Are you a Social Protection Officer interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organisation investing in its people?
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9 May 2024 (11:59 PM CET).
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Social protection is an increasingly popular strategy for governments to reduce extreme poverty, hunger and inequality. Virtually every country in the world has at least one social protection scheme in place, and 2.5 million people are already covered by some type of social protection programme.
As a global leader in fighting hunger and malnutrition worldwide, often in very difficult contexts, the World Food Programme (WFP) is increasingly called upon by governments to support national social protection systems. To continue responding effectively to challenging contexts while also contributing to longer-term efforts to end hunger, WFP is in the process of strengthening its engagement in support of national social protection systems and safety nets, supporting governments with technical expertise.
Since the onset of the Ukraine refugee crisis in February 2022, WFP has been active in Moldova, delivering essential assistance and strengthening social service provision to refugees, vulnerable Moldovans, and communities hosting refugees in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP), other United Nations agencies, and partners. Building on early crisis response activities, WFP is working with the MLSP as part of the social protection national reform plan RESTART (2023 – 2024) to improve effectiveness of services and strengthen the shock responsive capacity of the system to future crisis. In addition, at a programmatic level, WFP is providing cash transfers, hot meals, and snacks to refugees as well as cash-based transfers to households hosting refugees and to crisis affected vulnerable Moldovan households.
To deliver against the above commitments, the Moldova Country Office is seeking a Programme Policy Officer (Social Protection Coordinator) LFT P4 to manage its social protection programmes and coordination with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in line with the RESTART reforms. The incumbent will operate under the direct supervision of the Deputy Country Director.
1. Act as the Country Office social protection focal point and coordinator, ensuring a clear and strong connection between the Country Office, Regional Bureau in Cairo (RBC), Headquarters (HQ) and other Country Offices as useful (e.g. Armenia, Ukraine.)
2. Take a leading role within the Moldova Country Office to define and set strategic direction in social protection engagement with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP) under the Government of Moldova.
Advise the Moldova Country Office in defining and further clarifying how to take forward the office’s Social Protection programming as outlined in the Interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP);
In collaboration with other counterparts, lead on the implementation of the Country Office’s activities in social protection, specifically activities related to hot meals for vulnerable refugees, cash assistance for refugees and vulnerable.
Moldovans, digitalization activities related to social protection, and capacity strengthening for the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection on social protection systems and programmes;
Take the lead in developing the strategic direction and positioning of the Country Office’s engagement in social protection and overall country social protection strategy, in line with the ICSP.
Contribute to the implementation of the Interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP) in line with WFP’s corporate and regional policies and strategies on social protection, as well as Executive Board decisions and other relevant guidance.
Assist government counterparts identify and analyze policy problems and provide - or mobilize - support and technical expertise for the design and delivery of suitable social protection solutions.
Inform Country Office strategic and technical programme development, fostering integration of the work of relevant technical teams (VAM, cash-based transfers, emergency preparedness and response planning, school feeding, nutrition, TEC…) and liaising with relevant CO, Regional Bureau and Headquarters focal points as required.
Provide guidance to MLSP in adopting the cash assured payments framework developed by WFP for the Governments.
3. Provide technical support to Moldova Country Office on social protection and capacity strengthening.
Provide technical advice to the Government on a wide range of programme and policy issues related to social protection and safety nets, including assessment and analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities, the use of social protection management information systems.
Lead the Country Office’s efforts to integrate the work of relevant technical teams (VAM, cash-based transfers, emergency preparedness and response planning, TEC, etc…) with regards to adaptive and shock-responsive social protection in support to food and nutrition security, demonstrating an understanding particularly of cash transfer programmes;
Lead the Country Office’s efforts to develop programme proposals for resource mobilization in line with the ICSP;
Strengthen the capacity building of Country Office staff and government counterparts to develop a community of practice.
4. Take the lead on partnership development activities with UN agencies, International Financial Institutions, and other development partners.
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