UN OIM & Performance Reports Officer Job Opportunities – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Job
Title:             
 OIM
& Performance Reports Officer
Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda
Reports to:
Head of Supply Chain
About US:
The UN World Food
Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency against world hunger. It
is the largest and longest serving humanitarian agency in Uganda. Currently WFP
focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives in Emergencies; Building Resilience
through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving Nutrition & Mother-and Child
Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to Access Markets. WFP has
operations in various parts of the Country.
Job Summary: The
OIM & Performance Reports Officer will mainly manage the communication,
Information and knowledge management efforts. He/she will coordinate and manage
the implementation of effective communication and knowledge sharing strategies
for other World Food Programme (WFP) internal and external stakeholders. 
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Support staff in assigned area to ensure that standard OIM & PR
    procedures and templates are followed to drive the quality, consistency
    and standardisation of information management and performance reporting
    across WFP.
  • The 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 and
    donor policies, trends and preferences to ensure country specific input to
    WFP’s operational reporting.
  • Support the collation, analysis and communication of the ‘Essential
    Elements of Information’, pertaining to the operational environment and
    available human, financial and physical assets in order to facilitate
    access to timely and accurate information used at country, regional and
    corporate level.
  • Actively participate in the testing of and providing feedback on SPR
    Intelligent Next Generation system features and functions.
  • The OIM & Performance Reports Officer will also support the
    preparation of Standard Project Reports (SPRs) for the Annual Reporting
    Exercise 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.
  • Support COs or RBs in emergencies by preparing, organising and
    providing secretarial support to Operational Task Forces (OTFs).
  • 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.
  • Perform any other duty as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
    (WFP) OIM & Performance Reports Officer job placement should hold a University
    degree in any of the following disciplines: Communication for Development,
    Journalism, International Relations, marketing, Public Information or any
    related field;
  • At least five years of progressively responsible professional experience
    in communication, marketing , public information, knowledge management
    obtained in a reputable organisation;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to deal patiently and
    tactfully with people of different national and cultural backgrounds;
  • Excellent written and spoken English;
  • Broad knowledge of the full range of communication approaches, tools
    and methodologies essential to planning and executing effective
    communication programmes and campaigns;
  • Experience with both internal and external communication roles
  • Experience working in large, matrixed organisations with multiple
    stakeholders/reporting lines; a blend of experience in both private and
    public sector organisations
  • Computer literacy i.e. excellent command of MS Office Applications
    and first-hand experience with on-line content management systems (word
    press).
How to Apply:
All candidates who
desire to join the United Nations World Food Programme are encouraged to submit
their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 24th May 2018
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