Career opportunities at World Food Programme for Digital Product Adoption Manager

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), is a highly prestigious, reputable, and world's largest humanitarian organization.

Vacancy: Not specified 

Vacancy Type: Full-time 

Role: Digital Product Adoption Manager

Job Responsibilities:     

  • Develop appropriate training materials in the local language for the transfer of knowledge and capacity-building of cooperative leadership and app facilitators on the Farm2Go application.
  • Translate the application from English to the local language and test the localized workflows in preparation for the end-user training.
  • Facilitate the training of application users, cooperative leaders, and traders.
  • Advise a test run of the tools in close collaboration with the WFP technology team.
  • Prepare for launch, including alignment of admin rights and user rights, as well as data population, including pre-compiled membership data of the respective cooperatives.
  • Support the cooperatives in using the Farm 2Go app to collect and monitor aggregation data.
  • Monitoring application adoption and providing support to users.
  • Stand-by technical support must be available to the cooperatives, with closer support to the technical field staff of WFP and its implementing partners, all in close collaboration with the WFP technology team.
  • Document success metrics and measure them with regular reporting.
  • Provide data analysis support to the CO and Area Office (AO) colleagues.
  • Document user feedback and present possible improvements to the WFP technology team.
  • Organize a joint review of the Farm2Go pilot at two main levels: (A) at the cooperative level, with technical app facilitators and leadership, and (B) at the level of implementing partners, including the technical service providers and WFP Cox's Bazar AO and TEC team.
  • Overall project management, coordinating with various stakeholders, collecting and documenting feedback, and arranging training workshops and field missions.
  • Collaborate with the WFP technical team based in other countries.
  • Work flexibly and take on additional tasks as may be needed to meet project and program objectives.
  • Participate in internal and external meetings as well as relevant trainings or workshops.
  • Submit a monthly accomplishment report and attendance report as the basis for salary.
  • Promote WFP safety standards in the local context of the project and coordinate with designated focal persons on gender, safety, security, and wellbeing, as appropriate.
  • Coordinate with the various departments or units in the CO and AO to ensure full compliance with WFP's policy, procedures, and standards.

Requirements: 

  • Education: Advanced University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other relevant field.
  • Language: Fluency in both oral and written English and Bangla.
  • Advantages: knowledge of local languages
  • Overall 5 years of experience at least a minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible experience in managing information technology projects or providing digital solution support.
  • Desired experience:
    • Project management experience in digital solutions in the Philippines.
    • Experience in working with rural beneficiaries and adoption of easy-to-digest learning techniques for new digital solutions.
    • Experience in the development of training material and application of common training tools and delivery thereof to rural beneficiaries.
    • Experience in training facilitation and capacity building.
    • Exposure to food, nutrition, or health environments in rural areas.
    • Exposure to gender and protection issues at the community level.

Job Location: Cox's Bazaar. 

Salary: Negotiable.

Benefits: As per the organization policy.

Application Deadline: 29 July 2024

Application link: https://tinyurl.com/493wv5n7

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