Programme Policy Officer (Social Protection) NOB

Programme & Policy

Overview

Coordinate and provide technical assistance for social protection programs.

You have:

• Master's degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Economics, Public Administration, Public Policy or other fields relevant to international development assistance.
• Minimum three years of postgraduate professional experience in national social protection systems if holding a Master's degree.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic.
• Understanding of Agenda 2030 and respective targets – particularly SDG1, SDG2 and SDG17.
• Understanding of WFP's mandate and programme lifecycle tools.

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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, physical or mental disability.

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.

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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

With the support of international and national stakeholders, the Government of Jordan is working on the operationalization of the National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) aiming at strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of social protection programmes, such as the social assistance scheme led by National Aid Fund (NAF) and the National School Feeding Programme (NSFP) managed by the Ministry of Education. Following the recent extensive collaboration with the Government on the above-mentioned programmes, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) intends to transfer its expertise and know-how to other segments of the social protection system as well as partnering with additional national actors of social protection in Jordan, such as Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Labor and Social Security Corporations, etc.

Job holders operate with a high degree of independence, manage more junior staff to ensure that programme and policy objectives are achieved in full. They are usually involved in a wide variety of programme and policy activities and analytical work, some of which may be of a considerable complexity. At this level job holders are expected to contribute to performance improvement.

JOB PURPOSE

WFP intends to explore sustainable options for refugees through social protection and resilience building interventions. Hence, WFP plans to work on the alignment between its humanitarian assistance to refugees through general food assistance (GFA) and the national social safety nets.

In this context, and within the framework of WFP’s strategy to sustain and expand its support to national social protection systems in Jordan, we are looking for a Social Protection Programme Policy Officer (NOB) to coordinate the provision of technical assistance and lead on strategic advisory services. The selected candidate will operate under the direct supervision of the international consultant managing the Social Protection portfolio of WFP in Jordan. The selected candidate will closely work with the main national and international partners within the social protection domain and support the WFP internal coordination with programme support teams and relevant activities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

A. WFP’s technical assistance provision to the national social protection actors

1. Contribute to Country Office’s technical advisory role for the government on a wide range of social protection programme and policy issues to support government’s efforts to reduce hunger, malnutrition and poverty through national social protection schemes. 2. Support the formulation and provision of technical assistance packages to government counterparts (Ministry of Social Development, National Aid Fund and Ministry of Education) to enhance national social protection systems, including targeting, entitlement, delivery, verification, accountability, evidence generation and reporting.

B. Widen the technical knowledge on social protection through research and analysis

3. Contribute to the consolidation, development and dissemination of knowledge and/or advocacy products pertinent to shock-responsiveness and inclusiveness of the national social protection system. 4. Research, analyse and support technical work on the alignment of WFP’s humanitarian assistance to refugees (GFA) and national social safety net in the context of humanitarian-development-peace nexus. 5. Contribute to generating technical know-how pertinent to social security and livelihoods/resilience building programmes to formulate potential support schemes for different segments of the population. 6. Contribute to generating technical knowledge related to de-centralized initiatives and actors within the area of social protection in Jordan. 7. Research to identify new funding opportunities for the social protection unit and support development of funding proposals.

C. Solidify the WFP’s strategic position and partnerships within social protection

8. Support strategic orientation pertinent to WFP’s role in social protection landscape in Jordan through identification of opportunities for WFP’s forward-looking positioning and engagement with the host government and development partners. 9. Support other current or new initiatives relevant to social protection together with key partners, such as the World Bank and UN agencies including UNICEF, ILO and UNDP. 10. Support advocacy efforts of WFP to improve the social protection schemes together with government and main partners. 11. Attend external events linked to social protection and contribute to CO’s social protection strategic positioning. 12. Others as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Master's degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Economics, Public Administration, Public Policy or other field relevant to international development assistance, or Bachelor's degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Experience: Minimum three years of postgraduate professional experience in national social protection systems, including responsibility for liaising with different line ministries at national and decentralized levels with Master's degree OR Bachelor's degree with minimum five years of postgraduate professional experience in national social protection systems, including responsibility for liaising with different line ministries at national and decentralized levels.

Language: Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Understanding of Agenda 2030 and respective targets – particularly SDG1, SDG2 and SDG17 - and how the work of WFP can contribute to achieving them • Understanding of WFP’s mandate, Country Strategic Planning process, intervention modalities, programme and project lifecycle tools, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation desirable • Strong knowledge of main social protection actors in Jordan • Knowledge of current domestic and global developments in the field of social protection and public policy • UN or donor experience, especially with WFP and/or UNICEF, World Bank, EU or FCDO is an asset • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality written outputs and ability to present in English and Arabic • Ability to develop and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders, conveying an informed and professional demeanour towards internal and external partners and stakeholders • Appetite for exploring and experimenting new ideas and approaches • Ability to work independently in a timely and organised manner • Ability to work as part of a team, participating in open dialogues and valuing diverse opinions of others, regardless of gender, culture, background, experience, or country assignment • Proficient computer literacy (Microsoft Office)

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
• Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
• Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
• Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
• Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

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 ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development. 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.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Applications must be submitted online through WFP e-Recruitment System

• Internal WFP staff can access the VA through the internal WFP CAREER page via the link: http://newgo.wfp.org/services/e-recruitment
• External applicants are kindly requested to follow the link: http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings

Make sure that you answer all mandatory questions accurately and to attach your updated CV in English.

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Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

26 December 2021

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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.

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