Programme Policy Officer - Gender

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World Food Programme (WFP)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: $27,128 USD-$47,119 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 12/11/2024
  • Location: Haiti
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
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.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):
  • Ensure robust mainstreaming of gender into WFP programming and operations, in line with WFP gender policy 2022 and RBP regional gender strategy 2023-2025.
  • Develop a gender analysis to inform the new CSP implementation, in collaboration with the protection officer, and design a gender action plan in a participatory manner.
  • Facilitate and support the integration of gender equality in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Country Office programmes, projects and related initiatives.
  • Work with senior management in the Country and Sub-Offices to ensure strong institutional commitment and leadership for gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) across programming and operations.
  • Manage the application of the Gender and Age Marker.
  • Provide policy and programme advice on specific gender issues that impact on WFP operations.
  • Develop staff capacities to integrate GEWE into their work, employing diverse learning methods, advice and assist in the development of gender equality training materials, adapted to the local context.
  • Strengthen WFP partners’ gender awareness, gender analysis capacities and ability to mainstream gender in programming and operations.
  • Coordinate the work and strengthen the capacities of the Country Officer Gender Results Network members.
  • Mobilise resources to support implementation of the Country Office Gender Action Plan and related GEWE initiatives.

Knowledge Management, Information and Analysis
  • Ensure that gender considerations are integrated in all data collection initiatives (surveys, focus group discussions etc.) and ensure systematic collection, analysis and use of quantitative and qualitative sex- and age-disaggregated data.
  • Mainstream gender into needs assessment frameworks, including adaptation of tools, collection, analysis and reporting processes to ensure that different beneficiary needs are identified and met.
  • Provide advice on the integration of gender in the formulation of country-level project projects/programmes.
  • Actively participate in, and contribute to, the work of the inter-agency gender theme group in Haiti.

Advocacy & Partnership
  • Provide technical support and identify opportunities for GEWE advocacy.
  • Support the Country Office in producing regular updates and briefing materials to promote implementation of national, regional and international commitments to GEWE.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:
  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in working on gender equality and women’s empowerment, possibly within humanitarian operations; experience working with diversity and inclusion.
  • Advanced University degree in Gender, International development, human rights, development economics, Health, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/ courses.
  • Fluency (level C) in French and English language.
  • Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a Haitian Creole

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