BEIRUT- Programme Associate (Community Engagement) SC6 1

VACANCY ANNOUCEMENT

VA number # 405898

WFP Lebanon encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. WFP does not charge a fee or request bank details at any stage of recruitment process. We are committed to diversity and inclusion within iour workforce, and encourage all qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.

(يبحث برنامج الأغذية العالميّ عن موظفيين لديهم درجة عالية من النزاهة والمهنيّة. يتمّ اختيار الموظفين على أساس تنافسيّ. لا يتقاضى برنامج الأغذية العالمي أيّ رسوم ولا يطلب أي معلومات مصرفيّة خلال أيّ مرحلة من مراحل التوظيف. نحن ملتزوم بالتنوّع والإشراك ضمن القوىالعاملة ونشجّع جميع المرشّحين المؤهّلين على تقديم الطلبات بغضّ النظر عن دينهم، معتقداتهم، خلفيتهم العرقيّة أو الاجتماعيّة، جنسهم، هويّتهم الجنسيّة أو إعاقتهم.

ABOUT WFP

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.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The job holder reports to the Protection Officer or the designate. At this level, the job holder is expected to take responsibility for protection case management and support in mainstreaming and integration of protection in WFP Lebanon.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES (not all inclusive):

Within the assigned unit and delegated authority, the Protection Associate will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Manage protection and non-protection referrals in line with the inter-agency minimum standards for referral (SOP and service mapping);
2. Support the Protection Officer in conducting protection-related assessments and analyses including concrete recommendations aimed at addressing issues identified, with a view to further protection mainstreaming in WFP’s programmes;
3. Conduct capacity strengthening activities on protection related topics targeting WFP staff and partners;
4. Act as a point of contact for the AAP/protection unit for mitigating and addressing issues linked to WFP’s programme setup that have been identified to have relatively higher protection risks to:

• Identify, monitor and track the main sources of protection risks and the likelihood or severity;
• Systematically track and analyse the identified trends or patterns of issues;
• Assess existing capacities in the community, including local actors that can contribute toward addressing or reducing or eliminating such risks;
• Consult with communities on the appropriateness and effectiveness of recommended courses of action.

1. To enhance safety and dignity in community engagement activities, strengthen protection mainstreaming in the design and management of community outreach volunteer programme by:

• Supporting in the design of the community outreach volunteer programme with a protection lens, by contributing towards risk analysis – especially agency risk – and putting in place measures to reduce such risks;
• Refining the profiles of community volunteers who will be engaged;
• Facilitate the CPs in training community outreach volunteers in community-based protection components, so that they uphold the highest ethical standards in engaging with communities, and also facilitate safe referral of protection cases should they identify these in the community.

1. Monitor mainstreaming of protection, accountability and inclusion in cooperating partners implementation:

• Monitor cooperating partners’ progress towards implementing the protection, accountability an inclusion actions that they committed to in their proposals;
• Monitor partners’ reporting on the mainstreaming actions and activities they implemented and their outcomes;
• Provide partners with technical support and guidance as needed.

1. Support in the design and implementation of technical tools for protection mainstreaming and inclusion including protection awareness sessions, safety checklist for implementation sites, etc.
2. Coordinate the design and implementation of creative protection monitoring approaches to ensure compliance with contractual agreements and delivery of quality in-kind food and cash assistance activities where human interaction is necessary to facilitate the process, e.g. in contracted retail shops and MTOs. This entails:

• Develop a guide and associated toolkit for different protection monitoring approaches and facilitate its launch.
• Design ‘mystery shopper’ profiles to test compliance to a variety of service level agreements
• Document experiences and recommend appropriate actions to be taken based on the observed behaviour in each context.

1. Perform other related duties as required.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

REMEMBER BEFORE YOU SUBMIT APPLICATION

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable)
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time

• Please contact us at wfprecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

The deadline for applications is on 5 March 2023, Sunday at 11:59 pm (Rome Time). Qualified candidates are required to complete an online candidate profile on UN WFP Careers Website (https://www.wfp.org/careers). Only applications received on this website are considered valid and will be processed and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, 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.

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