SSA Consultant Monitoring Staff
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21 June 2025-23:59-GMT05:30 India Standard Time (Kolkata)WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race colour national origin ethnic or social background genetic information gender gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation religion or belief HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worlds 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.
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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).
WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This vacancy is open to Indian National only.
This vacancy is open to internal and external candidates.
Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
A Written test will be used for Screening Candidates.
Only recommended candidates will be retained on roster for a period of two years and may be considered for similar positions from roster.
The Starting Remuneration for this position will be 92780/- INR Per Month All tax liability for payments from this contract are to be borne by the subscriber.
VACANCY DETAILS
Job Title:SSA Consultant (Monitoring Staff)
Grade: Level 6
Type of Contract: Special Services Agreement
Duration: 11 Months
Reporting To: Team Leader
Duty Station: Lucknow
Date of Publication: 19 June 2025
Deadline of Application: 20 June 2025
JOB PURPOSE:
WFP Collaboration with the State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) and the Department of Women & Child Development (DWCD) in Uttar Pradesh Aligned to this overarching vision around improved nutrition WFP has been working in Uttar Pradesh across several Departments and with various stakeholders including the State Rural Livelihood Mission and the Department of Women & Child Development to ensure the availability and consumption of nutritious quality assured and safe Supplementary nutrition through the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)scheme. Under this project a total of 204 Supplementary nutrition production units are in process of being setup across the State to cater to ICDS requirements in 43 districts; these units will be run by women led microenterprises. Each unit will produce a variety of different food products for different ICDS beneficiary groups such as children between 6 months to 6 years of age adolescent girls and pregnant/ lactating women. This model will then be expanded across the State in a phased manner to cover all the districts. WFP works closely with both SRLM and DWCD for the roll-out of the supplementary nutrition production through a combination of technical assistance and direct support to set up the supplementary nutrition production units.
WFP will provide technical assistance at the State level and also to the various units being set up across the State in tandem with the officials of SRLM. WFP technical assistance will be focussed primarily on the processes around the production of the supplementary nutrition. Post set-up WFP will provide technical assistance for monitoring the implementation and production across the units; identifying gaps/ areas for improvement and helping to fill the gaps through proven solutions. WFP has already set up block level production units in Bighapur Unnao and Malwa Fatehpur districts-these fully automated production plants function as Centres of Excellence are used for training workers from other districts for the scale up of the production units in the remaining districts in the State. To support the roll out of this alternative model for production of supplementary nutrition WFP in closed collaboration with UPSRLM will set up a Project Management Unit in UPSRLM to efficiently support the implementation of the project. Under the PMU staff with different skill sets will be positioned at various levels including the placement of Senior Programme Assistants (Monitoring) at the State level within UPSRLM.
Responsibilities for the Consultant (Monitoring Associate ):
Nutrition and School Feeding will be responsible for the following:
Project management:
Assist in the planning developing and implementation of various activities and processes in the Supplementary nutrition production units aligned with guidance from WFP and UPSRLM; Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems within the production units; Oversee and/or review the work of the unit providing practical advice and guidance to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines; Support in organizing and conducting capacity building of the women led microenterprises on various project related aspects.
Monitoring of the project: Regularly visit the Supplementary nutrition production units in the districts assigned to monitor the implementation of the project identify gaps in implementation at the Unit level and suggest mid-course correction to the unit staff in coordination with SRLM and WFP; Attend the monthly meetings of the units in the districts under responsibility assigned; Review the budgetary estimates and expenditure undertaken by each unit.
Documentation and knowledge management; Support in compilation and identify best practices in the implementation of the project in the different production units for wider dissemination; Prepare monthly reports on the progress of the project at the district level and at unit level for theunits/districts under responsibility for sharing with all project stakeholders.
Coordination
Coordinate with government counterparts at the district level across DWCD and SRLM as need be tofacilitate implementation of the project;
Liaise with project stakeholders for timely implementation and speedy resolution of issues identified in the projects.
Perform other related duties as required
Perform other related duties as required.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
Completion of secondary school education. A university degree in Food Sciences Nutrition Public healthManagement or Social sciences is preferable.
EXPERIENCE
Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible work experience preferably in the development sector in partnership with the government/UN agency/INGO. Experience on supporting the implementation of projects or working on projects targeted at addressing malnutrition at the community level is desirable.
LANGUAGE
Fluency in spoken and written English and Hindi.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
- Excellent interpersonal skills required including strong professionally communication ability;
- Advocacy and networking skills with a broad range of stakeholders including government private sector civil society academia NGO and international cooperation
- Knowledge of research methods with familiarity in quantitative and qualitative methods;
- Advanced computer skills with proficiency in Windows Microsoft office
- Knowledge of UN system would be an asset
- Knowledge of WFP programmes is an advantage
- Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team of nutrition and food security experts across fourteen
LANGUAGE
Fluency in spoken and written English and Hindi is a key requirement.
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
- Ability to engage effectively with a wide range of actors from government private sector and civil society.
- Very strong communications skills both in writing and speaking
- Solid planning and problem-solving skills and action oriented
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and simultaneously manage multiple tasks in an autonomous manner;
- Maturity initiative courtesy tact and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of different national and cultural backgrounds
- Ability to handle any other additional tasks as requested by the supervisor.
- Ability to undertake travel within the country.
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the worldachieve Zero Hungerin 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.
PROJECT BACKGROUND
The World Food Programme (WFP) operating in India since 1963 aims to provide technical support to strengthening the governments food safety-nets programmes in order to improve access to nutritious food for millions of vulnerable households throughout the country. Through its Country Strategic Plan (2019-2023) WFP India aims to support India in achieving their targets under Sustainable Development Goals 2 which includes reducing all forms of malnutrition.
WFP works with National and State governments to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of the three food-based safety nets Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) PM POSHAN scheme and the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme by introducing viable solutions and best practices in existing systems to increase the intake availability and knowledge of diverse nutritious foods. Social behaviour change communications (SBCC) accompanies all activities to help target audiences to know more about the benefits of good nutrition appropriate child feeding practices and appropriate health and hygiene practices.
WFP Collaboration with the State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) and the Department of Women & Child Development (DWCD) in Uttar Pradesh
WFP Collaboration with the State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) and the Department of Women & Child Development (DWCD) in Uttar Pradesh Aligned to this overarching vision around improved nutrition WFP has been working in Uttar Pradesh across several Departments and with various stakeholders including the State Rural Livelihood Mission and the Department of Women & Child Development to ensure the availability and consumption of nutritious quality assured and safe Supplementary nutrition through the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)scheme. Under this project a total of 204 Supplementary nutrition production units are in process of being setup across the State to cater to ICDS requirements in 43 districts; these units will be run by women led microenterprises. Each unit will produce a variety of different food products for different ICDS beneficiary groups such as children between 6 months to 6 years of age adolescent girls and pregnant/ lactating women. This model will then be expanded across the State in a phased manner to cover all the districts. WFP works closely with both SRLM and DWCD for the roll-out of the supplementary nutrition production through a combination of technical assistance and direct support to set up the supplementary nutrition production units.
WFP will provide technical assistance at the State level and also to the various units being set up across theState in tandem with the officials of SRLM. WFP technical assistance will be focussed primarily on the processes around the production of the supplementary nutrition. Post set-up WFP will provide technical assistance for monitoring the implementation and production across the units; identifying gaps/ areas for improvement and helping to fill the gaps through proven solutions. WFP has already set up block level production units in Bighapur Unnao and Malwa Fatehpur districts-these fully automated production plants function as Centres of Excellence are used for training workers from other districts for the scale up of the production units in the remaining districts in the State. To support the roll out of this alternative model for production of supplementary nutrition WFP in closecollaboration with UPSRLM will set up a Project Management Unit in UPSRLM to efficiently support the implementation of the project. Under the PMU staff with different skill sets will be positioned at various levels including the placement of Senior Programme Assistants (Monitoring) at the State level within UPSRLM.
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