Under the direct supervision of the Head of School Feeding in the WFP country office, the incumbent will ensure effective and quality implementation of Regular and Home-Grown School Feeding in WFP-assisted schools in Bonthe district, specifically through the following activities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Programme Implementation

• Provide overall project management support to the school feeding programme to ensure various activities are performed within the established targets, implementation guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs).
• Regularly monitor, update and track data related to school feeding programme issues, commodity pipelines, follow the timely delivery of commodities and distributions to ensure effective implementation of the programme.
• Provide intensive support to districts and schools in preparing plans, project implementation, facilitating food procurement process and ensure the delivery of food commodities and provision of Non-Food Items on time.
• Coach and support School Management Committees (SMCs), head teachers and community members to ensure the cash transferred to HGSF is being utilized for the intended purpose as per the agreed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and SOPs.

• Prepare and compile detailed monthly and quarterly school feeding reports describing project activities, disaggregated by age and gender, and ensure timely submission to WFP SO and CO school feeding unit.
• Ensure community participation in all school feeding activities to assure local ownership.
• Undertake data entry into WFP’s partner management system (COMET) in a timely manner.

Coordination and Collaboration

• Serve as the focal point for strengthening district level coordination with cooperating partners, government counterparts, delivery partners, other school feeding and complementary partners.
• Identify at the district level, areas of collaboration and synergies with other actors for more effective HGSF programming.
• Work in close collaboration with WFP’s Asset Creation and other local actors to enhance the capacity of smallholder farmers to produce and supply nutritious and quality fresh foods (fresh vegetables, orange-fleshed sweet potatoes, fresh/smoked fish) to HGSF.

Troubleshooting and Capacity Strengthening

• Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems related to school feeding within the geographic area of responsibility.
• Escalate issues for resolution to the Country Office (CO) or the district level authorities for timely corrective action.
• Identify HGSF capacity gaps in the operational area and facilitate training sessions and knowledge management.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Periodically collect and analyze data related to HGSF programming through field visits and identify challenges and resolution mechanisms, either immediate, short or long term.
• Facilitate and proactively lead internal school feeding programme monitoring in collaboration with government counterparts, and support donor visits.

Perform additional duties, as required by the supervisor.