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Programme Policy Officer (Gender and Inclusion)
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World Food Programme (WFP)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
- 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: 16/09/2024
- Location: Bangladesh
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the 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.
The World Food Programme is the 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.
Under the guidance of Head of Area office and supervision of the head of Gender, Protection, and Inclusion unit, the following list of duties shall be considered to be the responsibility of the Programme Policy Officer (Gender and Inclusion)
Gender and Disability Mainstreaming:
• Strong coordination with country office gender unit and close collaboration with programme & functional units at Area office to structurally identify the priorities and risk relevant to gender and inclusion to formulate annual performance planning (APP) and other key planning for gender and inclusion.
• Act as a focal point for gender and disability inclusion both internally and externally, adequately integrate inclusion in the area of gender, age and disability in WFP interventions are.
• Provide technical support to the team members through capacity building and regular guidance to enable smooth implementation of the planned activities adhering with WFP standards and policies.
• Regular analysis of gendered need and priorities to improve the quality of WFP programmes through planning and conducting desk reviews, gender analysis and rapid gender analysis
• Regular field visits independently and with the team to collect data through observation, key informant interviews, focus-group discussions with the beneficiaries under programmes (i.e., general food assistance, livelihood, nutrition, emergency response, site management and engineering etc) in camps and local communities to identify concerns,needs and priorities on gender intersectionality and informing the Programme implementation and design of new programmes
• Engage actively with Gender Result Network (GRN) and programmen to the planning, implementation, and reporting of GRN activities.
• Strong coordination with country office gender unit and close collaboration with programme & functional units at Area office to structurally identify the priorities and risk relevant to gender and inclusion to formulate annual performance planning (APP) and other key planning for gender and inclusion.
• Act as a focal point for gender and disability inclusion both internally and externally, adequately integrate inclusion in the area of gender, age and disability in WFP interventions are.
• Provide technical support to the team members through capacity building and regular guidance to enable smooth implementation of the planned activities adhering with WFP standards and policies.
• Regular analysis of gendered need and priorities to improve the quality of WFP programmes through planning and conducting desk reviews, gender analysis and rapid gender analysis
• Regular field visits independently and with the team to collect data through observation, key informant interviews, focus-group discussions with the beneficiaries under programmes (i.e., general food assistance, livelihood, nutrition, emergency response, site management and engineering etc) in camps and local communities to identify concerns,needs and priorities on gender intersectionality and informing the Programme implementation and design of new programmes
• Engage actively with Gender Result Network (GRN) and programmen to the planning, implementation, and reporting of GRN activities.
Capacity Strengthening
• Provide support and build capacity for the integration of gender and inclusion for staff, partners, contractors and other affiliated entities through training need assessment of them in collaboration with Programme.
• Undertake ad-hoc request from units to conduct trainings internally to WFP staff and externally to Cooperating Partner staff Participate in the documenting all activities by Cooperating Partners and ensuring all necessary documentation is done as per WFP corporate standard.
• Develop factsheets and supporting documents on Gender, and disability inclusion
• Provide support and build capacity for the integration of gender and inclusion for staff, partners, contractors and other affiliated entities through training need assessment of them in collaboration with Programme.
• Undertake ad-hoc request from units to conduct trainings internally to WFP staff and externally to Cooperating Partner staff Participate in the documenting all activities by Cooperating Partners and ensuring all necessary documentation is done as per WFP corporate standard.
• Develop factsheets and supporting documents on Gender, and disability inclusion
Inter-agency Coordination:
• Attend all meetings with Gender in Humanitarian Action Group (GiHA), Gender Results Network (GRN), GBV sub-sector, Age and Disability Working Group to leverage WFP’s capacities in gender, and disability inclusive activities.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders on gender and disability interventions to ensure smooth implementation of WFP led projects. Other Duties Act as Officer-in
• Take charge when Head of Unit is not available
• Attend all meetings with Gender in Humanitarian Action Group (GiHA), Gender Results Network (GRN), GBV sub-sector, Age and Disability Working Group to leverage WFP’s capacities in gender, and disability inclusive activities.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders on gender and disability interventions to ensure smooth implementation of WFP led projects. Other Duties Act as Officer-in
• Take charge when Head of Unit is not available
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