Programme Associate (Social Protection) G6

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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.

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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

With the support of international and national stakeholders, the Government of Jordan is working on the operationalization of the National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) aiming at strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of social protection programmes, such as the social assistance scheme led by National Aid Fund (NAF) and the National School Feeding Programme (NSFP) managed by the Ministry of Education. Following the recent extensive collaboration with the Government on the above-mentioned programmes, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) intends to transfer its expertise and know-how to other segments of the social protection system as well as partnering with additional national actors of social protection in Jordan, such as Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Labor and Social Security Corporations, etc.

Furthermore, WFP intends to nurture social cohesion across its programs and to ensure all vulnerable people in Jordan are assisted based on principles of impartiality, fairness, and equity. At this regard, WFP plans to also explore pathways of systems alignment between its humanitarian assistance to refugees through general food assistance (GFA) and the national social safety nets.

In this context, and within the framework of WFP’s strategy to sustain and expand its support to national social protection systems in Jordan, we are looking for a Social Protection Programme Associate (G6) to provide effective specialized support and technical assistance to its social protection activities. The selected candidate will operate under the direct supervision of the Strategic Outcome 2 manager who coordinates social protection and school feeding portfolios, within the Programme unit.

JOB PURPOSE

The selected candidate will closely work with the main national and international partners within the social protection domain and support the WFP internal coordination with programme support teams and relevant activities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Contribute to Country Office’s technical advisory role for the government on a wide range of social protection programme and policy issues to support government’s efforts to reduce hunger, malnutrition and poverty through national social protection schemes.
2. Support the formulation and provision of technical assistance packages to government counterparts, particularly the National Aid Fund (NAF), to enhance national social protection systems, including targeting, entitlement, delivery, verification, accountability, evidence generation and reporting.
3. Liaise with WFP Jordan’s technical specialists to coordinate the technical assistance interventions done for national partners, in particular but not limited to NAF.
4. Contribute to the consolidation, development and dissemination of knowledge and/or advocacy products pertinent to shock-responsiveness and inclusiveness of the national social protection system.
5. Research, analyse and support technical work on the graduation
6. Regularly monitor social protection related publications, reports, papers and disseminate knowledge products among relevant WFP JOCO teams.
7. Support monitoring of funds allocations and track disbursements per activities of government institutions.
8. Support social protection related reporting activities.
9. Attend external events linked to social protection and contribute to CO’s social protection strategic positioning.
10. Others as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.

Experience:

• Minimum 6 years of professional working experience.
• Experience with national social protection systems, including responsibility for liaising with different line ministries at national and decentralized levels.
Language: Fluency in oral and written communication in Arabic and intermediate level in English.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Understanding of Agenda 2030 and respective targets – particularly SDG1, SDG2 and SDG17 – and how the work of WFP can contribute to achieving them
• Understanding of WFP’s mandate, Country Strategic Planning process, intervention modalities, programme and project lifecycle tools, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation desirable
• Strong knowledge of main social protection actors in Jordan
• Knowledge of current domestic and global developments in the field of social protection and public policy
• UN or donor experience, especially with WFP and/or UNICEF, World Bank, EU or FCDO is an asset
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality written outputs and ability to present in English and Arabic
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders, conveying an informed and professional demeanour towards internal and external partners and stakeholders
• Appetite for exploring and experimenting new ideas and approaches
• Ability to work as part of a team, participating in open dialogues and valuing diverse opinions of others, regardless of gender, culture, background, experience, or country assignment
• Proficient computer literacy (Microsoft Office)

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
• Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
• Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
• Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
• Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
• Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

EXPECTED BENEFITS:

WFP Offers a diverse range of benefits and entitlements including annual, sick and parental leaves, allowance for the eligible spouse and children and UN Joint pension Funds. In addition to a life Changning experience that save and change lives.

WFP is following the UN salary scale in Jordan; the expected net pensionable salary ranges between 20,280 and 25,920 JOD per year; depending on the years of managerial experience in supply chain exceeding the minimum requirements.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Applications must be submitted online through WFP e-Recruitment System

• Internal WFP staff can access the VA through the internal WFP CAREER page via the link: http://newgo.wfp.org/services/e-recruitment
• External applicants are kindly requested to follow the link: http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings

Make sure that you answer all mandatory questions accurately and to attach your updated CV in English.

• Join WFP to be part of saving lives and changing lives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4rFCbNDXiw&feature=youtu.behttp://ar.wfp.org/videos/recruitment-video-ar

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

1 February 2023

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

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