Contract: Service Contract (SC7)
Duration: Till 31 December 2014(extendable)
Duty Station: Hatay
Accountabilities: Within
delegated authority, the Senior Programme Assistant will
be reporting to the head of Sub office, Gaziantep and will be responsible for
the following duties:
§ Conducting monitoring and
evaluation activities together with the Field Monitoring team in all refugee
camps supported by the WFP food assistance programme.
§ Consolidate and evaluate
data collected during monitoring visits to camps including beneficiary and
market monitoring forms.
§ Planning of the
monitoring missions to camps in Gaziantep, Hatay and Urfa in coordination with
the Head of Office
§ Assist in the planning
and the organization of meetings and briefing sessions to identify and analyze problems
in relation to the food assistance programme and recommend solutions.
§ Assist in the organization
of project planning missions, meetings and briefing sessions to help identify
and analyze problems and recommendations for improvement.
§ Monitor, update and track
data related to project on implementation issues and ensure accuracy of data related
to programme implementation activities.
§ Assist in compiling daily,
weekly and monthly statistics generated from team monitoring visits
§ Maintain records on
programme activities; make information available for the team and supervisor.
§ In coordination with and
assistance of the head of sub office, provide
guidance, on-the-job training and assistance to Field Monitors and other support
staff;
§ Accompany Head of Office
in meetings with government officials and partner organizations on field level and
prepare notes of the meetings for the Head of Office
§ Participate, in
coordination with the head of office in assessment missions to new camps and
the proposed expanded camps to implement the programme
§ Participate in and
support donor and official visits to camps as required.
§ Involved in the assessment
of the contracted shops with the team and the provision of advisories for
advisory of the vendors to ensure proper implementation.
§ Assist with the
assessment of new shops to be contracted outside the camps – liaise with TRC on
all issues of shop contracts to ensure compliance measures in place in the
contracts
§ Participate in required
assessments of bakeries in Gaziantep to contract for Emergency Preparedness in
Syria involving negotiations with the assistance of the head of office.
§ Assistance in providing
inputs for programme related reports on regular basis.
§ Organization of project planning
missions, meetings and briefing sessions to identify and analyze problems and
recommend feasible solutions.
§ Assist in planning and implementation
of support project for urban refugees across larger centres of southern Turkey
§ Undertake advocacy and information
related tasks for project/programme activities such as making interventions and
presentations in meetings, workshops, seminars, missions, etc.
§ Assist in rapid assessments, and community
leaders or camp managers education sessions
§ Participate in discussions on
new/revised procedures and practices; interpretation and assessment of the
impact of changes and made and follow up on implementation of recommendations
§ Ensure that trips for staff involved
in field missions are prepared and approved by the concerned authorities.
§ Perform other related
duties as required.
Qualifications &
Education requirements:
Education: Secondary school
education, Bachelor degree in related field is an asset, preferably
supplemented by courses in human resources, public administration, transport,
development economics or other related field.
Experience: At least six years of progressively responsible experience of which at
least one year closely related to operations, food aid related work or other
related field. Training and/or experience utilizing
computers including word processing, spreadsheet and other software packages.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Turkish. Arabic highly desirable
We are looking for national
candidates for the position.
Preferably candidates who are residing in
location or surrounding areas.
Female candidates are encouraged
to apply.
Only short -
listed candidates will be contacted.
