INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

📢 Vacancy Announcement n°: 178519

👉Job Title: Programme Policy Officer (Gender), NOA (RE-ADVERTISED)

⏩ Grade: National Officer (NO-A)

📌Type of Contract: Fixed-Term

🚩 ️ Unit / Division: Programme Support Unit

📍 Duty Station: Dakar, Senegal

🌟 Duration: 1 year (renewable subject to performance and availability of funds)

⏰ Closing date: 08 December 2022

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Are you passionate about mainstreaming gender policies & activities in humanitarian programmes?
• Do you have general knowledge of how to reduce entrenched harmful cultural norms, and customary and religious practices that perpetrate gender-inequalities?
• Would you like to make a significant contribution to achieving Zero-hunger?
• Would you like to be part of a multicultural team?

  If yes, then join the World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa (RBD) in Dakar. We are seeking a talented Programme Policy Officer (Gender) to be hired at the NOA level and to be based at RBD in Dakar.

  We are a close community of focused, passionate people who care deeply for each other and for those we serve. Whether we are out in the field or in our headquarters, we respect our differences and celebrate our like-minded passion for saving lives.

  📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

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  ABOUT WFP

  The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to end global hunger. 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. To learn more about WFP, visit our website and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

  COUNTRY CONTEXT/ ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

  The Regional Bureau for Western Africa (RBD) region is one of the largest in terms of geographical coverage, with 19 country offices covered in Western and Central Africa. The Region presents degraded Sahelian lands, vulnerability to climate change, and depends on rain-fed agriculture combined with specific challenges regarding the socio-cultural norms, and economic and political context that has a direct impact on equal access to food security and nutrition. The majority of the region’s countries are characterized by low human development, startling global hunger index scores, widespread poverty, pervasive forms of malnutrition, and high fertility rates. Limited access to basic services and inequalities in access to services and opportunities – particularly for women and the rural poor – are characteristics of the RBD region. The region is also afflicted by devastatingly high rates of child mortality and low levels of education.

  Despite existing, national, and international legal frameworks and agreements meant to reduce gender-based inequalities, entrenched harmful cultural norms, and customary and religious practices often contribute to creating a wedge between discourse and practice.

  RBD works with its country offices to mainstream gender in their programmes and ensures that specific regional projects such as \"Breaking the barriers to girls’ education”, Mastercard foundation for women’s economic empowerment, and the Joint Programme on Rural Women Economic Empowerment specifically integrate Gender and identify entry points to advance women’s economic empowerment.

  RBD aligns its work with WFP's Gender Policy 2022-2026 with a long term objective to positively transform Gender norms through the implementation of Food assistance programmes adapted to different needs; promoting equal participation of women and men participate in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programmes and policies; increased Women and Girls access to decision-making processes and protection of women, men, boys and girls from violence, and harmful practices while ensuring respect of their rights and dignity.

  PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

  Under the supervision of the Regional Gender Adviser, the Programme Policy Officer (Gender) will provide strategic and technical support for the mainstreaming of gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) in Country Offices (COs) across the Region. The incumbent will contribute to mainstreaming gender across WFP activities through dedicated support COs in the implementation of their Country Strategic Plan (CSP) as well as in strengthening their capacities.

  ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Provide technical guidance for the integration of gender in the implementation of Country Strategic Programme (CSP) activities.
  2. Support and strengthen the undertaking and use of gender and age analyses, as standalone activities and integrated into all assessments/data collection.
  3. Support in designing and delivering learning opportunities for WFP Country Offices staff, as well as partners (as applicable), to increase their abilities to integrate gender into their work/ functional areas.
  4. Coordinate the work of the Gender Results Network at Country Offices and Regional levels.
  5. Manage annual completion of the online entries for the Gender and Age Marker Monitoring exercise, including providing guidance to Country Offices.
  6. Support in reporting and communication activities, including review of regular updates and briefing materials.
  7. Support in awareness-raising as well as coordination advocacy.
  8. Perform other relevant duties as needed.

     Below is a comprehensive list of activities that the Programme Policy Officer (Gender) may be expected to undertake. These tasks are generic and should be adapted to reflect the regional context, humanitarian and development environments and priorities, and the types of programmes and operations the WFP is implementing in the region.