Programme Policy Officer (CBT & Livelihood) NOA – Islamabad
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WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.
WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.
ABOUT JOB
Job Title: Programme Policy Officer (CBT and Livelihoods)
Grade: NOA
Type of contract: Fixed Term
Duration: 1 Year
Duty Station: Islamabad
Vacancy Number: 360546
Date of Publication: 25th January, 2023
Deadline of Application: 7th February, 2023
This vacancy announcement is for Pakistani Nationals only.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, pension, leave plus a medical insurance (relevant links).
*Remote work may be possible depending upon the operational requirements of the Programme.
Requests are assessed on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the personal circumstances of the requestor given the operational situation.
JOB PURPOSE
To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
- Contribute towards the development of a limited number of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
- Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects of small to moderate size that are relatively straight forward in nature, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
- Follow data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
- Research and analyse policy and operational issues to support senior colleagues in the development of policies, programmes and activities.
- 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 counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing projects.
- Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved food assistance packages.
- Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs, e.g. through project management support of learning initiatives.
- Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and assisting them with analysis and queries.
- Other as required.
OTHER JOB RESPONSIBILTIES
- Support technical overview and operationalization of WFP food and cash-based assistance at the national level.
- Support the activity manager for starting and coordinating food and cash interventions in emergency and recovery contexts under supervision of the Activity Manager. Scale-up and assist in design of Resilience-building and development projects as applicable.
- Support project management and coordination of projects nation-wide. Use project management tools, and report progress and results to the activity manager.
- Coordinate with Provincial Offices (PO) and other functional units at Country Office (CO) and guide and drive emergency or conditional response modalities in accordance with timelines.
- Provide technical support to the activity manager and PO colleagues on livelihoods-based recovery activities.
- Support resource pipeline coordination and tracking, operational planning of food/cash, and detailed workplans and timelines together with the Activity Manager in liaison with POs.
- Facilitate situation updates, project progress updates, tracking of distributions and similar together with the activity manager.
- Provide inputs when requested for concept notes, donor proposals, reports and other technical and strategic documents.
- Coordination with the Financial service providers, WFP Finance and Cooperating Partners for effective and efficient delivery of cash, and resolution of issues reported from the field.
- Follow up with database team for generation of beneficiary data for payments and process payments for beneficiaries after completion of each work cycle as per endorsement from relevant provincial office.
- Facilitate designing and populating operational plans and overview of timely resource/funding use.
- Develop and share the monthly cash forecast with finance to maintain efficient payment processing and follow up with finance for cash arrangements as per monthly cash forecast and payment release.
- Follow up with financial service providers for reports and issues related to disbursements
- Participate and facilitate Field Level Agreements processes, contracting of partners and similar, budget and programming, database and SCOPE, and more.
- All other tasks as required.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
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 two years of related work experience at professional / managerial level.
Experience: Minimum four years of professional/managerial level experience in the development sector related to Emergencies and Livelihood, specifically CBT (Cash Based Transfer).
• Experience and technical knowledge of cash-based transfers and food distributions at a manager level during national emergencies and also development context
• Deep experience and technical knowledge of livelihoods, recovery, Food for Asset Creation, emergency response and similar activities at an officer-level.
• Excellent professional coordination, supervision, conflict resolution and liaising skills.
• Experience of working in both field and country offices in relevant capacities.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
• Has deepened technical knowledge through exposure to technical teams.
• Has taken leadership of implementing programmes.
• Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions.
• Has gained experience in implementing technical programs (i.e., nutrition, etc.).
• Has implemented programmes and provided input into designing operations.
• Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions.
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 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.
HOW TO APPLY
To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings).
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
We want to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of any accessibility needs you may have.
This email is only to be used for any accessibility requirement in terms of application and not for sending the application itself.
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
| Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
| Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance | Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design. |
| Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher) | Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development. |
| Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.) | Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring. |
| Emergency Programming | Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes. |
| Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government | Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes. |
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
This job is based in Country Office, Islamabad. Job holder will be reporting to NOB Activity Manager or the designate. Job holders operate with a high degree of independence, manage more junior staff to ensure that programme and policy objectives are achieved in full. They are usually involved in a wide variety of programme and policy activities and analytical work, some of which may be of a considerable complexity. At this level job holders are expected to contribute to performance improvement.
WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce. WFP has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority or discrimination. All selected candidates will, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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.
All WFP Employees are expected to demonstrate the competencies and standards of behaviour aligned with our core values and defined in the WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK, namely:
Leading by example with integrity,
Driving results and delivering on commitments,
Fostering inclusive and collaborative teamwork,
Applying strategic thinking,
Building and maintaining sustainable partnerships.
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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.
