Programme Assistant (livelihood) SC5 Damascus

Job Description

ABOUT WFPThe?United Nations World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetime. 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. In 2020, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger globally, including its work during the coronavirus pandemic.In Syria, WFP provides food assistance to more than 4.6 million people each month. This includes families who require emergency assistance when affected by conflict and displacement and also those who need help to improve their nutrition and food security. WFP supports children across Syria with healthy meals and snacks at school, mothers with nutritious diets, and families and communities with sustainable livelihood projects.The United Nations World Food Programme is the worlds 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.The United Nations World Food Programme is the worlds 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.CONTRACT TYPE & DURATIONContract Type:?Service contract - SC5Duration:?12 monthsDuty Station: DamascusNumber of required employees: 1ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXTThis post is based in Damascus and falls under the direct supervision of the Deputy Head of Area Office and overall supervision by the Head of South Area Office.The purpose of the assignment is to perform specialized and standardized to support the effective delivery of livelihoods activities assisting vulnerable, food insecure communities.The Programme Assistant (Livelihoods) will work in the South Area Office and in collaboration with the other units of WFPKEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)Within delegated authority, the Programme Assistant will be responsible for the following duties: (These duties aregeneric and thus are not all-inclusive nor are all duties carried out by all position holders).

• Support the development of livelihoods and resilience programming in the area of operation;
• Liaise with the concerned authorities, partners and other stakeholders on livelihood and resilience building projects;
• Undertake project identification, development, monitoring and technical supervision of livelihoods projects;
• Assess the training needs of relevant partner staff and support the design and implementation of appropriate capacity development training;
• Prepare regular implementation progress reports on livelihoods projects;
• Contribute to documenting lessons learnt and best practices in livelihood and resilience building programming in area of operation;
• Perform other duties, as required by the supervisor.

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