National Consultant - Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP)

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Vacancy Announcement

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.

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Job Title: National Consultant – Shock Responsive Social Protection (SRSP)

Type of contract: WFP Special Service Agreement - SSA

Duration: 50 working days, to start as soon as possible from 20 April to 30 November 2023

Duty Station: Remote Vacancy Number: 762807

Date of Publication: 8 April 2023

Deadline of Application: 14 April 2023

This vacancy announcement is for Nationals from Cambodia Only

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary plus a medical insurance.

JOB PURPOSE

The purpose of the project is to help strengthen national social protection systems in Cambodia to be more risk informed and shock responsive. The national consultant will support the lead international consultant to work on achieving the following three project components:

1. Provide support to conduct broad stakeholder consultations to develop the operational plan and define and decide which response options to take forward, ensuring alignment with various complementary initiatives and buy-in from line ministries and development partners
2. Provide inputs to international consultant in developing of a plan to help systematically operationalise the national SRSP Framework
3. Provide inputs to international consultant in designing a shock responsive social assistance programme

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The consultant will work under the guidance and supervision of the Head of Programme in liaison and collaboration with the social protection team and other WFP units in the country office and Regional Bureau Bangkok (RBB), as appropriate. In addition, together with the international consultant, the national consultant will be responsible for the following duties:

• Together with international consultant, conduct a desk review of relevant policies and programmes, and national social protection strategy.
• Arrange key informant interviews with various stakeholders and other development and humanitarian partners and experts as relevant to ensure active consultation and dialogue throughout the output formulation processes.
• Interpret during the individual consultation meeting and translate any necessary/relevant documents upon the request of the Lead international consultant and WFP team.
• Organize and participate in consultation meetings with WFP CO & RBB team and relevant stakeholders.
• Working with the GS-NSPC and MOSVY, and alongside the WFP CO, the consultant will help to organize and facilitate a series of consultation workshops (4-6) and bilateral interactions, to incorporate a diversity of perspectives and ensure buy-in for the operational plan and social assistance programme pilot model.
• Provide inputs to the international consultant in developing an inception report, PowerPoint presentation, executive summary and final report for the SRSP operational plan and shock responsive programme pilot design.
• Together with the international consultant, participate and present the draft SRSP operational plan and programme design in consultation meetings with government partners, GIZ and other stakeholders. Support the consolidation of feedback received as inputs to finalize the expected deliverables.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in social policies, development management, humanitarian, economics or other fields relevant to international development assistance.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant working experience in social protection, cash-based transfers including conducting thematic analyses and reviews, programme design, policy and strategy development, operational guidance, programme implementation and M&E.
• Experience in shock responsive social protection, emergency response, operational planning, risk analytics, policy advice and strategy development highly desirable.
• Experience in organizing and facilitating strategic and policy dialogues and programme design in the sector both with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate understanding of the UN system and of WFP’s mandate, programmes and organizational arrangements in particular.
• Strong team working, analytical and communication skills.

Desirable Soft Skills

• Understanding and demonstrating ability to engage and maintain networks various stakeholders, in particularly with the public entities, development partners and other actors, including private financial service providers.
• Good facilitation skills and analytical, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
• Ability to work independently in a timely and organized manner.
• Ability to work in a team and multi-task as needed.

LANGUAGE

• Proficiency in both oral and written communication skills in English and Khmer

All WFP Employees are expected to demonstrate the competencies and standards of behavior 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.

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.

This email is only to be used for any disability related accessibility requirements, and not for sending the application itself. Due to volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered as a formal application and will not receive a reply from WFP.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, 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

WFP’s mission is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 as per Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2. It works to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

Through the Country Strategic Plan 2019-23 (CSP), WFP Cambodia is contributing to achieving Zero Hunger through a combination of direct implementation and systems capacity strengthening at national sub-national level. Through the CSP, WFP promotes access to nutritious diets through home grown school feeding and improving climate smart food production and transformation capacities of small holder farming communities, whilst strengthening standards and guidelines for food transformation to satisfy the increasing demand for nutritious processed and convenient foods. WFP supports national and subnational disaster and climate change risk management and to the national strategic direction and coordination on food security, nutrition and social protection through enhanced information systems, knowledge management, and public-private and south-south partnerships. WFP also responds to the acute food security and early recovery needs of vulnerable women, men, girls and boys impacted by recurrent disasters.

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.