Special Assistant

1 week ago


القاهرة, Egypt World Food Programme Full time

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

17 November 2024-23:59-GMT+02:00 Eastern European Standard Time (Cairo)

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.

To learn more about WFP, visit our website:
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).

Operations Support:
- Under the supervision of the Deputy Regional Director for Operations, provide advice and support on WFP’s operations across the Region:
- Reputation Risk management: Screen external reporting products, CSPs, and other documents as required, providing analysis and research on the emerging political, social, and economic situation in the region and filtering for politically sensitive issues and escalating as appropriate.- Ensure WFP’s position for external audiences is calibrated in line with UN stances, terminology, and WFP’s organizational principles. Engage directly with CO leadership and HQ as required including drafting Note Verbales for Ambassadors/ HQ Permanent Representatives.- Continuity for small Country Offices Support RBC management to ensure that RBC priorities are reflected in CO strategies, including review of key reporting products to ensure quality of data, and consistency across past products and interagency stances as appropriate.

Regional Emergency Support- Coordinate collation/ dissemination of scheduled and ad-hoc information products, reports, meeting minutes, and information requests related to corporate-scale emergencies.- Maintain visibility over and as necessary recommend changes to regional coordination, information management, and dissemination systems, practices, and products.- Ensure information quality control: supporting effective communications flow across the chain of command including RB/ CO / HQ.- Support the Deputy Regional Director for Operations’ engagement in Regional Emergency Responses and country office scale-up. Manage briefs, draft talking points, and background documents for the DRD as required consolidating inputs from Emergencies, Partnerships, OIM, and other teams as required.- Coordinate key RBC Operational Heads of Units ad-hoc outputs for RBC and WFP management, such as funding strategies, donor engagements, supply chain overviews, media messages, and other products as required.- Monitor the main success indicators for WFP emergency operations in the region, through situation reports, dashboards, and pipeline reports and highlight issues for RBC management’s attention as required.

Country Office Support- Ensure that key Operations priorities are reflected in organizational redesign or transformation activities.- Convene task force meetings, summarize key issues for RBC management, and draft external-facing updates as required.

Knowledge and skills:
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze and interpret large amounts of information, drawing out the key messages.-
- Excellent soft skills including diplomacy and the ability to navigate sensitive or politicized topics tactfully.- Excellent oral and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate insights to senior stakeholders in and outside of WFP.- Strong coordination and organizational skills, able to manage multiple diverse stakeholders around a common goal.

STANDARD MINIMUM 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 training/courses.

Experience: Minimum of 5 years experience with a Master, or 6 years experience with a Bachelor's degree- Str



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