Programme Policy Officer (Humanitarian Response - SO1) NOA, Kabul

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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.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Position Title: Programme Policy Officer (Humanitarian Response-SO1) Grade: NOA Contract: Fixed Term Duration: One Year, Renewable Unit: Programme Policy Duty Stations: Kabul, Afghanistan

Reporting: The Programme Policy Officer (Humanitarian Response- SO1) reports to the SO-1 Manager in the kabul Area Office

Salary: Competitive remuneration package Medical Plan: International valid medical plan valid also for staff, spouse and dependents children under 18 years

WFP Work Environment WFP is committed to ensuring that all its workplaces are free from abuse, offensive behaviour, harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. WFP is also committed to promoting a work culture in which every employee understands, and is able to carry out, his/her personal responsibilities for maintaining the dignity of work colleagues. WFP seeks to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. We believe our mission of fighting global hunger worldwide can only be achieved if women, men, girls and boys are offered equal opportunities in terms of access to resources and services and participation in decision making roles.

Female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. More than half the population of Afghanistan – a record 22.8 million people – will face acute food insecurity in 2022. The combined effects of drought, conflict, COVID-19, and the economic crisis, have severely affected lives, livelihoods, and people’s access to food. The team of 600 staff, 550 of which are Afghan nationals are working tireless to bring emergency food and nutrition assistance to the millions of people suffering across the country. The assistance provided by WFP includes emergency food assistance, school meals, nutrition programmes and important self-reliance and resilience programmes. The packet of support can include food, cash, or vouchers. In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability – work for which WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

With rich natural resources, and a young and diverse population, Afghanistan has the potential to stabilize and make significant progress on the 2030 Agenda. However, a complex and protracted conflict, combined with challenges related to climate change, demographics, gender inequalities, underemployment, and transparency issues, has dramatically impeded its efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 2 on Zero Hunger. The 2017 Afghanistan Zero Hunger Strategic Review (ZHSR) found that the country suffers from high, and in some cases rapidly rising, levels of food insecurity and undernutrition, and outlines a series of recommendations to address the problem.

The overarching goal of the WFP Afghanistan Country Strategic Plan (CSP) is to support the country to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 in a manner that also contributes, wherever possible, to the broader, longer-term transition to peace and development. WFP, through the CSP, is continuing to scale up emergency activities nationwide and mainstreaming the crosscutting issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment, protection, and accountability to affected populations, the CSP focuses on six, highly interrelated outcomes that span both SDG 2 and 17 (partnering for the goals).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The Program Policy Officer (Humanitarian Response) will work in close collaboration with SO1 and the Head of Office as well as the WFP Country Office and report directly to the Strategic Outcome 1 (Humanitarian Response) Manager in the WFP Kabul Area Office.

As part of a SO1 team, under the direct supervision of the Outcome1 Manager, the Programme Policy Officer will support the team on humanitarian response and emergency preparedness & response activities that includes but not limited as follows:

Primary Responsibilities

A. Humanitarian response:

• Proactively support the Strategic Outcome1 (SO1) on emergency and Humanitarian response across food and CBT modality interventions.
• Coordinate with the CO SO1 teams and relevant functional units to track, guide, review and ensure rapid approval of FLA amendments and new partnership proposals for the emergency operation.
• Maintain regular communication with SO1 teams in CO to communicate programme and operational changes in rations, implementation timelines, registration processes and other operational matters.
• Support the integration of emergency food and nutrition programming in coordination with SO1 and SO3 colleagues.
• Coordinate and provide necessary programme information to the Head of Office and to the SO1 manager and other units where and as required, including SCOPE application, verifications, and approvals.
• Coordinate with other stakeholders outside WFP to implement and support rapid emergency response activities in case of sudden onset shocks.
• In consultation of the SO1 Manager, provide any relevant inputs required to the CO Programme and ensure smooth flow of information on targets, areas, timelines, and priorities.

B. Emergency Preparedness and Response Package:

• Facilitate capacity strengthening activities such as the Simulation exercises, working with relevant stakeholders for needs assessment and technical capacity development.
• Act as the country office EPRP focal point and provide support to the field offices on EPRP.
• Coordinate with all functional units on implementation of the Minimum preparedness actions.

C. Programmatic Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of an SO1 implementation plan at Kabul Area office level in consultation with the CO SO1 team.
• Contribute to the development of high-quality operational guidelines, trainings and SOPs for field teams implementing SO1 activities (targeting, registration, distribution)
• Review and recommend SO1 projects from CPs as a member of the PTRC.
• Participate in the FSAC and other cluster meetings as requested.
• Follow up on program risk register with other units and update KAO input.
• Provide inputs for the concept notes and full proposals based on the results from assessment, stakeholder and community consultations, and inputs from internal and external experts.
• Contribute to the IPC analysis process and represent Kabul Area Office at all the analysis and participate in the technical sessions.
• Contribute to preparation of the food security assessment tools and contribute to support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to conduct vulnerability analysis to effectively inform preparedness and response activities.
• Provide regular updates on food security situation to all evolving stakeholders

D. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Collaborate with other units on SO1 project monitoring & evaluation to ensure effective monitoring of SO1 activities and integration of results and learning into future programming.
• Participate in assessment, monitoring, training, and other related missions to the field.

E. Resources Management

• Day to day monitoring, in coordination with relevant focal points, of SO1 pipeline and implementation, including clearing of charge codes, and highlighting any concerns with fund consumption.
• Coordinate with relevant units on SO1 resource allocation, monitoring and tracking.
• Provide technical inputs to the Head of Office, and to the SO1 Manager on funds that needs immediate action as needed.

F. Partnership Support

• Follow-up on CP performance and compliance issues in coordination with the M&E team and other involved units to identify key operational and financial risks and escalate for resolution.
• Consult with CPs and PATs to identify skills/knowledge gaps and training needs.
• Collaborate with WFP CO TPM management unit and Emergency unit to provide capacity building and training to CPs and PATs related to emergency response activities.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor's degree in any discipline related to Humanitarian Aid, Emergency Preparedness, Management, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Climate Change, International Affaires, Social Science, International Development or other relevant field. Master's degree in relevant fields would be an advantage.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills: • At least 2 years of professional experience in the area of humanitarian and resilience building programmes, including both food and cash based transfer modalities, and engagement with and/or capacity building and training of counterparts in the area of emergency preparedness, climate change, or other relevant area. • Good understanding of the humanitarian and/or development context in Afghanistan. • Ability to plan own workload and meet set deadlines. • Ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and communicate effectively at all levels. • Proficiency in Windows and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Language:

Fluency (Level C) in both oral and written communication in English and local languages

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Monday, 2 May 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.

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.