Beirut – Programme Policy Officer (Livelihoods) NOB
– This position is open to qualified Lebanese candidates only.
– Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply
– Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
This Vacancy Announcement will close on 08 November 2022 at 11:59 PM Rome Time.
Contract Duration:
The Programme Policy Officer (Livelihoods) will be contracted for an initial term of 12 months. Contract may be extended based on business need and satisfactory performance.
Organizational background
Assisting more than 130 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 Purpose
To provide support to policy and programme activities that advance risk-informed and integrated programmes to contribute to improving and adapting the livelihoods of vulnerable people in rural and urban areas.
Key Responsibilities (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):
Within delegated authority of the Head of Programme and under the direct supervision of the Head of Livelihoods subunit, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:
• Contribute towards the development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance, including community and household asset creation, smallholder agriculture market support, climate risk management interventions, climate change adaptation programmes.
• Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects of considerable size/complexity, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes, such as school-based meals and social protection, that complies with WFP standards and procedures and achieve results through the livelihoods and resilience theory of change.
• Collaborate to develop and coordinate data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained, documented and reported on.
• Research and analyse a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of policies, multi-sectoral integrated programmes that build resilience capabilities, and activities that address inequality, empowering women, preventing malnutrition, creating jobs for young people and improve conflict-sensitivity.
• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Liaise with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor and report ongoing projects and highlight potential risks and opportunities for effective project delivery.
• Support the identification, development and management of existing and potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved food assistance packages. Lead the technical review committee for livelihood project reviews, negotiations and approval processes.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs, e.g. through providing inputs into training materials.
• Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
• Other as required.
Required Knowledge and Skills:
• Has deepened technical knowledge through exposure to technical teams.
• Has taken leadership of implementing programmes.
• Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions
Standard Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Advanced University degree (i.e. Master's degree or higher) in Development Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, Engineering, International Affairs 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: At least three (3) or more years of postgraduate professional experience (after completion of Advanced University degree) in agro-economics, natural resource management, international development, agricultural development, food systems, community-based participatory approaches, employment training or equivalent, or, five (5) years or more after completion of First University degree.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in Arabic and English. Fluency in another UN language is a plus.
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.
