DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS21 June 2025-23:59-GMT+06:00 Kyrgyzstan Time (Bishkek)
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ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worldโs largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
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WHY JOIN WFP?
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
Outcome Manager will lead the programmatic pillar Strategic Outcome 1 of the CSP, responsible for managing resources to results as outlined in the CSP, and are tasked to implement relevant policy and programme activities and delivering towards commitments made towards the UN Country Team, the Host Government and donors, leveraging partnerships for sustainability, efficiency gains and longer-term national systems strengthening following a whole-of-society approach.
Supervision received: The Outcome Manager is directly supervised by the Head of Programme and supervised by the Deputy Country Director at the second level. The Outcome Manager also ensures close coordination with the different units and reams of the Country Office as well as the Sub-Office in Osh.
The level of the contract will be determined by WFP based on the skills and experience of the selected candidate(s).
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):
1. Contribute towards the development of a number of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance in the area of Strategic Outcome 1 in line with CSP commitments.
2. Provide management support to specific and defined projects, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes, that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
3. Follow data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
4. Research and analyze policy and operational issues to support the development of promotive and shock-responsive social protection programmes and activities.
5. Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities of the SO1 that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
6. Liaise with internal counterparts to ensure effective collaboration and monitor ongoing projects.
7. Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved programme design.
8. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government counterparts to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs, e.g. through project management support of learning initiatives.
9. Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and assisting them with analysis and queries.
10. Any other business as required.OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS
11. Lead annual planning, implementation and review processes for SO1 and oversee integration of donor commitments.
12. Ensure programmatic design and implementation for SO1 activities is aligned with the CSP Theory of Change, annual planning and activity frameworks and in line with CSP gender and nutrition-sensitive principles.
13. Ensure timely implementation under the CSP Strategic Outcome 1, including resource transfers, technical assistance and country capacity-strengthening, focusing on inclusive social protection, active labour market programme, capacity-strengthening, and livelihood support.
14. Coordinate design and delivery of interventions in programmatic area of responsibility in partnership with government counterparts, national and international partners, including but not limited to Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Migration, district-level administrations and local self-governments and other applicable government bodies.
15. Effectively engage in strategic and operational partnerships in the programmatic area of responsibility in alignment with management direction and in collaboration with the External Relations unit.
16. Lead efforts to align programme design and implementation with national development priorities, local development plans and national and sub-national processes related to co-financing and co-contributions.
17. Oversee the operational delivery of outputs in accordance with the Annual Performance Plan, ensuring quality assurance in terms of project selection and sufficient field presence using WFP and partner capacities.
18. Coordinate with the RAM unit to ensure efficient and accurate evidence-generation for all SO1 activities.
19. Contribute to results reporting in line with WFP corporate requirement and donor conditionalities and host government requirements.
20. Collaborate effectively with UNSDCF stakeholders, including identifying, designing and implementing Joint Programme opportunities to contribute to deliver on joint UN commitments.DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:
- Experience of working with UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing administration.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective work relationships with counterparts and staff within the office, host population, donors, NGOs and other UN agencies;
- Demonstrated conceptual and analytical capacity and leadership skills;
- Resourcefulness, initiative, maturity of judgement, tact, negotiating skills;
- Experience in collaborating with national government actors on international financial institution-financed social protection programs, development partners, will be a plus.
- Has contributed to policy discussions and technical issues pertinent to the social protection.
- Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing in English and Russian;
- Training and/or experience utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other standard WFP software packages and systems.
- Demonstrated flexibility in accepting work assignments outside normal desk description where necessary;
- Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan and those under his/her supervision;
- Ability to motivate staff and ability to deal patiently and tactfully with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
Functional Capabilities (Knowledge & Skills):
- Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance: Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design.
- Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher, Knowledge): Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.
- Broad Knowledge of Specialized Areas: Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation, and monitoring.
- Emergency Programming: Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high-quality emergency programmes.
- Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government: Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.
STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
Experience:. Five years of post-graduate relevant professional experience related to national development programmes, policies, strategies or plans and institutional structures, in relation to social protection and/or revolving around food security and/or nutrition and/or emergency responses and office management experience.
Language: Fluency (level C) in both oral and written communication in English and fluency of working languages (Russian and/or Kyrgyz) is an advantage.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
Please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
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.