Given the significant resources invested by the Office of Food for Peace (FFP) in West Africa, USAID requires the services of a Food for Peace Officer (FFPO), based in Dakar, Senegal, to improve, monitor, and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of food assistance programs; coordinate with UN Agencies, NGOs, and the international humanitarian assistance community; conduct and provide assessments on food security issues; coordinate with and provide guidance to other U.S. government units engaged with food assistance efforts; and make program recommendations to FFP/Washington for food assistance funding.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The FFPO will primarily support FFP’s ability to respond to major emergency food crises and ensure effective responses (80% level of effort). While largely focused on new-evolving emergency situations in the region, the FFPO would provide monitoring and surge capacity support to large, ongoing emergency programs in the West Africa region where additional short-term staffing support is needed.
The FFPO will support the design and oversight of development food assistance programs in the region, as assigned (20% LOE). The full range of specific duties, some of which are in direct support of specific programs and some in support of general FFP office responsibilities, may include the following:
• Serve as primary point of contact for NGOs and Public International Organizations (PIO) such as the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) implementing FFP-funded programs, U.S. Government representatives, and others on FFP food assistance issues for the country assigned.
• Provide policy recommendations related to implementation of emergency programs carried out by PIOs such as WFP and non-governmental organizations.
• Analyze and assess data from a variety of sources – including field assessments, technical data, early warning information, and reporting from USAID field staff, NGOs, and PIOs – to recommend appropriate food assistance programs.
• Monitor and report on implementation of ongoing FFP-funded programs, including progress and problems encountered by grantees, as well as commodity management, including following up with cooperating sponsors on the status of loss claims.
• Advise and guide FFP-funded implementing partners on interpretation and execution of FFP-funded food assistance regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Report on all food security issues, to include changes in the food security situation and food assistance requirements, government policies and actions affecting food assistance programs, government food assistance programs, and donor pledges and programs.
• As the FFP expert, coordinate with the country team (consisting of the USAID mission, U.S. embassy, and/or other USG in-country staff), host government, NGOs, PIOs, donors, and others issues that may directly impact on food assistance funding decisions.
• Undertake and report on assessments to inform FFP food assistance funding decisions or modifications to ongoing programs.
• Provide direction to NGOs on requirements for preparation of work-plans and program modifications, and with PIOs such as the World Food Program (WFP) on new appeals or revisions to existing ones.
• Serve as the food assistance expert, working with other U.S. Government agencies and other donors to promote integration of food assistance with other programs to increase the effectiveness of the programs overall.
• Undertake other tasks, as assigned.
HOW TO APPLY:
For full information about this position, as well as instructions on how to apply, please visitwww.ffpjobs.com
