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PD Internship Programme 2021 – Monitoring
Programme, Regional Monitoring Unit, South Africa, Johannesbur
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. We are currently seeking motivated and qualified candidates to fill positions of the 2021 Policy and Programme Department (PD) Internship Programme.
The position will either be based in the Regional Monitoring Unit of the Programme Unit in the Regional Bureau, Johannesburg, South Africa or home-based, depending on the pandemic-caused restrictions. The internship will be typically for the period of at least 3 months during June to August/September 2021.
Brief description of the Regional Monitoring Unit, (Programme):
From its base in Johannesburg, the WFP Regional Bureau (RBJ) for Southern Africa supports operations in 12 Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and the Republic of Congo). The RBJ region offers a wide range of opportunities to test and apply new innovative programmatic approaches – including the broadening of transfer modalities, increased focus on resilience-building and national capacity-development. This results in an essential need to promote innovative methods and tools to meet new information needs for evidence-based decision-making. A more strategic approach to monitoring across the region will ensure WFP’s ability to demonstrate the performance of its operations and improve Country Strategic Plan design and implementation based on evidence and lessons learned.
In this context, the RBJ Monitoring Unit works closely with the Country Offices (CO) to strengthen and promote a culture of use of monitoring findings for better programmatic decisions and corporate accountability.
General Information
Title of Post: PD Internship
Supervisor: Regional Monitoring Adviser
Unit: Programme/Operations
Country: Republic of South Africa
Duty Station: Johannesburg
Duration of internship: 3 months
Expected Start Date: 01 June 2021 (flexible)
Duties and responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Regional Monitoring Advisor, the candidate will perform the following duties:
Qualifications and experience
Required soft skills/WFP Competencies:
Working Languages
Supervision (Level/Methods of Supervision)
Training components
Learning Elements
At the end of the assignment, the Intern should:
Information on the Country of Assignment
Living conditions in Johannesburg, South Africa
The security situation in South Africa demands constant vigilance (UNDSS security level 3). All visitors and staff are advised to make prior travel arrangements from the airport and to avoid arriving late at night. While traveling in a car or taxi, all belongings are to be placed in the trunk or on the car floor, out of sight. Main health hazards are: HIV - throughout the country; and, Malaria - mainly in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Kwazula-Natal provinces. South Africa is a cosmopolitan area with high standard of living.
There is a two-tier healthcare system in South Africa with a large subsidized public sector and a small, but very high quality, private sector. Though there is excellent healthcare available in South Africa, it is largely limited to the private sector and comes at a high price. It is essential, therefore, to have international health insurance in order to access a good quality of care.
VA Reference no: 141652
Closing Date: 2 May 2021
Please note that the deadline is at 11:59 pm Rome time (GMT + 1)
Terms and Conditions:
Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply. WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
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