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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.
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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).
The Field Monitoring Assistant (FMA) has an essential role in the implementation of the Country Office’s [M&E Strategy/ M&E Action Plan] at the field level. The FMA collects data related to WFP’s programme implementation and ensures this data is submitted for further analysis and disseminated through appropriate channels, to inform operational decision-making and strategic reorientation. The FMA engages frequently with WFP’s beneficiaries and Partners. The staff member will work under the guidance and supervision M&E Associate at country office level, and will perform the following responsibilities:
- Apply corporate standards in all monitoring activities, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), the Corporate Results Framework (CRF) and M&E corporate policies and guidance.
- Work closely with programme units at the field level to ensure monitoring provides the necessary information for programme improvements.
- Establish and maintain good partnerships with WFP’s beneficiary communities and partners, where applicable.
- Mainstream gender, equity, disability, protection, human rights and other inclusion issues as appropriate in all M&E work.
- Support training of enumerators and partners, working closely with programme where relevant.
- Based on knowledge of the country context and community needs, suggest improvements to field monitoring processes and procedures for efficient implementation of the assistance programmes.
- Collect output, process and outcome monitoring data, including distribution monitoring, activity implementation monitoring, Post-Distribution Monitoring, retail performance monitoring, surveys and qualitative monitoring methodologies (i.e., Key Informant Interviews, Focus Group Discussions), using questionnaires and question guides developed by M&E, and support the implementation of remote monitoring as relevant.
- In coordination with partners, provide information about activity sites to the country office to inform sampling plans.
- Working closely with CFM Manager, ensure that CFM channels are established and issues raised are incoprtated in M&E tools for further investigation.
- Keep track of monitoring visits and coverage, ensuring that all activity sites are monitored at least once a year, with more frequent visits to priority sites.
- Follow ethical guidelines during monitoring activities.
- Conduct regular data quality checks at different stages of the monitoring cycle, ensuring that monitoring results are timely, complete and of high quality.
- Verify, clean, analyze and interpret monitoring data according to information needs of various audiences.
- Submit data to centralized databases managed by CO as appropriate.
- Assist during technical support missions from the CO M&E team, evaluation teams or other missions related to M&E.
- Submit back-to-office reports from field missions and use an escalation system for reporting on issues, assigning focal points to take action and tracking actions taken.
- Work closely with programme staff in the field to ensure that quality data is captured in the Country Office Tool for Managing Effectively (COMET).
- Attend regular meetings between M&E and programme at the field level to review monitoring findings and discuss recommendations.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education: Post high-school diploma in social sciences or equivalent
Experience: Four years’ experience in data collection, analysis or data management.
• Has experience in using one of the analysis software such as microsoft excel, SPSS, R etc.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 19 March 2026-23:59-GMT+02:00 South Africa Standard Time (Maseru)