Programme Policy Officer (Accountability to Affected Populations – AAP) NOA Damascus VA047-2022
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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
All applications should be received no later than 29 of Aug 2022
CONTRACT TYPE AND DURATION
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Contract Duration: 12 months
Duty Station: Damascus
Number of required employees: 1
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetime. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. In 2020, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger globally, including its work during the coronavirus pandemic.
In Syria, WFP provides food assistance to more than 4.6 million people each month. This includes families who require emergency assistance when affected by conflict and displacement and also those who need help to improve their nutrition and food security. WFP supports children across Syria with healthy meals and snacks at school, mothers with nutritious diets, and families and communities with sustainable livelihood projects.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Throughout 2020 and 2021, WFP Syria Country Office has considerably invested in improving the quality of activities and ensuring that they meet corporate programme standards. . The integration and mainstreaming of protection and gender considerations were and remain one of WFP’s core commitments to enhance the quality of programmes.
Accountability towards Affected Populations (AAP) is an integral element of these mainstreaming efforts, and a dedicated team was established in Syria to ensure communities are heard and consistently consulted. WFP Syria Country Office is currently seeking to fill the position of Programme Policy Officer (Accountability to Affected Populations – AAP), based in Damascus. The Officer will provide strategic and technical support to improve the integration of protection, gender and accountability across WFP programmes and operations in Syria Country Office.
The position will report to the International AAP Officer and work closely with the AAP team in the Country Office, AAP associates in Field Offices as well as the broader Gender and Protection team across the country
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE/ACTIVITY:
To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs in full adherence of the safety and dignity of the people that are served
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
1. Work with staff at different levels from the Country Office and Field Offices to promote a strong culture that supports the integration of AAP principles in WFP’s programmes and humanitarian operations.
2. Contribute to the development and update of AAP related strategies, standard operating procedures, AAP tools and workplans as required, and work with activity managers to ensure workplan implementation.
3. Engage with programme sections and FOs to identify practical and operational solutions for effective implementation of AAP guidelines.
4. Support the management/oversight of AAP activities including Community Feedback Mechanisms (WFP and CPs), information provision and communities’ consultations in close coordination with direct supervisor.
5. Contribute to community feedback quantitative and qualitative data collection and data analysis processes.
6. Under the guidance of the technical programme teams, develop communication strategies for recurrent messages and campaigns targeted at WFP’s beneficiaries on specific topics (e.g.,awareness raising around disabilities) and support CO functional teams and the FOs in enhancing information provision activities to affected populations.
7. Work closely with programme teams and CPs to ensure the provision of clear, up to date communications on programme and beneficiary rights for affected communities as well as ensuring provision and awareness of accessible community feedback mechanisms.
8. In coordination with activity managers and FOs draft and edit promotional and/or communication materials (including visual materials) to raise the profile of WFP activities.
9. Provide training support for WFP and Cooperating partners (CPs) staff on AAP and Community Engagement.
10. Represent WFP in all relevant inter-agency AAP coordination mechanisms, coordinating and strengthening the link between WFP’s internal work on AAP and its interagency role as a partner and peer within the humanitarian system, in coordination with supervisor.
11. Undertake ad-hoc tasks as required. This may include, but is not limited to, support with donor reports and engagements, providing AAP talking points and summaries (internal and external facing).
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
Experience:
With an Advanced University Degree: At least 1 year of responsible post graduate relevant professional experience in a field related to protection, gender, accountability to affected population, and/or communication. Working in a humanitarian organization will be considered an added value.
With a First University Degree: At least 3 years of responsible post graduate relevant professional experience in a field related to protection, gender, accountability to affected population, and/or communication. Working in a humanitarian organization will be considered an added value.
Language:
Fluency in both oral and written communication in Arabic and in English.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- Please upload your professional CV in English in PDF format making sure to include the following in terms of “Experience”:
- Company/Organization name and scope of work of the organization
- Exact Position Title
- Contract type: part-time, full-time, volunteer, consultant, or freelancer
- Start and End date of Employment for each position: From (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy)
- Responsibilities: To mention the main responsibilities that highlight your gained skills and experience
- A proof of your experience will be required in the final stage of recruitment.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to the next stage of the selection process.
- Candidates must get an auto confirmation email once application is submitted.
HOW TO APPLY
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Female applicants and qualified applicants 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.
