Programme Policy Officer (Self Resilience & Livelihood) NOA

JOB PURPOSE

Subsequently, WFP Jordan intends to hire a Self-Reliance / Livelihood Programme Policy Officer to lead on the design, implementation, and oversight of the activities related to:

(i) Analysing the national labour market and building advocacy alliances aimed at creating a more efficient enabling environment.

(ii) Supporting Jordanians and Refugees with integrated livelihood packages aimed at enhancing employment and income-generation opportunities.

(iii) Jointly with UNHCR, managing an Information Management System able to assess and store refugees’ needs, skills, and opportunities.

The selected candidate will be functioning as Activity 4 Manager (Building an interagency two-way referrals systems and an evidence-based advocacy strategy for refugees self-reliance and provide livelihood support package to targeted refugees and vulnerable Jordanians). She/he will report directly to the Strategic Outcome Manager responsible for the Refugees portfolio within Programme Unit.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Sustainability Agenda for Refugees Response

• Proactively support the coordination with UNHCR Jordan on the Joint Sustainable Action Plan, the joint secretariat and to lead on the self-reliance workstream.

• Closely work with WFP staff leading on the provision of humanitarian assistance to Refugees; to ensure close linkages between humanitarian programming and the referral mechanism, advocacy and livelihood activities.

• Contribute to strategic development of linkages between humanitarian assistance and sustainable solutions for refugees, by creating the internal programmatic readiness as well as the engagement with external partners.

Two-Way Referral Mechanism

• Act as the focal point for the two-way referral mechanism for WFP and represent WFP in the livelihood working group and other fora.

• Actively liaise with all potential and interested partners (NGOs, development actors, private sector) to utilise the referral mechanism for their recruitment of project participants/employment opportunities.

• Build new and nurture existing partnerships with other agencies, NGOs, development sector entities and the private sector.

• Promote and advocate for the utilisation of the referral mechanism as well as coordinate the referrals requests jointly with UNHCR.

Data Sharing Agreements

• Support developing templates for data-sharing agreements including supporting the coordination with WFP regional and global experts.

• Support the data-sharing agreement process for WFP, ensuring relevant agreements are in place with participating 3rd parties and in coordination with UNHCR.

Evidence-based Advocacy

• Lead the data analytics (data mining) to identify skills and capabilities of the refugee population that can be translated into evidence-based advocacy messages to stakeholders. Extensive liaise with other relevant WFP units.

• Identify gaps in the data and develop solutions to address them, including but not limited to labour market analysis and data collection exercises.

• Develop advocacy messages based on the results of the collected data, write strategic policy briefs and drive advocacy activities of WFP.

• Coordinate and drive joint advocacy with UNHCR and other actors

Livelihood support package to targeted refugees and vulnerable Jordanians

• Survey programmatic landscape (among others technical and vocational training, skill-building, financial literacy, job-matching, mentorship, incubation and seed-money support and access to user-centred financial services) of livelihood, financial inclusion, start-up and training landscape in Jordan to understand gaps and opportunities for WFP to partner with other organisations.

• Develop an integrated livelihood support package for urban refugees and vulnerable Jordanians with a specific focus on women and youth that addresses identified gaps, to increase their access to employment and income-generation opportunities.

• Set up and lead partnerships for this programme.

• Lead and conduct programme implementation and tracking, including developing the monitoring and evaluation framework under close coordination with WFP Units (M&E, Field Office,…)

• Other relevant activities as required

Skills

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in Economics, International Affairs, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other fields relevant to international development assistance, or First university degree with at least 3 years of professional (managerial) work experience.

Experience: At least one (1) year of postgraduate professional experience;

• Experience in livelihood or development projects, start-ups, or relevant private sector experience is a plus.

• Demonstrated project work experience in long-term strategies (formulation and operationalization) and change management.

• Work experience and technical knowledge in Livelihood Programming/ Job placement activities/ development programs required, or equivalent strong project management skills in the private sector.

• Extensive knowledge of the livelihood sector, development actors, and start-up scene in Jordan is highly desired.

• Experience in coordination with external partners and stakeholders.

• Previous UN, NGO or donor agency experience a plus.

• Management experience a plus.

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

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Experience in leading long-term / strategic projects. Strong ability to think strategically.

• Experience in analysis of complex problems, synthesizing different options into decision-ready documents.

• Ability to advance project implementation under short timelines, under pressure, and managing multiple priorities simultaneously with minimum supervision.

• Demonstrated experience in liaising, collaborating, and coordinating with external and internal stakeholders

• Initiative and proactiveness, creativity, “can-do” attitude, and flexibility with excellent interpersonal skills and team spirit.

• Appetite for innovation and thinking out of the box

• Experience in change management, including initiating and managing change management activities preferred.

• Experience with accountability mechanisms and feeding feedback from beneficiaries, and partners into improving program quality a plus.

• Positive energy to help driving WFP programmes

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
• Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
• Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
• Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
• Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

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