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Programme Policy Officer (Protection, Gender and AAP)
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World Food Programme (WFP)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 26/08/2024
- Location: Ukraine
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of Head of Unit and the National Programme Policy Officer PGAAP, the Programme Policy Officer shall:
1. Identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of protection, gender, and AAP principles in WFP programming in Ukraine and propose effective strategies and modalities to address these opportunities.
2. Contribute to planning and support implementation of Protection, Gender, and AAP mainstreaming through cross-cutting activities within the programmatic circle of WFP in Ukraine.
3. Identify capacity strengthening needs in Protection, Gender, AAP, and facilitate capacity building for WFP and CP staff and contractors.
4. Develop and conduct functional trainings in topics relevant to Protection, Gender, and AAP areas to enhance the capacity of WFP staff, cooperating partners, and contractors to deliver safe and dignified food assistance programmes. 5. Establish and maintain strategic partnerships to strengthen protection, inclusion, gender equality, and accountability to affected populations in WFP food assistance programmes in Ukraine.
6. Contribute to design and implementation of operational research, assessment, and evidence building on issues relevant to protection, inclusion, gender equality, and accountability to affected populations in humanitarian food assistance in Ukraine.
7. Elaborate and provide recommendations based on available up-to-date evidence, protection and risk analyses to ensure WFP’s operations are done through age, gender and diversity lenses.
8. Ensure integration of up-to-date protection referral pathways into WFP operations in Ukraine and monitor their functionality.
9. Develop in coordination with affected communities, relevant program units, sub- offices, regional bureau, and HQ strategies and/or action plans on cross-cutting issues (including community engagement and PSEA strengthening) and support their implementation.
10. Collaborate with stakeholders to build and maintain a functional localized community engagement approach, based on community-identified engagement preferences, relevant information management to support community participation in WFP decision-making.
11. Support information management system with inclusion of protection related information, with a particular focus on community engagement. Given the emergency context, support with other protection and AAP related tasks as required.
12. Given the emergency context, support with other protection and AAP related tasks as required.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of Head of Unit and the National Programme Policy Officer PGAAP, the Programme Policy Officer shall:
1. Identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of protection, gender, and AAP principles in WFP programming in Ukraine and propose effective strategies and modalities to address these opportunities.
2. Contribute to planning and support implementation of Protection, Gender, and AAP mainstreaming through cross-cutting activities within the programmatic circle of WFP in Ukraine.
3. Identify capacity strengthening needs in Protection, Gender, AAP, and facilitate capacity building for WFP and CP staff and contractors.
4. Develop and conduct functional trainings in topics relevant to Protection, Gender, and AAP areas to enhance the capacity of WFP staff, cooperating partners, and contractors to deliver safe and dignified food assistance programmes. 5. Establish and maintain strategic partnerships to strengthen protection, inclusion, gender equality, and accountability to affected populations in WFP food assistance programmes in Ukraine.
6. Contribute to design and implementation of operational research, assessment, and evidence building on issues relevant to protection, inclusion, gender equality, and accountability to affected populations in humanitarian food assistance in Ukraine.
7. Elaborate and provide recommendations based on available up-to-date evidence, protection and risk analyses to ensure WFP’s operations are done through age, gender and diversity lenses.
8. Ensure integration of up-to-date protection referral pathways into WFP operations in Ukraine and monitor their functionality.
9. Develop in coordination with affected communities, relevant program units, sub- offices, regional bureau, and HQ strategies and/or action plans on cross-cutting issues (including community engagement and PSEA strengthening) and support their implementation.
10. Collaborate with stakeholders to build and maintain a functional localized community engagement approach, based on community-identified engagement preferences, relevant information management to support community participation in WFP decision-making.
11. Support information management system with inclusion of protection related information, with a particular focus on community engagement. Given the emergency context, support with other protection and AAP related tasks as required.
12. Given the emergency context, support with other protection and AAP related tasks as required.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Advanced University degree, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses in: law, international development, gender studies, human rights, political or social sciences, or another related field.
- At least 1 year of postgraduate relevant progressively responsible professional experience in the humanitarian and/or development sectors with UN agencies and/or NGOs.
- Additional years of experience will be a strong asset.
- Experience of undertaking capacity building of colleagues or partner organizations and/or delivering trainings.
- Experience in humanitarian and/or development project management and engagement with multiple stakeholders.
- Fluency in English, Ukrainian (oral and written).
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