Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 23, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Career Opportunities: Operational Information Management & Performance Reports Officer NOA open in Kigali Rwanda (106992) WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance. Watch this video to know more about us: WFP Corporate Video and Join us to make a difference. ABOUT WFP The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's 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. JOB PURPOSE The purpose of this job's function is to support all information management, reporting, and briefing activities and other documentation as required. Under the general supervision of the WFP Rwanda Head of External Partnerships and Communication Unit, the Information Management and Reports Officer will be responsible for the following key responsibilities: .

Job Responsibilities:
• Support staff in the assigned area to ensure that standard OIM & PR procedures and templates are followed to drive the quality, consistency, and standardization of information management and performance reporting across WFP.
• Collate relevant information and data from media and local internal and external sources to facilitate and maximize the exchange of information and data flow between functional area networks in WFP, to provide operational awareness and understanding of events that may have humanitarian and/or operational impact.
• Support the collation and dissemination of political and humanitarian analysis pertaining to WFP current or future responses to ensure country-specific input to WFP’s operational reporting.
• Support the preparation of Annual Country Reports (ACRs) in collaboration with the country office programme, monitoring & evaluation, logistics, and resource management functions by coordinating to ensure coherence and quality of performance information.
• Collaborate with counterparts internally to ensure consistency in humanitarian information and to complement WFP analysis and information.
• Support the enhancement of the capacity of WFP staff and partners to effectively manage operational information and performance reporting, for example through scheduling the delivery of the OIM & PR training on core competencies.
• Provide feedback on activities associated with the Corporate Performance Reporting Improvements.
• Support the initiatives for developing improved, streamlined, and harmonized OIM & PR including drafting of OIM & PR related normative guidance, as required.
• Support the assurance of defined quality standards in all processes and products.
• Keep abreast with regular sources of information and data required for the preparation of reports. Compile, together with programme colleagues, information required for operational reports to donors.
• Provide technical support, training, and clarification on reporting policies as required.
• Gather and analyze information about donor policies, trends, and preferences. Assist in preparing briefs for senior management and external stakeholders – including talking points, media briefs, donor proposals, and appeals and other relevant documentation as required.
• Draft meeting minutes during the important meeting such as quarterly donor meetings.
• Assist in organizing events to promote partnership with government entities.
• Act as an officer in charge in absence of Head of Unit and help guide communication initiatives.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
• Advanced University degree in Political Science, Economics, Statistics, Information Management or Journalism, Business Management, Social Sciences or other relevant fields, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
• Experience: Typically one year or more of postgraduate professional experience with an advanced university degree in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in international humanitarian development or first university degree with three years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
• Proven and excellent English drafting and editing skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including substantive analysis and reporting writing skills.
• General knowledge of information management best practices, techniques and processes.
• Good team-worker, able to easily work cross-functionally across the Country Office.
• Proactive and enabling takes initiative, does not require a lot of supervision.
• Culturally sensitive, a candidate should enjoy working in a new context with people of different cultures.
• Working experience in humanitarian or development operations.
• Training and/or experience using computers, including word processing, spreadsheet, and other standard software packages and systems.
• Proficiency (level C) in English and a second UN language
• Desirable: Fluency in Kinyarwanda
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
People
• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
• Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.
Performance
• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
• Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
• Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.
Partnership
• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
• Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates the ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
  This position is open for Rwanda Nationals only and applications must be submitted online through WFP e-Recruitment System
• Internal WFP staff can access the VA through the internal WFP CAREER page via the link: http://newgo.wfp.org/services/e-recruitment 
• External applicants are kindly requested to follow the link: http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings
Make sure that you answer all mandatory questions accurately and please attach your updated CV in English.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
The deadline for applications is 05/September/2019
Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero-tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

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