The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in 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.
Mozambique is extremely vulnerable to climate change and is among the countries most exposed globally to multiple natural hazards, with tens of millions impacted by droughts, floods, cyclones, earthquakes and secondary hazards arising from these events over the past 50 years.” The country has suffered from 68 natural disasters, which have killed more than 100,000 people and affected up to 28 million. Worldwide, Mozambique ranks 43 out of 173 countries for disaster risk.
Following Cyclone Idai and Kenneth in 2019, and given the high level of humanitarian needs, WFP has maintained the corporate Level 2 emergency category for Mozambique, following 6 months of L3 Emergency post Cyclones Idai and Kenneth.
Following the emergency response to Cyclone Kenneth, and to respond to growing needs of population displaced by insecurity and military operations in Cabo Delgado, WFP has increased its operations and footprint in the Province, with the establishment of a suboffice composed of 45 staff in Pemba.
These jobs are found in Country Offices (COs), Regional Bureaux (RBs), and Headquarters (HQ), and report to the Head of Unit, Chief, Finance Officer, or the designate.
At this level job holders are expected to take responsibility for completion of a range of finance/budget related processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines/practices. Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff.
Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
Internal Controls & Compliance | Demonstrates basic knowledge of internal controls, risk management, and monitoring mechanisms and their applicability to WFP’s critical activities. |
Performance Budgeting, Analysis & Reporting | Demonstrates participation in business planning efforts by developing basic project-level budgets and forecasts, incorporating information from various sources as appropriate to monitor KPIs. |
Resource Management | Demonstrates ability to track and compile reports on HQ and Field staffing and resource usage on a project-level basis. |
Financial Mgmt. & Accounting Principles | Applies knowledge of financial and accounting principles and practices to ensure compliance with WFP policies, applicable procedures and accounting standards. |
Supply Chain and Operations Knowledge | Demonstrates basic understanding of WFP programme, implementation, and supply chain principles (including project modalities & structures). |
Knowledge of finance best practices, techniques and processes, and a good grasp of finance standards, processes, and structure in area of responsibility; applies this to ensure the provision of efficient and effective finance services.
Basic knowledge of internal controls, risk management, and monitoring mechanisms and their applicability to immediate client’s critical activities.
Ability to convert business plans into clear actions for team members to support the implementations of the program.
Monitors trends in staffing and resource usage to anticipate and escalate potential issues to programme managers.
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