Organization: WFP – World Food Programme
Location: Dhaka
Grade: Level not specified – Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
Legal – Broad
Political Affairs
External Relations, Partnerships and Resource mobilization
Project and Programme Management
Public, Private Partnership
Managerial positions
Closing Date: 2025-01-01
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the world’s 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.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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).
The NGO partnership team will be responsible for managing WFP’s relation with NGOs holding a WFP Field Level Agreement. The Unit will be in charge of maintaining and developing WFP effective partnership with national and international NGOs. This includes but does not limit to assuring that FLAs are properly costed, capitalise on NGOs capacities and are attributed in the best interest of WFP and the people it serves. The Programme Policy Officer (NGO Partnership unit) will work under the supervision of the Head of Programme. The incumbent will closely collaborate and actively engage with different activity team leaders within the programme unit and the other relevant units in WFP Bangladesh Country Office.
1. Develop and negotiate with WFP’s NGOs partners capacity developments plans and mutual learning in support of growing WFP effectiveness and efficiency.
2. Assure regular assessment of WFP cooperating partners, incorporating best practices and corporate assessment tools, cost effectiveness monitoring, including implementing a comparative analysis of their performance (deliverables, quality) ran in collaboration with other Program unit as well as compiling feedback from other UN agencies and international donors.
3. Strengthen WFP strategic partnership with Local and International NGOs that result in improving efficiencies and growing capacities and technical added value of WFP in the field.
4. Advise and support the development of functional training in areas of expertise to enhance the capacity of NGO staff to design and deliver effective programmes.
5. Proactively explore available alternative for WFP NGOs partnership in order enhance competition and ensure that WFP programs benefit from the most effective and cost-efficient options available in the country.
6. In collaboration with other program units and under the guidance of the head of program, lead WFP efforts around NGOs capacity building in strategic working lines.
7. Prepare Expression of Interest (EOI), undertake Request for Proposal (RFP) and grant FLA awards requests, draft grant agreements and subsequent amendments, using the
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8. Review FLA budgets and financial reports against approved budgets to provide critical feedback to the implementing partners, program unit and the supervisor. Monitor budgets in FLA proposals and verify their consistency with prevailing market rate, assist in discussion of costs as required.
9. Verify reporting requirements are adhered to and closely liaise with the relevant units. Review payment requests and ensure payments are processed based upon the FLA agreement.
10. Support the Head of Programme in budgeting and forecasting of FLA related expenditures, ensure variances are communicated at early stage.
11. Provide guidance and advice to cooperating partners on FLA related and financial matters in collaboration with relevant units. Resolve operational and process issues related to FLA management.
12. Coordinate the process of operational and financial closure of FLAs and projects. Contributing to the coordination and follow up on the audits of cooperating partners and WFP internal and external audit of programme activities
13. Organize and support cooperating partner capacity development and training in financial and organizational management. Provide guidance to cooperating partners and coordinate with relevant units to ensure their understanding of and compliance with WFP operational guidelines, terms and conditions of the grant agreement and WFP requirements.
14. Actively compile lessons learned and best practices and sharing knowledge and best practices of WFP and cooperating partners on financial and organizational management.
15. Supervise staff under the NGOs Partnership team and strengthen their capacities to improve the overall team performance.
16. Monitor information related to contractual arrangements on audits, inventories, utilization and all such elements in the donor contracts and FLAs.
17. Ensure that all records are collected and maintained in both hard copies and electronic copies for easy reference.
18. Maintain a database and archive of all grants and FLAs related information and documentation of all cooperating partners.
19. Perform any other tasks as required.
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.
WORK EXPERIENCE: Minimum of seven years including five years professional experience in implementing technical programs (i.e. resilience, food assistance, nutrition, etc.).
LANGUAGE: Proficiency in both oral and written communication skills in English.
Other Terms and Conditions:
WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, leave plus a medical insurance.
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.
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