Title	:	Senior Programme Assistant (Rice Fortification)
Contract Type	:	Service Contract (SC)
Level	:	SB-3
No. of post	:	1 (one)
Duty Station	:	Dhaka
Duration	:	One year (with possibility of extension)

Major Duties and responsibilities: Under the overall supervision of the Programme Officer (Rice Fortification), the Senior Programme Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:

• Maintain the work-plan for the rice fortification project and regularly update the progress on implementation of the activities;
  
• Assist the relevant colleagues in various Sections/Units (Logistics and Procurement, Private Partnerships, Programme and Finance) by providing weekly update on progress in implementation of activities as per plan and in accordance with the deadlines;
  
• Maintain overview of the budget for the project, provide necessary guidance to the relevant WFP collages to ensure expenditure in conformity with the approved project budget;
  
• Circulate the status on utilization of fund under this project on a monthly basis received to all team members of the project, including the relevant colleagues in Finance and Resource Management;
  
• Follow-up with the relevant Government agencies on the issuance of various circulars, guidelines, etc.;
  
• Follow-up with inter-agency technical committee in organizing technical and steering committee meetings;
  
• Assist in the formulation of the partnership agreements/arrangements (with icddr,b, CARE Bangladesh, BRAC and others) with agencies involved in undertaking assessments, conducting training/sensitization activities, along with the budget, as required for the project;
  
• Assist in coordinating preparation of the monthly operational update highlighting key achievements and shortcomings/underachievement of targets;
  
• Coordinate joint field visits of various stakeholders involved in the project including the officials from various Government agencies;
  
• Assist in organizing various events, training and orientation sessions;
  
• Undertake monitoring field visits;
  
• Maintain related project documents, agreements, Government circulars, guidance materials; and
  
• Perform other related duties as required.

Expected Results: Well organized, complete and accurate reports, records and/or data put together independently with only general guidance.

Critical Success Factors: Sound judgment; ability to extract, interpret, analyse and format data and to resolve operational problems. Ability to work with minimum of supervision; to supervise and train support staff; and to work effectively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Competencies:

Action Management: Prioritizes activities based on urgencies, time constraints. Ensures that internal clients’ needs are properly met (e.g., follows up with clients) and that individuals have the training necessary to accomplish their work.

Communication: Adapts the level of language and the complexity of content to the audience. Facilitates transparent communication among staff.

Ethics & Values: Ensures that WFP’s regulations, procedures and policies are applied within the work unit. Deals fairly and equitably with individuals under their supervision.

Teamwork: Actively facilitates cooperation among team members.

Behavioural Flexibility: Demonstrates flexibility and respond constructively to change.

Client Orientation: Ensures that team members by providing necessary information in a timely manner.

Initiative: Proposes methods to enhance work processes. Proactively identifies potential problems in work unit and implements measures to avoid them.

Concern for order: Ability to quickly respond in high pressure situations and systems to organize complex data for future use.

Information seeking: Consolidates data obtained from multiple sources. Identifies areas where further research and analysis are necessary.

Education and Experiences: University degree and/or equivalent with emphasis in one or more of the following disciplines; Social Sciences, Development Studies, or other related field. At least four years of progressively responsible support work experience including at least three years closely related to programme functions.

Other Desirable Skills: MS Office such as Access, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; working knowledge in spreadsheet and other software packages.

Language: Fluency in both written and oral English and Bangla essential.

Submission of application:

Only candidates meeting the above requirements are requested to send their application completing “Summary of Candidate’s Profile” as per attached format, detailed CV (with photograph, contact telephone number and name & addresses of three references) and the application through email to: Bangladesh_Vacancy_Announcement@wfp.org mentioning the position applied in the subject line by 28 July 2014. Incomplete applications will be disregarded. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Any persuasion or attempt to persuasion will disqualify the candidature.

Click here to download the Summary of Candidates Profile Form.