Consultant Level II – Programme Policy Officer – School Feeding
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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.
JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Consultant – Programme Policy Officer -School Feeding
Grade: Level II
Type of Contract: Consultant
Duration: 11 month (to contribute to five-year project)
Duty Station: Manila, Philippines
Vacancy Number: 827638
Date of Publication: 30 June 2023
Deadline of Application: 14 July 2023 (11:59 PM)
This vacancy announcement is for International candidates.
Terms and Conditions:
WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, leave plus a medical insurance (relevant links).
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.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The Government of the Philippines has an established School-based Feeding Programme (SBFP) and has signed on to the School Meals Coalition, being the first country in Asia-Pacific to do so. The SBFP aims to address undernutrition among Filipino children, where they are provided with nutritious meals for a period of not less than 120 days. The programme is implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) and Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) in the Philippines and aims to provide hot, nutritious meals to school children in public elementary and secondary schools across the country.
In recent years, there have been efforts and interest by the Government to expand and improve school feeding programmes in the Philippines, including introduction of the home-grown school feeding model (HGSF). To support the Government’s vision and commitment to the School Meals Coalition in adopting the HGSF programme in the country, WFP is providing technical assistance through evidence generation and advocacy to amend policies, enhance programme design, and build capacity of partners. WFP jointly with the Government is planning to launch a five-year project aimed at further enhancing and elaborating a HGSF implementation model, generating evidence and establishing groundwork on how to create sustainable and scalable programmes.
JOB PURPOSE
In support of the transformation of the school feeding programme in the Philippine, WFP is seeking a School Feeding Programme Policy Officer to lead its school feeding portfolio. The incumbent will operate under the direct supervision of the Head of Programme.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
The incumbent will be responsible for carrying out the following tasks and responsibilities:
- Act as the country office school feeding lead, ensuring a clear and strong connection between the field operations, Country Office, Regional Bureau, and HQ in the implementation of the WFP’s overall approach to school feeding in Philippines.
- Translate corporate and regional policies and strategies1 pertinent to school feeding with focus on home-grown school feeding into country-level practices;
- Manage the school feeding programme effectively to meet needs of the school aged children, as well as capacity strengthening needs of the national stakeholders;
- Design and manage set up of school feeding interventions (HGSF and other modalities), while strengthening capacity of the Government to fund, implement, manage, monitor, and evaluate the school feeding programme as per their defined vision.
- Actively collaborate and coordinate with Country Office respective technical units for interconnectedness and coherence of school feeding activities with other areas within the Country Strategic Plan.
- Assist government counterparts to identify and analyze existing opportunities and challenges along key capacity areas, and support the design and delivery of suitable programmatic solutions.
- Establish and maintain strategic and operational partnerships and support related advocacy.
- Enhance WFP’s leadership status in different forums pertinent to school feeding programme.
- Manage evidence generation for school feeding, lead the preparation and dissemination of timely analytical reports.
- Contribute to resource mobilization efforts for WFP activities, including support to the design of funding proposals.
- Lead, motivate and develop a team of high performers.
- Other as required.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Advanced University degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, International Development, International Relations, Sociology, or other fields relevant to social protection, or, a First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
Experience:
- 5 or more years of professional experience in design, implementation, management and evidence generation for home-grown school feeding:
- Has experience working across the policy cycle and strong project management experience of school feeding programmes (including HGSF models);
- Strong operational background in HGSF;
- Strong experience in designing and leading capacity strengthening activities aimed at handover and/or transition and/or transformation of national school feeding prorgrammes;
- Has experience leading a team.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Understanding of WFP’s programmes and implementation requirements.
- Knowledge of current thinking and developments in the field of school health and nutrition and country capacity strengthening;
- Strong analytical skills and learning agility.
- Problem solving and decision-making skills;
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders;
- Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality written outputs and ability to present in English and the working language.
- Aptitude for supervising, guiding and empowering staff.
- Moderate to proficient computer literacy.
Language: International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.
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.
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.
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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Request for Disability related Reasonable Accommodations:
It is important to WFP to create an accessible and inclusive workplace for everyone. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection and hiring process, please direct your request and inquiries to the Diversity and Inclusion team on: [email protected], cc’ing [email protected]. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to confidentially discuss your needs.
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