Overview
Provide operational support for the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of Home-Grown School Feeding activities in Liberia.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical and operational support for the planning, implementation and monitoring of HGSF activities.
- Support the preparation and follow-up of annual workplans, implementation plans, distribution plans, budgets, operational trackers and performance indicators.
- Coordinate with internal units to ensure timely delivery of school feeding activities and resolution of operational bottlenecks.
- Support engagement with government ministries, schools, farmer organizations, cooperating partners and other stakeholders.
- Contribute to local procurement planning by supporting market assessments, supplier/cooperative profiling, value chain analysis, food availability reviews and follow-up on quality, delivery and supplier performance issues.
- Maintain accurate programme records and databases.
- Undertake and document field monitoring visits.
- Support the management and monitoring of agreements with cooperating partners, farmer organizations, vendors and government institutions.
- Prepare and consolidate regular reports, briefing notes, donor updates, presentations, success stories and analytical inputs.
- Support capacity strengthening activities for government counterparts, schools, farmers/cooperatives, implementing partners and community structures.
- Promote the integration of nutrition, gender, protection, disability inclusion, environmental sustainability, community engagement and accountability to affected populations into HGSF planning and implementation.
- Act as a day-to-day focal point for HGSF operational follow-up.
- Support emergency preparedness and contingency planning.
- Collect, consolidate, analyses school reports, manage School connect data and performance.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Required Experience
- At least six years of progressively responsible experience in programme implementation, school feeding, food security, agriculture, education, social protection, rural development or community development programmes.
- Experience supporting implementation of school meals, local procurement, farmer organization engagement, commodity management, supply chain coordination or community-based programme delivery.
- Experience working with government institutions, schools, development partners, cooperating partners, farmer organizations, cooperatives or community structures.
- Experience conducting field monitoring, preparing reports, tracking action points and following up on programme implementation issues.
- Experience supporting donor-funded programmes, including documentation, reporting, compliance follow-up and evidence generation.
- Experience using Excel and programme management/reporting systems.
- Familiarity with WFP corporate systems such as COMET, WINGS, SCOPE, School Connect or related tools is an asset.
Qualifications
- Completion of secondary school education.
- A post-secondary certificate or university studies in agriculture, education, economics, food security, nutrition, rural development, social sciences, sociology, project management or another related functional area is desirable.
