Beirut – Programme Policy Officer (Protection) NOB

Are you passionate about changing and improving the lives of millions of people world-wide?
Are YOU up for a Life-Changing Experience?
Do you want to be part of an International Humanitarian Organization with a very diverse workplace?
If YES, this WFP job vacancy is the opportunity for you

Deadline for applications:

This Vacancy Announcement will close on 01 November 2022at 11:59 PM, Rome Time.

Terms and conditions:

– This position is open to qualified Lebanese candidates ONLY

– Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

– Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted

About WFP:

Assisting more than 90 million people in 123 countries and territories each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies partnering with governments, and providing common services that allow the entire humanitarian community to save lives in emergencies and build the resilience of food insecure people and communities.

As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty.

WFP Lebanon provides humanitarian assistance to nearly 1.1 million vulnerable persons, in the form of unrestricted assistance in-kind and cash-based transfers. WFP Lebanon also provides food assistance in the form of snack and fresh food to school aged students and their families. This support is designed to improve the students’ health and make them and their families more motivated to pursue the children’s right to education.

To know more about WFP’s mission, please check the below video:

https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme/videos/10154930622760178/

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 lifetimes. 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.

Job Context:

The position will be based in Beirut Country Office. The incumbent will report directly to the Programme Policy Officer (Protection and Accountability to Affected Populations) and under the overall supervision of the Head of Programme Support in Beirut Country Office.

Job Purpose:

The Protection Officer is responsible for coordinating and providing technical support for the country office’s efforts to integrate protection in its programmes in line with WFP’s policy on protection and informed by the protection manual.

Duration of Assignment:

The Protection Officer will be contracted for an initial term of 12 months. The contract may be extended based on business need and satisfactory performance.

Key Responsibilities (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

Within delegated authority and under the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer (Protection and Accountability to Affected Populations) and under the overall supervision of the Head of Programme Support in Beirut Country Office, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

Programme support to integrate protection:

• Lead and regularly update context and protection risk analysis and diversity mapping.
• Undertake protection analyses of issues – including gender based violence and conflict sensitive analysis – that are impacting WFP beneficiaries and their communities and the linkages to food security and food assistance.
• Advise the country office and cooperating partners on implementation of mitigating measures in operations and appropriate adjustments to ensure inclusion of most vulnerable and at-risk categories
• Support principled humanitarian action and support the WFP Lebanon on humanitarian access – as and when needed/requested
• Provide strategic and technical support for the mainstreaming of protection across WFP operations in the country.
• Provide advice, guidance and follow-up in relation to any protection problems related to the safe delivery of food, cash or vouchers to beneficiaries, either before, after or during distribution.
• Support in setting up safeguarding measures to address inherent protection risks, such as child protection efforts and efforts to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).
• Support the relevant units in the country office (RAM, Programme etc.) and cooperating partners to integrate protection in assessments, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting tools.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of approaches related to information provision, community consultation, community feedback mechanisms.
• Support the country office and cooperating partners to implement good practice in data protection and privacy.
• Develop tools for protection integration as needed.

Capacity strengthening:

• Develop and implement a capacity building strategy on protection, disability inclusion and community engagement for cooperating partners and WFP staff.
• Undertake training and building the capacity of WFP and Partner staff on protection analysis,
• response development and integration in WFP’s work.
• Provide technical guidance, advice and mentoring support on protection to staff in relevant functional areas – both the WFP country office and sub-offices
• Contribute to Government capacity strengthening initiatives where applicable.
• Document lessons learned and best practices in protection risk analysis, mitigation and integration
• Disseminate WFP corporate guidance on protection, disability inclusion and accountability to affected populations

Partnerships (including Government partners) and interagency collaboration on protection

• Represent WFP in interagency fora on protection and support WFP to strengthen its relationship with the National Protection Working Group and individual protection actors to ensure complementarity with the overall strategy on protection.
• Coordinate with other UN humanitarian agencies, NGO partners and other relevant interlocutors on assessments of current and emerging protection issues and response planning.
• Promote partnership with and cross-learning from cooperating partners on integrating protection in food security activities
• Liaise with protection partners on analysis, capacity development, referral procedures and pathways
• Advise on and facilitate on the integration of protection in food assistance programmes through partnership building, coordination enhancement activities, programmatic actions, advocacy measures
• Develop advocacy strategy and implementation plan for key protection-related issues to be raised with relevant partners and stakeholders.

Reporting, fundraising and advisory role on protection mainstreaming and integration efforts

• Contribute to regular reports and updates for internal and external stakeholders on protection.
• Provide inputs to funding proposals with a protection lens.
• Advise senior management on protection and related humanitarian developments and updates in Lebanon and globally, including relevance for WFP activities, providing regular protection updates to use at donor meetings and high-level coordination meetings and fora.

Perform other related duties as required.

DESIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Designing and delivering protection and humanitarian trainings and training material.
• Working in complex political and humanitarian contexts.
• Experience analyzing data and information about context and affected populations.
• Developing and implementing relevant information, consultation and complaints and feedback mechanisms.
• Working with and understanding of the international humanitarian and development systems, including the UN system.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including substantive analysis and report writing skills.

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Advanced University degree (i.e. Master's degree or higher) in International Affairs, Human Rights, Law, Social Sciences, or other field relevant to International Development Assistance; or First University degree (i.e. Bachelor’s degree) with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Experience: Three (3) or more years of post-graduate professional experience (after completion of Advanced University degree) in protection work in humanitarian settings, or, five (5) years or more after completion of First University degree.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic.

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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