Programme Policy Officer- Head of Resilience & Food Systems Coordination CST

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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

WFP is committed to helping governments reduce the number of undernourished people from 815 million to zero by 2030. The Palestine Country Offices will expand its resilience-building program in the coming years for vulnerable households, women and youth, including in areas such as livelihood support programming in protracted crises, livelihood support in urban and middle-income contexts, aligning asset creation and human capital development efforts with national productive safety nets. Activities will work to enhance the resilience of vulnerable households and food systems in Palestine, and eventually to deliver on its mandate to reach Zero Hunger. Additionally, WFP co-leads the Palestine Food Security Sector with the FAO.

JOB PURPOSE

WFP Palestine needs a professional who will lead and coordinate livelihoods and resilience activities within the Country Office, while also enhancing coordination and support with other stakeholders, including the Palestinian Authority, UN agencies, NGOs, research institutes. They will also need to lead programme design efforts and manage relevant budgets. The Activity Manager will be overseeing the Livelihoods & Resilience Team. The position will be needed for 11 months.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Lead the program design, management and oversight of WFP resilience programming:
• Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects, including but not limited to vocational trainings and agricultural support;
• Ensuring a coordinated approach with other programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures in order to contribute to a food systems approach in Palestine;
• Directly supervise national staff working on resilience projects and coordinate the efforts of other WFP staff who are working to support the implementation of resilience projects;

• Provide technical advice or mobilize technical expertise on programme and policy issues including assessment and analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities and appropriate food products, the deployment and testing of innovative approaches and the development of strategies to support government efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition;

• Establish and maintain operational partnerships, including with relevant government ministries, to identify opportunities for collaborative approaches and initiatives that improve assistance packages and support advocacy work;

• Manage the preparation and dissemination of timely analytical and critical reports, publications, and a variety of information products or proposals for internal or external use;
• Contribute to resources mobilizations efforts for WFP projects, including clearly articulating the need for food assistance and related programme opportunities, and follow up on the resource situation of projects including commodity and cash availability, seeking advice from senior colleagues where necessary;
• Ensure all livelihoods activities are conflict sensitive by working closely with Peace & Conflict Advisors in HQ and the Regional Bureau;

• Act as WFP Palestine's focal point for engagement with the Food Security Sector. Attend Food Security Sector meetings, actively participate in discussions, represent WFP strategic interests, summaries discussions to highlight areas of interest/opportunities/challenges for WFP Palestine with recommendations for action.

• Proactively suggest opportunities and approaches for enhanced coordination with a focus on livelihoods and resilience, but also in relation to other sector issues directly relevant to WFP plans and programmes

• Provide operational leadership and examples into sector working groups and other topic-specific smaller inter-agency discussions.
• Where relevant, ensure WFP Palestine colleagues with functional interest, expertise or inputs are involved to either engage directly in sector discussions or provide inputs so that the focal point can appropriately reflect all aspects of WFP's inputs and engagement in inter-agency discussions
• Advise on partnership opportunities internally and externally to strengthen WFP Palestine's Nexus humanitarian-development-peace approach, particularly related to livelihood support and social protection, to enhance WFP’s integrated programming with other stakeholders
• Perform any other duties required.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives : Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
• Be a force for positive change : Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team : Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions : Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills : Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
• Create an inclusive culture : Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback : Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit : Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions : Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
• Focus on getting results : Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments : Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
• Be Decisive : Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units : Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
• Build strong external partnerships : Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships
• Be politically agile & adaptable : Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships : Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Capability Name

Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance

Displays ability to identify the main hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full range of food assistance tools.

Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher)

Demonstrates the ability to design, implement, monitor and provide oversight over effective and efficient programmes deploying different transfer modalities.

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 ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches

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..

Deliverables at the end of the contract

• Continue expanding livelihoods support throughout the Country Strategic Plan based on evidence and data;
• Successfully implement integrated resilience programmes in Gaza and the West Bank;
• Develop the capacity of livelihoods team under direct supervision to the level which is sufficient to nationalize the livelihoods activity manager’s post during the course of the CSP;
• Expand strategic partnerships with Palestinian ministries and stakeholders working in the food system;
• Enhance coordination with all stakeholders working in food systems and TVET;
• Outcome indicators for livelihood and resilience interventions are contextualized and tested in Palestine;
• Track on and report the fund utilization and needs for WFP Libya's livelihoods and resilience activities regularly;
• Contribute related inputs and data to the concept notes, publications, infographics, briefings, period and ad-hoc reports where required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or other fields relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Language:

Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of Arabic is an advantage.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

Experience: Six years or more of postgraduate professional experience in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in international humanitarian and development assistance.

Knowledge & Skills: General knowledge of project management and coordination best practices, techniques, and processes with some understanding of the theoretical background; Strong written and oral communication skills, including substantive analysis and report writing skills; Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate, UN/WFP specific processes and systems.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

16th February 2022

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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.

Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

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.