Engineer (Water and Irrigation), SC8 Gode Sub-Office, Ethiopia

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CONTRACTUAL INFORMATION

Job title: Programme Policy Officer (Engineer - Water and Irrigation)

Contract Type: Service Contract (SC)

Duty Station: Gode

Contract Duration: 1 year (initial)

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.

In Ethiopia, WFP provides food assistance to over nine million food-insecure people affected by conflict, droughts, flooding, or displacement. As part of the humanitarian response plan (HRP), WFP provides relief food assistance in four regions: Somali, Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions. While the bulk of operations will continue to address the immediate short-term needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and other food-insecure and undernourished people, there will be a gradual expansion and intensification of climate change adaptation, resilience and livelihood diversification initiatives also linked to the humanitarian–development–peace nexus.

BACKGROUND & PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The successful candidate for this role will beef up the human resource capacity available line with WFP Ethiopia’s vision of scaling up the resilience and livelihood component of its Changing Lives agenda. He/She will ensure the availability of adequate in-house capacity and necessary technical expertise on climate change adaptation and resilience, with particular focus on water and irrigation, public works, agriculture, and livestock, to be able to better coordinate on-going initiatives and capacity strengthening actions as well as support the implementation and design of new and ongoing climate change adaptation and resilience building projects and programmes.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the overall guidance of the Head of Gode Sub-office as well as Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Building (CCARB) technical focal points and project managers in the Somali Area Office and Country Office (CO), and under the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer (CCARB lead) in Gode office, the job holder will be responsible for the following:

• Contribute towards the implementation of a variety of projects, plans, and processes, related to climate change adaptation and resilience building, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
• The candidate will specifically focus on activities related to asset creation, water and irrigation infrastructure, public works, agriculture, and livestock.
• Oversee the implementation of asset creation and infrastructure activities, related to water and irrigation, such as canals, (haffir) dams, Harro water ponds, water birkas, among others, ensuring that technical and quality standards are met, as well as proper management structures are in place.
• Organize practice-oriented technical trainings, workshops, and planning sessions on the above subjects to enhance the capacity of WFP staff, the government, and cooperating partners (CPs), to design and deliver effective livelihood and resilience programmes.
• Provide technical advice and support on implementation of various household or community infrastructure/assets, ensuring that outputs meet the established quality standards and are compliant with wider WFP policies.
• Coordinate with technical focal points and project coordinators in WFP’s Somali Region Area Office and Country Office (CO) on implementation of projects under the CCARB Activity.
• Participate and support training on 3-pronged approach related tools, particularly Community-based participatory planning, and seasonal livelihood programming.
• Contribute to the Sub- office’s efforts in building up WFP’s capacity to delivery against the development plan. Particular attention will be given to the setup of the technical expertise required for participatory planning, market strengthening and livelihoods building.
• In close liaison with M&E focal persons for the CPs and CO, support the generation of progress monitoring reports, impact stories, photo images and video clips for social media and participate in project evaluation and documentation of the lessons learned and best practices.
• Delivery weekly and monthly updates to various offices on implementation of CCARB activities.
• Follow data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained, including providing support to CPs on data collection.
• Ensure that gender, protection, environmental sustainability, and climate adaption best practices are implemented throughout all activities, in line with national, regional, and WFP’s guidelines and policies.
• Ensure proper documentation and compliance to WFP standards.
• Perform any other duties as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: University degree in Environmental sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, Climate Change Adaptation, or other related subjects.

Experience: At least one year of relevant postgraduate professional experience in agriculture and engineering. Additional years of years working experience and demonstrated technical expertise in the areas of climate change and capacity building, (community) asset creation such as water harvesting infrastructure (ponds, dams, birkas, etc.), irrigation, resilience strengthening, natural resource management, and public works would be ideal.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Ability to work independently and pro-actively in a timely and organized manner.
• Ability to work professionally and proactively with teams, multiple stakeholders and partners.
• Demonstrated skills in producing high-quality written material, reports, and analysis of a variety of data and information.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to facilitate workshops
• Willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
• A strong understanding of climate change adaptation and resilience building in the different contexts of Ethiopia.
• Ability to work in a team and establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Understanding and knowledge of community-based participatory planning approaches
• Experience in WFP-related programmes and PSNP is considered an asset.

Language: Fluency in oral and written English is a must. Knowledge of other regional languages such as Somali and Amharic is an advantage.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

14 APRIL 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.