Job Title:    Programme Policy Officer (Disaster Risk Management and Shock-Responsive Social Protection) (UN Jobs)

Organization: World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

World Food Programme (WFP) 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 emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to United help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

Job Summary:   As part of these efforts, WFP requires to enhance its staffing capacity with a position to disaster risk management, anticipatory action and shock-responsive social protection through the establishment of this new position that supports both Anticipatory Action (EPA) and Social Protection (CSI) activities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the design and implementation of the WFP programme portfolio in disaster risk management, AA and shock responsive social protection by designing and coordinating programmatic strategy, work planning, activity designs, and budgets, ensuring alignment with WFP policies and standards and keeping abreast of latest global and regional evidence, policy and operational developments to inform activities.
• Ensure strong WFP cross functional coordination and policy coherence with the relevant units and external coordination with partners, including by representing and positioning WFP in coordination meetings and platforms, steering committees and technical working group (e.g. anticipatory action and disaster risk financing). Coordinate WFP’s engagement in the Food Security, Cash and Livelihoods Cluster.
• Lead the design and delivery of capacity strengthening in the areas of DRM and AA and shock-responsive social protection, as well as supervise analytical and technical assignments by external service providers, ensuring quality and timeliness. Provide technical review and inputs into assignments and deliverables.
• Provide project management support to programmes and projects related to social protection and shock response, ensuring compliance with WFP standards and procedures;
• Support liaison with the Government at the technical level to provide technical and strategic support to the implementation of the National Social Protection Strategy, in particular in strengthening national systems and instruments for enhancing shock-responsiveness and anticipatory action;
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to enhance the capacity to design and deliver more effective DRM, AA and shock responsive social protection.
• Contribute to resource mobilization and management through budget and expenditure plans and oversight, and to donor partnership management through particularly the preparation of accurate and timely proposals, briefings and reports.
• Guide and supervise (as required) more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with technical guidance. Provide technical guidance to other WFP staff in the Country and Field Offices and NGO partners on activities at district and community level.
• Contribute to evidence generation and knowledge management to inform the development of DRM, AA and shock responsive social protection programming, policy dialogue and formulation;
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Social Sciences, Disaster Risk Management or other relevant fields.

Experience:

• At least 1 year of relevant post-graduate experience in humanitarian or development programming.
• Experience in delivering or providing technical inputs into disaster preparedness or response operations at community level
• Demonstrated experience working in close partnership with Government stakeholders in the relevant technical fields.
• Languages: Fluency in English language.