2021
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.wfp.org |
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