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• Under the guidance of the Head of
  Programmes – Arua, develop and enhance strong partnerships with community
  groups, leaders and other partners in the community and civil society for
  promotion of participation in support of programme goals;
• Develop coaching and training material
  and activities to build capacity for participatory and strategic
  shift/change communication;
• Promote and celebrate WFP’s success in
  hunger reduction and progress towards CSP 2022;
• Ensure that at Area office level, the
  work that donors have funded through WFP and partner programmes is
  recognised by their local authorities, partners and the people we serve;
• Increase joint communications and
  network with those wanting to advocate and engage on Zero Hunger and the
  related SDGs
• Get more people to engage with CSP
  direction towards corporate agenda 2030 by raising awareness of its
  achievability and of what it will take to get there;
• Design, manage and facilitate the
  implementation of programme communication strategy, plan of action and
  activities for strategic communication and promotion for WFP’s strategic
  shift in support of Area office programme delivery;
• Enable and empower field and Area office
  teams on communication planning including communication around the
  integrated Road Mapto focus on the people we serve and their stories;
• In close coordination with the Country
  Office communication, design, formulate, manage, execute, monitor  and evaluate the change process around
  WFP Uganda strategic shift as relates to WFP teams in West Nile and Acholi
  as well as the people we serve and partners. Based on this process, inform
  the community and partner mobilisation strategy, plan of action and
  programme activities in support of the Area office programme;
• Organise, the Research, learning and
  production of grassroots community relevant communication materials;
• Provide effective communication and
  technical support to government counterparts and other partners in the
  development and strategic use of communication for the relief and
  development nexus;
• Supervise submission of Internal and
  External SITREPs, participate in budget planning and ensure the compliance
  and the optimal appropriation of Area office level portfolio budget and
  plans.

• The ideal candidate for the United
  Nations UN World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Associate (Communication
  for Development) job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree obtained
  from a recognised education institution in any of the following areas:
  Community Development, Communication, Social Sciences (e.g. Sociology,
  Anthropology, Psychology). Education, Organisational Development with
  emphasis on strategic communication planning for change management,
  community mobilisation, particularly communication, and research;
• A minimum of five years of progressively
  responsible support experience in the development, planning and management
  of community development programmes, including several years in emergency
  and development contexts, with practical experience in the adaptation and
  application of communication planning processes to specific programmes;
• Experience in emergency operations and
  management especially in northern Uganda;
• Experience of inter disciplinary
  approaches in programme development and implementation in programme
  communication, social mobilisation, behavioural change and impact
  evaluation of communication interventions);
• Experience in organising and
  implementing training including development of curricula and
  methodologies, as well as community capcaity building;
• Fluency in English and any or more of
  the following languages: Luo, Acholi, Lugbara, Madi, Kakwa, Aringa, Alur
  and Langi
• Has worked with technical teams (i.e.
  nutrition, VAM, etc.).
• Has contributed to implementation of
  programmes.
• Has observed or assisted with policy
  discussions.

• Programme Lifecycle & Food
  Assistance: Demonstrates
  ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food
  assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform
  quality programme design or re-design.
• Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers): Demonstrates ability to implement,
  under guidance, food assistance programmes deploying the full range of
  transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding
  modality selection and implementation.
• Broad Knowledge of Specialized Areas: Understands basic technical concepts
  and data and their relevance to food assistance programmes.
• Emergency Programming: Displays capacity to provide inputs
  into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality
  emergency programmes.
• Strategic Policy Engagement
  w/Government: Understands
  and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at
  the national or local level.

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